'Tyler Perry’s Straw' Ending, Explained: His Most Shocking Twist Ever

'Tyler Perry’s Straw' Ending, Explained: His Most Shocking Twist Ever

Tyler Perry’s Straw puts the struggles of a Black single mother on full display, and she navigates trying to make ends meet during a day when it seems like good news is far away. In the Netflix film, Taraji P. Henson stars as Janiyah, a mother on the brink of losing her mind as she works to take care of her sick daughter despite hurdle after hurdle. What’s Tyler Perry’s Straw about? According to an official film synopsis, “Pushed to the brink by

Is Tyler Perry's Powerful Straw 'No Exit for Black Women'?

(Spoiler alert: Tyler Perry's Straw is spoiled in this article and the accompanying podcast.) Tyler Perry's Straw has a deceptive title. It seems like it refers to a single mom named Janiyah (Taraji P. Henson) driven to extremes by a metaphorical straw that broke the camel's back. But in fact, as the film reveals very late in the game, she's actually pushed over the edge by a cataclysmic trauma that shatters her whole existence. In the latest Lo…