After much debate, I finally agreed to see Madea's Family Reunion tonight. I'd seen most of Tyler's plays and rented "Diary", and really wasn't all that impressed with the writing. Although I'm not a huge fan of Perry's work, I don't dislike what he's trying to do or his messages.
I'm a graduate film student enrolled at New York University. I take film-making very serious and do plan on making a true difference in the industry. I agree that there are different films for different people, but as BLACK FOLK, we don't have that option. What was the last GOOD film that you've seen, with an all black cast, that wasn't about a wedding, jail, love/sex, and music? While we sit here debating whether or not Tyler Perry is selling out Black people. We need to look at the big picture. Hollywood is the most racist industry today. Excellent scripts, new black faces, are being shout out of the entertainment world. The people in power aren't BLACK, and have never been black, and if you think Spike Lee can represent for all of us, think again!
It's so funny how people are so quick to tare Tyler down, and yet no one has a problem with praising "Hustle and Flow". If you want to talk about bringing down black people as a race, explain to me why John Singleton and Stephanie Allain fought to tell the story of a pimp turned rapper. I don't give two S**ts about how good they "thought" the script was. Did we really need that mess? And did we need a white boy named Craig Brewer directing it? It's funny how some of our own people in the industry, who have some level of success and wealth, quickly turn away from a young future black filmmaker, such as myself, and run to the next white hype? It's also no coincidence that 36Mafia will be performing at the Oscar's the ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED SONG: IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP! They say ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, well it isn't Tyler Perry who's making us out to be buffoon's. Please don't get distracted. A bigger evil, and a much deeper pile of mess is at work, and Tyler is swimming in the thick of it, trying to get out some type of positive message, because honestly, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, I SAID ANY! FILMS THAT PORTRAY "US" IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. I don't think the Man's the best writer, and I am definitely not for putting a black man in a dress.
JUST REMEMBER: There is an upcoming group of strong, sophisticated, black men and women, that plan on changing the entire film world and we need all of you to support us. Tyler and Spike can't save us, and can't do it all by themselves. John Singleton has sold out and gone Hollywood, making Tyrese the new Denzel (LOL!), and Fuqua is in the back pocket of Jerry Bruckheimer. We will make a change, but recognize it isn't as easy and cut and dry as you think it is. Tyler Perry, 'chitlin circuit' and all, is not to blame for the deconstruction of BLACK FOLK, and if that's the way you feel, then you are sadly mistaken, confused, and have been BAMBOOZLED!
I'm a graduate film student enrolled at New York University. I take film-making very serious and do plan on making a true difference in the industry. I agree that there are different films for different people, but as BLACK FOLK, we don't have that option. What was the last GOOD film that you've seen, with an all black cast, that wasn't about a wedding, jail, love/sex, and music? While we sit here debating whether or not Tyler Perry is selling out Black people. We need to look at the big picture. Hollywood is the most racist industry today. Excellent scripts, new black faces, are being shout out of the entertainment world. The people in power aren't BLACK, and have never been black, and if you think Spike Lee can represent for all of us, think again!
It's so funny how people are so quick to tare Tyler down, and yet no one has a problem with praising "Hustle and Flow". If you want to talk about bringing down black people as a race, explain to me why John Singleton and Stephanie Allain fought to tell the story of a pimp turned rapper. I don't give two S**ts about how good they "thought" the script was. Did we really need that mess? And did we need a white boy named Craig Brewer directing it? It's funny how some of our own people in the industry, who have some level of success and wealth, quickly turn away from a young future black filmmaker, such as myself, and run to the next white hype? It's also no coincidence that 36Mafia will be performing at the Oscar's the ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED SONG: IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP! They say ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, well it isn't Tyler Perry who's making us out to be buffoon's. Please don't get distracted. A bigger evil, and a much deeper pile of mess is at work, and Tyler is swimming in the thick of it, trying to get out some type of positive message, because honestly, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, I SAID ANY! FILMS THAT PORTRAY "US" IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. I don't think the Man's the best writer, and I am definitely not for putting a black man in a dress.
JUST REMEMBER: There is an upcoming group of strong, sophisticated, black men and women, that plan on changing the entire film world and we need all of you to support us. Tyler and Spike can't save us, and can't do it all by themselves. John Singleton has sold out and gone Hollywood, making Tyrese the new Denzel (LOL!), and Fuqua is in the back pocket of Jerry Bruckheimer. We will make a change, but recognize it isn't as easy and cut and dry as you think it is. Tyler Perry, 'chitlin circuit' and all, is not to blame for the deconstruction of BLACK FOLK, and if that's the way you feel, then you are sadly mistaken, confused, and have been BAMBOOZLED!