Tyler Perry’s 60 Minutes Debut

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Tyler Perry’s 60 Minutes Debut

via The Thirty Mile Woman by cocacy on 10/22/09

Tyler Perry was featured on 60 Minutes tonight and while I will save much of my analysis and critique of him for the book I am writing (and so painfully behind on), I will say that this interview was quite interesting, particularly as Tyler talked about his critics. One of the things that bothers me about Mr. Perry is his total unwillingness to entertain any sort of criticism regardless of how respectful and nuanced it may be. In fact, he seemed quite dismissive of all critics, including but surely not limited to Spike Lee. In fact, he seems to be making a statement on working class Blacks vs. middle/upper class (or in his estimation, high falutin’) Blacks — perhaps a statement on authenticity? What do you think?

 

 

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