Is Spike Lee's Characterization of Tyler Perry's Work as Buffoonery Correct?

What Qualifies as Buffoonery?

Many people watched Tyler Perry plays and then went on to watch his movies. My understanding from friends who have seen some of his plays is that quite a bit of buffoonery went on in the plays. I never saw any of the plays and I wasn't particularly interested in seeing his movies at first, but now that I've seen a few of them, I find them really enjoyable.

Following is a list of some of Tyler Perry's work. I've bolded the things I've seen.

Why Did I Get Married Too (2010)
"Meet the Browns" (33 episodes, 2009)
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
"House of Payne" (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
The Family That Preys (2008)
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Why Did I Get Married? (2006)
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Meet the Browns (2004) (writer)
Madea's Class Reunion (2003) (writer)

I've always been quite comfortable completely disregarding people's opinion of movies they haven't seen. I think people often prejudge Tyler Perry movies in a way that is inappropriate. I believe he has developed a REPUTATION for buffoonery because of his plays and the Madea character enhances that reputation. My understanding from trusted sources is that this reputation is well earned. Personally, when I see him playing the Madea character, I think he does a very good job because I don't see a man wearing a dress, I see an old-style down home Black woman. She is not representative of every Black woman from that time or that place, but those women existed.

The character of Madea is not in the same category as Eddie Murphy or Martin Lawrence playing fat women. They play fat women that "nobody" finds sexually appealing who are not smart enough to see that the man they want doesn't want them. I guess they have no other options so they keep running after these men to the point of humiliation. The men not only can't get rid of these clingy desperate women, but also feel victimized and dominated by them. They can't believe that these extremely "unattractive fat" women that nobody would want would be after them. Black women are not that and Fat women are not that. That is buffoonery (A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.).