Tyler Perry

=== ''The Boondocks'' and ''Atlanta'' ===
Perry was spoofed in ''[[The Boondocks (2005 TV series)|The Boondocks]]'' episode: "[[Pause (The Boondocks)|Pause]]". The character Winston Jerome is a parody Perry. In the episode Jerome's character is Ma Dukes, whom he portrays by [[crossdressing]], similar to Perry's Madea.<ref name = braxton>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-boondocks-20100622,0,7842614.story|title= Aaron McGruder's Boondocks' lampoons Tyler Perry|website= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date= June 22, 2010|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref> Greg Braxton of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' cited "Pause" as one of the sharpest public criticisms of Perry. The episode reportedly angered Perry who threatened to re-evaluate his relationship with [[Turner Broadcasting]] who had two series on the network [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] at the time, ''[[Tyler Perry's House of Payne]]'' and ''[[Meet the Browns (TV series)|Meet the Browns]]''. The episode was pulled from circulation.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.looper.com/224886/the-untold-truth-of-the-boondocks/|title= The Untold Truth Of The Boondocks|website= Looper|date= July 9, 2020|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref>

[[Donald Glover]] reportedly took aim at Perry in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] series ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]''. The episode title "[[Work Ethic!]]" comes from a tweet in which Perry posted a video of all the scripts he wrote for that season with the caption "WORK ETHIC! Come on. Let's go get 2020!". In the episode a woman and her daughter arrive at a TV studio run by a private and mysterious person known as "Mr. Chocolate". The mother is soon in fear of her daughter being exploited by Mr. Chocolate. Viewers and critics quickly deduced that the episode was satirizing Perry and the way in which he runs his studios in Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.avclub.com/atlanta-review-season-4-episode-5-work-ethic-1849617219|title= Van gets pulled into show business in a biting Atlanta|website= AV Club|date= October 7, 2022|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/atlanta-recap-work-ethic-season-4-episode-5-1234603652/|title= 'Atlanta' Recap: Donald Glover Takes Aim at Tyler Perry|website= [[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date= October 7, 2022|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref> Ile-Ife Okantah of ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' wrote their review, "Like Perry’s own 330-acre studio in Atlanta, Mr. Chocolate Studios is a sprawling lot with multiple soundstages and office spaces" and added "Atlanta and many critics of Perry ask two questions of us: Do we as Black people have to support anything and everything that’s Black? And does Perry’s shallow depiction of us do more harm than good?".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/article/atlanta-recap-season-4-episode-5-work-ethic.html|title= Atlanta Recap: Mr. Chocolate and the Black Movie Factory|website= Vulture|date= October 6, 2022|accessdate= July 20, 2023}}</ref>