There’s a Yoruba adage that says, “Gbogbo alangba danu bole am'eyi ti inu run,”   which means  in English  “all lizards lie flat on their stomach and it is difficult to determine which has a stomach ache.” In essence,  the adage  means  “everyone looks the same on the outside but  everyone  has problems that are invisible to outsiders. ” The same  can be said of  marriages  –  every marriage looks glamorous on the outside, but every marriage has its problem ,  for some it’s DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

So a couple of days back, I took myself on a movie date as usual and I went to see Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, starring Taraji P. Henson and Lyriq Bent. The movie, according to Henson, was shot within 8 days and her part was shot within 5 days. This probably explains some of the loopholes in the movie, cos honestly speaking it hardly hit the mark. Yeah, I said it. It was just another of Tyler Perry’s regular recipe - a black woman who has been a