Sistas

As much as I appreciate, commend and stan what Tyler Perry has achieved, I generally don't resonate with his brand of humour. This one seemed a little different, so I gave it a try. Season 1 starts off really well, I really enjoyed it for light entertainment. I was actually surprised at the bad reviews and then I finished the whole season and unfortunately I could completely understand the poor ratings.

The comedic parts are actually funny and I think they should have stuck to that genre because the dramatic parts aren't done well at all. They are badly acted with misplaced hyperbolic scenes and outlandish storylines. The haphazard script unravels halfway through season one and continues to decline, a lot of the things the female characters say and do don't make sense and come across as stereotypical of what a man thinks a woman would do in that situation, but is actually very unrealistic. The characters lack depth and proper development, most of the things they do stop making sense. The character Andy and all of her storylines should have been left out- This would have drastically increased the quality of the show. As beautiful as she is, her nonsensical telenovela style acting and confused storylines are unnecessary, cringeworthy and painful to watch unfold. This show is an example of why no man should be an island, perhaps if TP had someone else writing and others producing, just another set of eyes ... sometimes we need to be checked and also, doing it all spreads anyone thinly.

As I said it starts off well, but declines into WTF am I watching real quick. I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to run it in the background or for very light entertainment and that's only because of the earlier eps which had a nice Girls Trip vibe. All in all the show is ok, I see why people feel it's bad though. If you want a good show with a similar premise about female friendships/career/relationships, etc... I'd recommend Run the World or Harlem.

But I avoid his shows for his terrible writing. I only watched this show because I watched 4 episodes of the L word and I needed to see normal size black women and not wafer thin white women. But true to form the writing sucks; the stories are contrived. TP has great ideas , he needs to hire writers to pull off his ideas.

The tone of the show is very uneven. It switches between comedy and drama in a jarring manner, and many of the sets look cheap. I was looking forward to a show about black women in a positive light, but it seems that the women in this show based their lives around men and not themselves. Hopefully it will improve in time, but so far, I'm not impressed.

A series of conversations that go on too long. None of the actors are particularly talented. A lot of the time it feels like they're stretching scenes to fill the hour.

It might be better if a character or two was compelling.

I just don't understand. I've only watched about 2 episodes, of i believe, the second season and it is truly bad. Tyler Perrys been making things forever and i'd think he had it together to make things with good taste. But this falls below short. Its unfortunate.