On Jan 28, 11:33 pm, "Thomas Heald, Esquire" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> pedegars wrote:
> > Perhaps, to some degree at least; but after watching "Diary of a Mad
> > Black Woman" ---and the special features---in the past week (this is
> > what happens when you don't tend to your Netflix queue for months on
> > end), which was a product of Tyler Perry Studios, produced by Tyler
> > Perry, introducing Tyler Perry, and I'm sure had some other role or
> > two that involved Tyler Perry (aside from 'Joe' and 'Madea'), I have
> > to conclude that many things involving Tyler Perry are an acquired
> > taste.
>
> A) the new epic is "Medea Goes to Jail," which I believe means he is
> officially merging his series with (or beginning to remake Jim Varney's
> "Ernest goes to _____" franchise. Now if the film after that can have
> talking sports playing puppies I am so there.
It's based on one of Perry's plays, which touring companies are what
got him his start ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "Meet the Browns"
are also based on his plays). Nobody in the white media knows about
the black theater circuit unless the local producer buys TV time, but
they do great business with black audiences, which tended to make me
take the "it's a black thing, I wouldn't understand" position.
However, last Sunday I went to a new play in Chicago called "Stage
Black," which takes a look at the plays about black life that play in
the white theaters, and the person from the black company who did was
as critical of Perry as I am. I feel relieved.
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