90% of the audiences were Black. I think his name carries weight in a
lot of circles of the African American community. Unfortunately, I fear
you are right in your prediction of a large volume of embarrassing Black
films that are similar to some of the books you refer to. I hope that
without Perry's name on the marquee, success won't be guaranteed.
Unfortunately, I fear that is a long-run.
ravenadal wrote:
>
> Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?" is number one at the box
> office, taking in $21.4, almost twice as much as this weekend's No. 2
> film, "The Game Plan."
>
> While I wish Mr. Perry all the best, his success (this is his third
> number one at the box office) does not bode well for serious black
> filmmakers, or black filmmakers in general. His success will lead to
> something similar to the embarrassing black publishing boom in large
> part spawned by the success of Terry McMillan.
>
> I am personally curious as to why "Why Did I Get Married?" struck gold
> with black (and white) movie-goers while Chris Rock's "I Think I Love
> My Wife," tanked. "Married" unseen, I am confident "Wife" is a
> better, more accomplished movie.
>
> ~rave!
>
> > Actually, I think its the same syndrome as the Black Movie
> > industry. Movies like Soul Plane get multi-million dollar
> > promotion while movies like Why Did I Get Married don't. To
> > paraphrase Marshall McCluan(sp?) - the media don't tell us that to
> > think, but they *do* tell us what to think about.
> >
>
>
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