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22 Aug 2010 10:55

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Offbeat: Tyler Perry: Creator of bad movies, destroyer of worse homes

This mega-mansion outside Atlanta, which reportedly has awful architecture, languished on the market for 15 years. Tyler Perry bought it. He plans to destroy it. source
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24 Sep 2009 09:55

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Culture: Columnist: Why are Tyler Perry’s stereotyped movies so popular?

  • Maybe it’s easy for whole church buses to go see a Perry flick after Sunday service. Maybe we’re just happy to see black folks on-screen no matter what they do. Or maybe we don’t have the sense of a billy goat when it comes to choosing meaningful entertainment—I just don’t know.
  • The Root columnist Thembi Ford • Lamenting the level of success that Tyler Perry‘s movies, which have been critically lambasted across the board, have had in a short period of time. Ford notes that Perry’s movies have grossed nearly as much in seven years ($319 million) as Spike Lee’s entire canon has in over two decades ($372 million). Perry will be tackling the film version of an iconic feminist play in the future – Ntozake Shange‘s “For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” – and Ford argues that he’s simply not a good enough director for the honor. • source
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21 Jul 2009 14:42

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Culture: Under all that makeup, Madea sure has a heart of gold

Tyler Perry heard about some minority kids banned from a mostly-white swimming pool. So he bought them trips to Disney World. Go Tyler! source
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22 Feb 2009 20:47

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Culture: Forget the Oscars! “Madea” makes bank despite them

  • $41.1 million for Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail” source
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22 Feb 2009 20:44

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Culture: Tyler Perry: Finding a balance that’s made him millions

  • As a little boy I would feel so helpless watching this man beat my mother. I would sit in the corner covering my ears wanting the madness to stop. … That’s still hard to think about.
  • Tyler Perry • On the melodrama that informs his work, including the recent “Madea Goes to Jail,” even during moments of levity. It’s an approach that hasn’t won him many fans among critics, but it’s made him incredibly popular without their support. • source
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