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In Defense of Tyler Perry...A Response


June 07, 2007 | Tags: Tyler Perry, House of Payne, Minstrel Show
That Tyler Perry blog had some jokes in it and while I enjoyed reading it, I have to respectfully disagree on this one.

While there are a number of folks who have issues with Black men in drag (see: just about every Black comedian who's had a TV Show), I fucks with Tyler... even though the Madea character is way over the top.

Actually, for most of us Black folk, there's a Madea in every family (I had two, R.I.P.). I have a few crazy ass relatives that I would only chill with at family functions and I'm sure most of you readers do too.

The idea that Tyler Perry's plays, movies and now his TV show, House of Payne (which had a few dry moments) can't be placed in the minstrel show category because the message is different.

Beyond Madea's over the top antics, the weed smoking and the gun popping (my grandmother's didn't smoke and their weapon of choice was the belt), the message is always one of upliftment and/or hope.

Tyler Perry is no Shakespeare and his movies definitely leave a lot to be desired, but a minstrel? Not hardly. Sticking that label to him puts him in the same category as such greats like the Ying Yang Twins, Homeboys in Outerspace and about 98% of the other rappers out now.

Love it or hate it, I challenge you to find something negative in the overall message of any Tyler Perry production.

If it's a choice of BET or TP... I'm fucking with the latter.






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