Fire investigators have determined that film critics were responsible for Monday’s fire at Tyler Perry’s Studio in Atlanta. After this week’s fire, the second at Perry’s production facility in recent months, the focus of the arson investigation turned to Joel Gallian, a film critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Gallian wrote in his review of Perry’s summer release “Madea’s Witness Protection,” that the earlier fire was “the most entertaining thing to ever come out of Tyler Perry’s studio.”

“Whenever you’re investigating possible arson, you look at anyone who would have something to benefit from the fire,” said a spokesperson for the Atlanta Fire Department. “In this case, nobody has more to gain for Tyler Perry’s studio burning down than the film critics forced to review his movies.”

Following Monday’s fire, the Atlanta Police Department brought in dozens of prominent film critics from across the country for questioning, including Roger Ebert, Todd McCarthy, Richard Roeper, Peter Travers, Richard Corliss, and A.O. Scott. Unfortunately for investigators, each of the critics had a rock solid alibi for their whereabouts during the blaze at Perry’s studio, claiming they were all in movie theaters reviewing other horrible August movie releases.

“I’m sure the film critic responsible for the fire was just trying to slow Perry down,” A.O. Scott told Hollywood & Swine. “It’s bad enough he makes bad movies, but does he really have to make two of them a year.”

After watching several of the Tyler Perry produced sitcoms on TBS, including “Meet the Browns,” “For Better or Worse,” and “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” arson investigators expanded their list of suspects to also include TV critics.

In related news, Perry announced that while he helped firefighters put out the blaze at his studio, he managed to start and complete his latest screenplay, which has already begun principal photography.