The Magic of “Big Mama”

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5 min readMar 16

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“You better give your heart to God, cus your ass is mine!” … words that although seem funny, terrorized generations of my family. To hear those 12 words was to know that something serious was about to go down and it would be far from a good time. Whatever you thought you did and got away with? It was over for you.

When Madea came about, everyone and I mean everyone, made it a point to say that the character of Madea…

Beata Francis

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A writer and content creator who loves deep convos. Obsessed with her dog Juelz, the moon & she's kinda funny - she’s like your sister, your cousin, & your bff.

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