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They don't live in the projects, lol. There are no poor black people in the Tyler Perry world.
that's called "living in the projects." like that happens all the time, and if you ever lived there you'd know.
They don't live in the projects, lol. There are no poor black people in the Tyler Perry world.
Just. Not. Funny. Period.
But a good segment of his audience does or did
Interesting, I hate Tyler Perry because he isnt funny AT ALL!!!
Meet the Browns MIGHT have been funny if it came out around the time of Family Matters, and even then it would have barely competed.
Why ANYONE thinks his stuff is funny is beyond me.
They don't. They simply support his 'cause he's black.
That's it, and that's all.
Thats my thinking as well....
And before anyone says anything about race, my favorite comedian by far is Dave Chapelle.... my top ten also include Chris Rock, Berny Mack and Bill Cosby.
For the record, I dont think Sinbad was ever all that funny.... he had his moments, and he s all over Tyler Perry.
errr....ummm...I'm not a racist because.......ummmm......I got it!!! My best friend is black.
Tyler Perry sucks....
Deal with it.
A bunch of friends are going to watch "For Colored Girls" on Friday. Another film by Tyler Perry.
Uhm, perhaps black people just get it and others don't? I don't know too many blacks who liked Friends.
I used to work at a Blockbuster, and 95% of the time, black folks would walk up to the counter w/ 3 or 4 movies, 2 semi-well known, 2 obscure as , all with a black lead or cast.
They don't care about the substance, just about the color.
Have you seen the movies? How do you know they lack substance?
There's even black people that don't like Tyler Perry and I agree with some of their remarks..notably e Lee...
I agree with him in some ways. I'm not black nor do I like e Lee as a director too much, but even I can see that some of Tyler Perry's comedy is black people acting like buffoons, especially the "father figure" in his sitcoms.Despite praising Perry in 2006, in 2009 director e Lee criticized his work when interviewed by Ed Gordon on Our World with Black Enterprise, saying, "Each artist should be allowed to pursue their artistic endeavors but I still think there is a lot of stuff out today that is 'coonery' and buffoonery. I know it's making a lot of money and breaking records, but we can do better. … I see these two ads for these two shows [Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and House of Payne] and I am scratching my head. … We got a Black president and we going back to Mantan Moreland and Sleep 'n' Eat?"
I don't need to get to KNOW this guy in order to correctly assume he's a less idiot.
And so on, and so forth...
The Hills is a popular ty show, led by an all-white cast. Most of the substance-less mainstream TV on air is dominated by all-or mostly white casts.
But would you ever think of making the assertion that white people only watch the Hills because the cast is white? Why are blacks exceptional in this regard?
lol his main audience is fat women and gays
The first problem the OP made was saying that some of Tyler Perry's was funny. It's not. I'm neither white nor black.
However, I guess I can see the whole, "You wouldn't get it if you're not black" argument because while George Lopez is at least 20 years older than me, I find him funny because a lot of the stuff he talks about happening to him as a kid, happened to me as a kid.
Not only do you have the age difference, but the location difference (LA vs SA) and yet, almost identical experiences growing up.
The Hills is simply evidence of white people's -taste in television. It has nothing to do w/ the skin color and EVERYTHING to do w/ their bizarre attraction to everything superficial and vapid...and their strive to behave accordingly.
Black supports black.
Yup, George Lopez's humor does contain many references of experiences I've had in my life. I've enjoyed some of Tyler Perry's movies but we don't really watch any of his sitcoms. The wife is wanting to go watch "For Colored Women".
OK?
Somehow white people that would watch a brain-dead show like The Hills have deeper reasons for doing so, but blacks are incapable of discerning tastes in TV programming unless the actors are black... I’m sure those people you saw at BlockBuster also watch mainstream, white-dominated TV programming as well, like every other American.
BTW, most of Tyler Perry's stuff sucks balls – and he’s not making hundreds of millions of dollars because he’s strong-arming only 12% of the American population to buy his crap.
Each year of high school, 4 girls would run for homecoming/prom queen. It would typically be 3 white girls, and one black girl (named Jazz). Every year, Jazz would win. And it had nothing to do w/ her being the best candidate (especially EACH year). It was simply because she'd lock up the black vote.OK?
Somehow white people that would watch a brain-dead show like The Hills have deeper reasons for doing so, but blacks are incapable of discerning tastes in TV programming unless the actors are black... I’m sure those people you saw at BlockBuster also watch mainstream, white-dominated TV programming as well, like every other American.
BTW, most of Tyler Perry's stuff sucks balls – and he’s not making hundreds of millions of dollars because he’s strong-arming only 12% of the American population to buy his crap.
When you're guaranteed the black support, everything else is gravy. I doubt very highly that ONLY blacks watch his show, but I can say with the utmost certainty that he's "got the black vote", for no other reason than his skin color; thus, his fortune and confounding popularity.
I think some of Tyler Perrys stuff is funny. His first movie was much funnier than the last few, that is for sure.
I think black folk relate more to Tyler Perry, because a lot of that happens in his films, happens to blacks in real life. *shrugs*
Thats funny, because I went to a HS that was about 5% black out of 2,800 students and a black girl still won the prom queen.
Obviously, points of arguments (just like good thread ideas) consistently escape you.Thats funny, because I went to a HS that was about 5% black out of 2,800 students and a black girl still won the prom queen.
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