History Film / DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman

* RemarriedToTheMistress: {{Deconstruction}}. Charles [=McCarter=] planned to do this with his mistress, Brenda, whom he had an affair with for years and even two children. Charles kicked his wife Helen out of their house on their 18th anniversary, justifying it, saying that the two of them were miserable; he's sick of treating Brenda this way, and Brenda is the mother of his two children. And because Helen signed a prenup, Charles doesn't have to support her financially and can kick her out of the house, though eventually, he agreed in court to support her mother at the senior citizen center. However, when Charles is shot and taken to the hospital, Brenda reveals her true colors when she asks the doctor to take him off of life support, justifying it by saying she doesn't want Charles to live as a cripple, but it's clear that she's after his money he doesn't want to take care of him. However, because Helen was still technically married to Charles, she had power of attorney and told the doctors to keep him alive. Brenda just straight up abandons Charles, takes as much money as she can, and leaves with their two children. Charles was in denial and demanded to know where Brenda and his children were as Helen was taking care of him; Helen, losing patience with him, informed Charles that Brenda left him for dead and as for his children, she wanted to have children with him, but because of the stress of their marriage, she had two miscarriages. Later, Helen informs Charles that Brenda took all his money, so all his servants left and took some of his things with them. Charles eventually accepted that Brenda never loved him and that he was mistaken in treating Helen the way he did. He apologized to Helen for his actions, with her forgiving him, and Charles accepted that Helen had moved on to another man.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: After Charles is shot by the gangster he was defending and is paralyzed, Helen gets revenge while taking care of him.]]
** [[spoiler:Of course, she then realized that it wasn't really that fulfilling...]]

* RemarriedToTheMistress: {{Deconstruction}}. Charles [=McCarter=] planned to do this with his mistress, Brenda, whom he had an affair with for years and even two children. Charles kicked his wife Helen out of their house on their 18th anniversary, justifying it, and the two of them were miserable; he's sick of treating Brenda this way, and Brenda is the mother of his two children. And because Helen signed a prenup, Charles doesn't have to support her financially and can kick her out of the house, though eventually, he agreed in court to support her mother at the senior citizen center. However, when Charles is shot and taken to the hospital, Brenda reveals her true colors when she asks the doctor to take him off of life support, justifying it by saying she doesn't want Charles to live as a cripple, but it's clear that she's after his money he doesn't want to take care of him. However, because Helen was still technically married to Charles, she had power of attorney and told the doctors to keep him alive. Brenda just straight up abandons Charles, takes as much money as she can, and leaves with their two children. Charles was in denial and demanded to know where Brenda and his children were as Helen was taking care of him; Helen, losing patience with him, informed Charles that Brenda left him for dead and as for his children, she wanted to have children with him, but because of the stress of their marriage, she had two miscarriages. Later, Helen informs Charles that Brenda took all his money, so all his servants left and took some of his things with them. Charles eventually accepted that Brenda never loved him and that he was mistaken in treating Helen the way he did. He apologized to Helen for his actions, with her forgiving him, and Charles accepted that Helen had moved on to another man.

* RemarriedToTheMistress: {{Deconstruction}}. Charles [=McCarter=] planned to do this with his mistress Brenda, whom he had an affair with for years and even two children. Charles kicked his wife Helen out of their house they're 18 anniversary, justifying it, and the two of them were miserable; he's sick of treating Brenda this way, and Brenda is the mother of his two children. And because Helen signed a prenup, Charles doesn't have to support her financially and can kick her out of the house, though eventually, he agreed in court to support her mother at the senior citizen center. However, when Charles is shot and taken to the hospital, Brenda reveals her true colors when she asks the doctor to take him off of life support, justifying it by saying she doesn't want Charles to live as a cripple, but it's clear that she's after his money he doesn't want to take care of him. However, because Helen was still technically married to Charles, she had power of attorney and told the doctors to keep him alive. Brenda just straight up abandons Charles, takes as much money as she can, and leaves with their two children. Charles was in denial and demanded to know where Brenda and his children were as Helen was taking care of him; Helen, losing patience with him, informed Charles that Brenda left him for dead and as for his children, she wanted to have children with him, but because of the stress of their marriage, she had two miscarriages. Later, Helen informs Charles that Brenda took all his money, so all his servants left and took some of his things with them. Charles eventually accepted that Brenda never loved him and that he was mistaken in treating Helen the way he did. He apologized to Helen for his actions, with her forgiving him, and Charles accepted that Helen had moved on to another man.

