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Everyone has been counting the days until Madea arrives back on streaming. And now that viewers are at a blink-and-you-miss distance from Madea’s Destination Wedding, we’re here to help you with one of the most-asked questions. The upcoming Tyler Perry film is the second Madea film to be released in creative collaboration with Netflix.

But Madea appeared for the first time on the screen 20 years ago in Diary of a Mad Black Woman. And Madea’s Destination Wedding is the 13th film in the franchise. Speaking of the character that now has a cult following, Perry said, “To see that this character is still enduring, and people are still watching and enjoying and laughing, it’s really mind-blowing to me.”

So, it makes sense that new fans are troubled with the thought as to whether they can enjoy the Netflix release as a standalone film, without the context of everything that has come before. The answer is yes, you definitely can. The franchise frenzy can honestly be daunting. Once they take centre stage, skipping earlier chapters might leave viewers struggling to keep pace.

Then there’s also the fear of missing out on relevance, anecdotes, and references. Thus, it’s understandable that such questions trouble fans. However, they don’t need to worry about that with Madea’s Destination Wedding.

Madea films are mostly self-contained comedies, each with a separate plot. The films have recurring characters. However, the films do not showcase entwined storylines. Mostly, every Madea film highlights a new situation or problem in the Madea family. What you may find in the earlier films is a semblance of how Madea and her family dynamics came into being.

But rest assured, it’s absolutely not essential to catch up on every movie before Madea’s Destination Wedding. In case you want to catch up on one of them, A Madea Homecoming is currently streaming on Netflix. The film spent four weeks at number one on the global top ten list during its release in 2022. While one might expect some similar chart-topping frenzy with Madea’s Destination Wedding, here’s what it’s all about for those who don’t know.

Madea’s Destination Wedding will have Madea’s family travelling to the Bahamas to celebrate an unforeseen wedding. And the bride? It’s none other than Madea’s nephew Brian and his ex-wife Debrah’s daughter Tiffany. Having met a rapper on a yacht, she is engaged, and the wedding is in two weeks. But for Netflix fans, it’s coming in one, so buckle up!