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We All Need To Take Responsibility, 24 February 2006
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daclamo from United States
After much debate, I finally agreed to see Madea's Family Reunion
tonight. I'd seen most of Tyler's plays and rented "Diary", and really
wasn't all that impressed with the writing. Although I'm not a huge fan
of Perry's work, I don't dislike what he's trying to do or his
messages.
I'm a graduate film student enrolled at New York University. I take
film-making very serious and do plan on making a true difference in the
industry. I agree that there are different films for different people,
but as BLACK FOLK, we don't have that option. What was the last GOOD
film that you've seen, with an all black cast, that wasn't about a
wedding, jail, love/sex, and music? While we sit here debating whether
or not Tyler Perry is selling out Black people. We need to look at the
big picture. Hollywood is the most racist industry today. Excellent
scripts, new black faces, are being shout out of the entertainment
world. The people in power aren't BLACK, and have never been black, and
if you think Spike Lee can represent for all of us, think again!
It's so funny how people are so quick to tare Tyler down, and yet no
one has a problem with praising "Hustle and Flow". If you want to talk
about bringing down black people as a race, explain to me why John
Singleton and Stephanie Allain fought to tell the story of a pimp
turned rapper. I don't give two S**ts about how good they "thought" the
script was. Did we really need that mess? And did we need a white boy
named Craig Brewer directing it? It's funny how some of our own people
in the industry, who have some level of success and wealth, quickly
turn away from a young future black filmmaker, such as myself, and run
to the next white hype? It's also no coincidence that 36Mafia will be
performing at the Oscar's the ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED SONG: IT'S HARD
OUT HERE FOR A PIMP! They say ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, well it isn't
Tyler Perry who's making us out to be buffoon's. Please don't get
distracted. A bigger evil, and a much deeper pile of mess is at work,
and Tyler is swimming in the thick of it, trying to get out some type
of positive message, because honestly, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, I SAID ANY!
FILMS THAT PORTRAY "US" IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. I don't think the Man's
the best writer, and I am definitely not for putting a black man in a
dress.
JUST REMEMBER: There is an upcoming group of strong, sophisticated,
black men and women, that plan on changing the entire film world and we
need all of you to support us. Tyler and Spike can't save us, and can't
do it all by themselves. John Singleton has sold out and gone
Hollywood, making Tyrese the new Denzel (LOL!), and Fuqua is in the
back pocket of Jerry Bruckheimer. We will make a change, but recognize
it isn't as easy and cut and dry as you think it is. Tyler Perry,
'chitlin circuit' and all, is not to blame for the deconstruction of
BLACK FOLK, and if that's the way you feel, then you are sadly
mistaken, confused, and have been BAMBOOZLED!
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