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Response to onpatrol98 (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:04 PM

22. I do the same thing. I give Perry alot (and I mean ALOT) of grief

But at least he is giving black actors and actresses roles that don't require them to die 18 seconds after they come on screen or involves cussing and up a storm and stabbing everyone that looks at them funny. Although the Church Lady-ness of some of his films gets on my last damn nerve.

We had a slew of Tyler Perry discussions in AAIG on DU2. The general consensus was about the same as it is here - he sucks but at least he's putting black folks to work and seems genuinely interested in telling the tales of black women.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=258&topic_id=10668
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=258&topic_id=10198
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=258&topic_id=5180

We need more black writers, more black directors, we need more black dollars going into productive projects. We need to be driving what takes place on the screen more.


You said it!

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