Uncle Curtis Character Analysis

In Tyler Perry’s House of Payne Season one, Episode one, the focus is on Uncle Curtis and his wife Ella’s family and how his house is being bothered by his young nephew’s (C.J) entire family that come to feed at his house, including Calvin his grownup son. Uncle Curtis home is visited daily by C.J’s two kids that come to feed. Malik, C.J’s son is being bully constantly at school by Nikki. Uncle Curtis ended up attending a conference at the school principal’s office. Upon arrival and realizing that the bully is a girl, Uncle Curtis was disappointed in Malik. Interestingly, when Nikki’s foster mother, Madea arrived, Uncle Curtis also became afraid of woman bullying personality; Uncle Curtis then agreed with the principal’s suggestion for the Nikki the bully and Malik to study together, as a way for the two children to be friends. Episode Two centers around birthday party for Uncle Curtis. His friends and decided to surprise him with a party and gifts. When C.J’s wife back home, she was without the cake she was asked to buy and without the money that Ella gave her for the cake. During the events of Curtis’s birthday, C.J’s house got burned down and he and had to stay at Curtis and Ella home for a while. Uncle Curtis lay down some rules for C.J’s family to follow during their stay and was unhappy with surprise party. …show more content…
Gender biases throughout the scenes were prevalent. The female characters in the show were portrayed as weak, evil, more concern about being attractive, not smart, house keepers, emotional and not behaving well in social situations. In contrast, the male characters were career focused, helpful, smart, powerful, less worried about being attractive and in charge of the family survival and community