World renown playwright and screen writer Tyler Perry has been creating plays and movies that make you laugh, cry and think all at the same time. While creating his works some say he typecast African Americans in a never evolving perception. The critics want his characters to be more evolved and not like the black face of the early twentieth century.
While reading an article about Perry on Bossip.com, this question sparked some interest: Does Tyler Perry have a moral responsibility to use his influence to create more positive images of black people in movies or do you feel he owes blacks a quality product designed to entertain, which is what we pay for?
Well I personally feel he doesn't owe blacks anything or anybody else. I feel that his characters are well evolved and are great depictions of African Americans. He is writing about life whether it is from personal experiences or something he has read. There are crackhead parents, orphan children, battered wives and more. He is reporting everything you watch on the news and read on your favorite blog site. He shouldn't be accused of not having positive images of Blacks.
None of his films has young blacks killing each other on the streets, wanting to become rapper or athletes--if he did that then I might say he is perpetuating negative stereotypes about blacks. He does write fiction with very real situation but at the end of the day it is fiction and entertainment.Tyler Perry is an amazing writer and the stories he creates are easy to relate to. That is the main reason for his success. The people can go watch the movies and plays and feel like they can relate to whatever is going on. That is what causes the laughter and tears.
There will always be critics. We need critics to cause debates and disagreements. Because these disagreements create thought provoking issues that must be debated and both sides must be heard. And the thought provoking issues can possibly be the key to solving many of the issues of the world.
I agree.. Those critics must be referring to Madea because clearly they haven't watched his last few movies, lawyers, hard working construction men, mother owning a restaurant and helping homeless, married couples willing to work it out and driving Rovers with GREAT jobs no drugs involved... tell them to go sit down and shut up.
ReplyDeleteBut Madea is so funny, I so want to hang with her