It really is as they say: “More money, more problems”especially when your name is Tyler Perry. In a recent 2-person commentary interview on CNN, novelist/journalist Touré went in on Perry and his directing skills, calling his overall message just “horrible”:
Tyler Perry is one of ”if not the worst”director in Hollywood. Hes willfully ignorant of the craft, and I can think of no aspect of the film making craft that he excels at, certainly not acting or writing or cinematography or directing or set design.
He perhaps excels at marketing but that’s not really a film making craft. But what’s really dangerous about the product he puts out is that hes celebrating a certain victim hood. I see this especially in For Colored Girls”which was a fantastic play but a horrible movie”and celebrating this victim-hood and
sort of telling Black women that it’s okay to feel like a victim and to wallow in the pain of your life. Its like cinematic malt liquor for the masses. [SOURCE]
Author/social commentator Dr. Boyce Watkins held the opposing view and pointed out that even though it’s alarming how a black man has been able to make so much money by wearing a dress, Perry’s intentions are to deliver a deeper message by using comedy to educate the masses. He also added that Perry is using the Flava Flav model of economic empowerment, while creating jobs in black Hollywood.
Touré then went on to add: “Drug dealers also create jobs, but we’re not giving them credit for creating jobs. Just creating jobs is not enough.”
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