Diary of a Tired Black Man

I had to make sure that i watched this movie completely after i saw the initial 3 minute clip that started this movie off. The movie had more false within the truth and I am not surprising. I feel like this is a movie that all black men and women should watch this movie, but I am waiting to see Diary of a Tried Black Woman. You have numerous men all of the world who state black women are angry, which is incorrect. You want to consider black women angry because we are independent, because we have a voice and not one that is abusing you are being outspoken but because women chose to not let men just get away with anything then we are considered angry. Seriously!! You want call a woman anger because she is submissive 100% and being whipping board or your maid. I found that this movie was insult to black woman because we are not angry, we are all not carrying baggage from one relationship to another, and you have women who are independent out here, and you have women out here who are working and holding down the household just like their partner and then come home and handling the business is the household as well and you want to act like the woman is not supposed to be tired as well. I looked at Tonya and yes there are women out here who have a good man and they don't drop the baggage from their past and they take it to the next. She act like she wanted him to do to her what she saw her mom be treated. as a single parent i felt it was disrespect to those that have raised children along, who didnt dog out the dead beat parent to the child because this is something that they learn on their own as they get older. My son didn't have his biological father there , so i made sure that he was surrounded by positive role models and yes i would be lying if i said he didn't have some problem because his father wasn't there but he has turned into a positive black male which is a plus. I felt that the young lady said this is more of human issue was correct.I noticed too that it focused alot of women that are single, but what about the ones that are married or in long term relationships that give their all to what has been drummed into their head is how things are supposed to be and not all but so many lose their identiy of the person that they became , they become unhappy, depressed, communication no longer exist, and of course they are forced to hold their anger inside because they longer realize they have a voice and some endure dometic violence as we saw in the video believing its their fault. I know what the title is but part of why alot o women are mad is because angry, controlling, and men that thing they are king took a good woman and made her into this angry woman. took her to the point of where she reached enough is enough and she fails to realize to clean out the closet, let loose the baggage of the old before she steps into something new so that new relationship can have a better change of not being just a reason or a season, but nothing is a sure thing no matter what you do.

This movie is not nearly so over the top as some reviewers say, but obviously it pushed some buttons. That it poked fun (and at men too, and the dating game in general, not just women) while at the same time addressing heartfelt issues made it harder to "read" than most straightforward documentaries. The inclusion of dramatic sketches, sometimes with pretty nutty behavior, made it look even less like a serious documentary with a unified and singularly focused vision. So then, what was it supposed to be? It wasn't a paint-by-numbers presentation. It didn't endeavor to keep itself out of trouble; in both subject matter and presentation, it took risks.But it wasn't trying to be rigorous in the way a tight-collared upper-crusty BBC documentary with a controlled and dour narrator reading off a committee-approved script would be. It was an exploration, through hyperbole, drama, street interviews, and just plain shooting the breeze in the barbershop, of sexual and racial issues. Many could just as easily be applied to any race or ethnicity, which makes this film resonate more than it might have and be of broader interest.Have fun with it, and don't hold yourself to agreeing or disagreeing with every point, and you'll likely enjoy it. Pretty much every view gets taken to an absurd limit at some point in the movie before the movie bounces back again into the next thought from a more reasonable person (or from a reasonable person who didn't get caught out so obviously going off the deep end), and even interviewees who initially seem strident often show their more human side as the interview goes on. That's part of what humanizes it from a monotonous rant into something more fun and interesting.There are few interviewees in this flick that I didn't wind up liking in the end, definitely including all the women. Many were very funny; almost all were very sympathetic. Everyone here seemed, well ... nice, if that word hasn't fallen too far out of fashion. There really wasn't aggressive and negative interrupting of female interviewees to speak of, contrary to what some others reviews assert. So this movie isn't a hatchet job or a bunch of angry whining from sour and bitter men. It is one of those films that will put some people on pins and needles -- but isn't that one of the things good documentaries are best at, and one of the things they're for? And, frankly, don't some (or all) of us deserve that at least once in a while? Especially the oversensitive types? You'll probably have a few laughs if you see the flick and be entertained throughout. If you do feel a few pins and needles and gain something to think about, well ... good for you on that, too.

Diary of a Tired Black Man really wasn't what I expected. I thought I was going to watch a movie; probably a comedy/drama. Instead it turned out to be a few drama scenes, filmed in a documentary style, linked by interviews and commentary from members of the public on what they had seen. After the first 10 minutes or so I was ready to abandon watching, as it seemed like I was in for a stereotypical regurgitation of everything that had ever been found lacking in a black woman, but I persevered, and while there were no mind blowing revelations, there were one or two interesting observations from both male and female perspectives that I had not given much consideration to before. If, like me, you buy this expecting an entertaining and thought-provoking movie to equal Diary of a Mad Black Woman you will be disappointed, but if you are aware of what it is, it's ok. I watched the "profanity free" version, and I think it's a great idea to have this option on the DVD; I was very grateful for it when I heard how much of the sound had to be muted to block out the bad language. Is it one to watch? Perhaps there are some people who need to hear what it has to say; for me, I could have done without it and I wouldn't consider it essential to my collection.

this is a fabulous CD, its not what u think, obviously the title gives the impression that men are being bashed, but its the women who are being bashed...thats not why i like it, i like it becuase it causes debate and in a generation where men and women seem to be growing farher and farther apart, i think we need to address the issues as to why, and this DVD looks and some of those reasons from a males perspective, I disagree with the title given to black women, "angry black woman" syndrome, because the there is a reason why black women are angry they are not just born that way, but it is interesting to look at how men feel about our angry attitude and how we can get out if and start attracting positive energy! highly recommended though!

Slightly disappointed with this film. I really thought that this would be on the same par as Diary of a Mad Black Woman, but unfortunately, this fell very short of excellence.

Didn't play on my vcd player. It's selective of devices to play on

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