It's been just seven years since Lionsgate's soothsaying president of production Mike Paseornek had the stroke of genius to take Tyler Perry -- a sort of dumbed-down, cross-dressing George Bernard Shaw of the contemporary African-American theater circuit -- and see how his wildly successful stage shows might fare on the big screen. A dozen self-written features, one non-union TV series, and a peculiar appearance in a summer sci-fi reboot later, and it's safe to say Perry and his alter ego Mabel "Madea" Simmons are doing just fine, thanks: His 2008 earnings alone are estimated at around $125 million.
Now Lionsgate wants him to branch out into other proven theatrical properties, ones that Perry hasn't himself written. Before we had monologues for vaginas, before Heidi scribbled down her Chronicles, we had For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.
Now Lionsgate wants him to branch out into other proven theatrical properties, ones that Perry hasn't himself written. Before we had monologues for vaginas, before Heidi scribbled down her Chronicles, we had For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.
- 9/4/2009
- Movieline
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