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Nothing, that's what we're left with. The only problem with Perry's so called stereotypical characterizations is that at any given time, it is the sole representation of Black culture available to consumers. Were it seen among a variety of perspectives from say Amiri Baraka's to Ward Connerly's, it would be less controverisal. As it is, he's all we've got, or get I guess. Besides, the term stereotypical should be reserved for characterizations that are two dimensional and offer no explanations for why they are the way they are. I don't think Madea suffers from a lack of depth. If Madea were a white, redneck grandmother, the critics would probably get the joke. But that's because we've seen every variety of white grandmother (German, Irish, Italian, midwestern, southern, etc) for years.