* RemarriedToTheMistress: {{Deconstruction}}. Charles McCarter planned to do this with his mistress Brenda, whom he had an affair with for years and even two children. Charles kicked his wife Helen out of their house they're 18 anniversary, justifying it, and the two of them were miserable; he's sick of being burned out this way, and she is the mother of his two children. And because Helen signed a prenup, Charles doesn't have to support her financially and can kick her out of the house, though eventually, he agreed in court to support her mother at the senior citizen center. However, when Charles is shot and taken to the hospital, Brenda reveals her true colors when she asks the doctor to take him off of life support, justifying it by saying she doesn't want Charles to live as a cripple, but it's clear that she's after his money he doesn't want to take care of him. However, because Helen was still technically married to Charles, she had power of attorney and told the doctors to keep him alive. Brenda just straight up abandons Charles, takes as much money as she can, and leaves with their two children. Charles was in denial and demanded to know where Brenda and his children were as Helen was taking care of him; Helen, losing patience with him, informed Charles that Brenda left him for dead and as for his children, she wanted to have children with him, but because of the stress of their marriage, she had two miscarriages. Later, Helen informs Charles that Brenda took all his money, so all his servants left and took some of his things with them. Charles eventually accepted that Brenda never loved him and that he was mistaken in treating Helen the way he did. He apologized to Helen for his actions, with her forgiving him, and Charles accepted that Helen had moved on to another man.

-->'''Orlando''': Hey, I was just trying to help you out the other night.
-->'''Helen''': Oh, yeah right. You're no good Samaritan. He paid you. It's not like you're some savior or something.
-->'''Brian''': I...I'm gonna go...check the...do something. (''Scurries away''.)

-->'''Brenda:''' I know Tae Kwan Doe
-->'''Madea:''' And I know whoop yo ass!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: You'll hurt yourself trying to decide how much "gold" is in Madea's heart.

* TheMistress: She also had two kids for Charles and had no qualms about [[spoiler: cleaning him out financially, letting him die in surgery rather then live as a cripple, and leaving him after he was shot and paralyzed. She also took the kids with her.]]

* MoneySlap: After Charles orders Helen, who he kicked out of their home to make room for Brenda and who had snuck in with Madea to retrieve some money to live on, to get out or he'll call the police, Helen calls him out on what a greedy bastard he has become and throws his money back into his face. Madea, [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior being Madea,]] calls her crazy and tries to pick some of it up as she tells her not to out of principle.

-->'''Judge Ephriam''': Bailiff, call the next case.
-->'''Bailiff''': The State of Georgia versus Bobby Brown.
-->'''Judge Ephriam''': What is this? Repeat offender day?
-->'''Voice of Whitney Houston''': Bobby! Bobby, I love you!
-->'''Judge Ephriam''': Sit down, Miss Houston.

* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: after Charles is shot by the gangster he was defending and is paralyzed, Helen gets revenge while taking care of him.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Brenda takes off with the money and kids the second she realizes that Charles is going to be disabled and she'd be expected to take care of him.

* AnAesop: People can change for the worse and there's little to nothing you can do about it.

* GoldDigger: Charles' mistress, Brenda is revealed to be one.

** FallingInLoveMontage: With Helen and Orlando

* {{Melodrama}}

* MrFanservice: Orlando.

* NoRespectGuy: Orlando, at first.

%%* SassyBlackWoman: Madea

%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* SlapSlapKiss: Helen and Orlando.

* TooDumbToLive: Charles apparently thought it was a good idea to continue treating Helen like trash after she attempted to help get his affairs in order right after A: He was paralyzed and B: She's the reason he's still alive.

-->'''Helen''': I'm not bitter. I'm mad as hell.

* AdaptationalHeroism: It is downplayed but present and an unusual mix of the character being more moral but more of a jerk. In the original play, it was revealed that Charles had been physically abusing his wife, Helen; it’s unknown how long, but it was implied for at least a few years. In the movie, it’s implied that Charles was never physically abusive to Helen during their marriage and only became physical with her when he forced her out of their house. However, Charles is still very much crueler to Helen than in the play, forcing Helen out of the house they lived together and without financial support, while in the play, he lets her keep the house with $2,000 a month.

* AdaptationDistillation

* AnAesop:
** People can change for the worst and there's little to nothing you can do about it.
** You can't ignore red flags just because you love someone. If people show you who they are, you have to believe them.