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AND WHATS WRONG WITH HER DOING TYLER PERRY MOVIES FOR THE REST OF HER CAREER? WHAT HIS MOVIES AINT SH%T CUZ HE BLACK? I GUESS IF SHE WAS IN A BUNCH OF STEVEN SPIELBERG, THEN SHE SOMEBODY. SMDH! BLACK FOLKS! ANYTHING WHITE IS ALLRIGHT! JUST SH%T ALL OVER OURSELVES. THESE BLACK ACTRESSES AND SOME ACTORS CANT GET ANY ROLES, CUZ HOLLYWOOD DONT WANT OUR ***! TYLER PERRY OPEN THE DOOR FOR ALOT TO MAKE A FEW DOLLARS. ANGELA BASSETT WAS JUST IN ONE OF HIS MOVIES AND WE ALL KNOW SHE DESERVE TO BE IN EVERYBODYS MOVIES, BUT LOOK HOW THEY DO HER! WE TREAT EACH OTHER SO BAD. THATS WHY WE AINT GOT SH%T!GOT TO BUY HAIR PRODUCTS FROM WHITE REOPLE! SMH!
7lady I would definately have to agree with you on that one. Are you knocking her hustle because she is going to be doing Tyler Perry movies all her life? She will still be bringing home more than you at the end of the day so for you to be trying to clown you're the one who ends up looking like the clown. Tyler Perry has opened doors that no one was trying to open up for black actors because we all know the doors that are not opened to them by these white directors. All of his movies were great he is a tremendous talent and attribute to what you can be when you have drive and determination, which alot of these young black men and women today do not have.
Whoa whoa whoa, 7Lady and Missdst8. First of all, let me say that I am a young black filmmaker/actor. This isnt a black or white issue, first of all, so please put the race card back in the deck. While I agree with you Tyler Perry has opened doors and been an inspiration to young filmmakers and actors like myself, his movies are of a certain quality not too high on the directorial pecking order, even among minority directors (Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin). You might disagree, and you are welcome to that because this is all opinion. All I'm saying about her is that in my opinion, she's not going to attract the attention of the upper crust of directors until she gets her act together. And the Angela Bassett reference is out of place because she turns down a lot of roles (most notably Monster's Ball) because of her strong religious beliefs.
Sorry if I offended you, it's all love though. And for the record, at this point in my career i'd kill for a Valtrex commercial let alone a Tyler Perry movie.
@mosby I don't think 7lady and missdt8 were using any race cards. I think they were just expressing thier opinion to your statement which came across like Tyler Perry movies were not credible or up to part with other film writers. I think everyone agrees that Tyler has made moves for us that some other film makers did not do. And Tyler may not be up to Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin level yet but remember when they first started they were not great either. If Tyler starts at the top he where will his next move be, downwards. No one in any business starts out at the top. Stay Blessed.
ITS GREAT TO SEE SOME OF OUR BLACK CELEBS DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THINGS LIKE THIS WON'T GET ADVERTISE TOO MUCH AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T BOTHER TO GIVE PROPS TO THE ONES THAT TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR SCHEDULE TO CARE. IF MORE CELEBS AND PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME AND GIVE OUT THE WORLD WOULD MOVE UP A BETTER NOTCH.
