Tyler Perry’s Ruthless

This series by the wealthy actor responsible for the old wise cracking grandma called Madia appeared to me while I was looking through my social media (Twitter). I have someone I follow who simply recommends films or series that they have watched. Sometimes people ask questions after seeing clips. The same approach is used on Facebook. I have since suggested that maybe this is another form of the influencer movement except this one is designed to promote movie studios and productions companies. 

The clips that were presented were quite racy and the general suggestion is that only a mature audience should watch this series. 

Authors and poets have for a long time used erotica at strategic moments of their narrative to place important pieces of information for their audiences. There is no shortage of risqué scenes. At the start, dialogue and script feels quite exhausting (but that’s just me). Dive in a little more and you will see the struggles of a group of men and some of different ages and backgrounds stuck in a strict religious movement with nowhere to go. The creators of this story also help weave into the series an examination of the life of the man at the helm of this cult. You find yourself feeling a sense of pity for a visibly cruel man. The choice of dress for the members of this cult movement feels a little too close to a religion that I will not mention :) Perhaps the writers penned something to help us approach belief with a little caution. Perhaps they sought to help us understand our tendencies to reroute our divine passions into sexual ones. Maybe they wanted us to understand the dynamics of leadership and race and culture. Also present in this work is the examination of life for different age groups and sexes. The elder mothers and the younger women, the men closest to the highest and the other men. The fear or apparent loathing for women that the cult leader tends to display. 

Underneath all this drama there are great discussion to be had about the lives of those in uniform and especially those who chose to go undercover (an idea which has been explored quite a lot in the movies). 

Perhaps the most interesting character is the dominant female who learns to make use of her past life (on the street) something she feels is long gone as she attempts to deal with her male captors. 

I guess everything is a weapon including your sexuality if you ever find yourself stuck in a similar situation. Is that her message? I will let you decide.