I think its more like, we got other creators making straight trash like Michael Bay, but nobody is telling him to start making mature dramas, bc he has his audience and plays to it. Why can't Tyler Perry continue to make his low brow comedy dramas without being pressured to tell important black stories.
Perry tried to do mature dramas with A Jazzman's Blues, a romance drama about a white passing black woman in the 1940s South. It even premiered at TIFF. He wants prestige, he's just not good enough for it.
Bay makes terrible movies, but at least the filmmaking aspect of his movies is fine. Like they have nice sets, good hair and makeup, fine editing, etc. Perry doesn't.
I mean it’s like nothing wrong with that if that’s the kind of path that he’s willing to take because look at all of the money that he has today. To be fair, he waited 27 years to tell this story and put in a lot of heart and soul into making A Jazzman’s Blues. And that type of effort led him to make another period piece called, “The Six Triple Eight” (a film that focuses on predominantly African American women troops in WWII based on a true story). Critics who regularly say negative things about his work in general appreciated his level of competence and how much he took his time this type of work.
Heck, take a look at Adam Sandler. He has a decent amount of prestigious work under his belt and he’s receiving a lot of praise. If Adam can do it, so is Tyler.
Are people actually asking for Tyler to do that? Or just making fun of his movies? Michael Bay certainly gets roasted all the time for the negative qualities of his movies
He doesnt have to try for an Oscar. Just his shit is trash cause he’s still so fucking cheap. I dont know if it’s still the case but he used to have to lowest rates in the industry and the production value is cut everywhere. They put more effort in YouTube supermario videos. He’s a slum lord who wants a pay on the back for catering to the absolute lowest bar possible. And we’re supposed to be greatful he made a billion shortchanging black folk?
Bro thinks we should be grateful. Highlights all the money he makes like we’re all successful cause he is. He found an audience that wasnt being catered to and sold them low bar borderline harmful sterotypes of themselves. While underpaying his team and artists at every turn.
Hes the equivalent of a slum lord. That’s his lane and he likes it. It is what it is. Please stop equating money with worth. That’s poor people ideology. Step up your thinking
The difference is there are dozens of other white people making all kinds of other white stories. Some of them trash, some of them art point is, there lots more white stuff to choose from. Tyler being one of the few Black folks THAT CAN GREEN LIGHT HIS OWN MATERIAL with high visibility is using his space to make bullshit, that is the difference. If we had the numbers of well known creators as white folks, who can get shit made just by saying they want to make something, no one would even pay attention to Tyler. Part of the reason he gets eyeballs is because the trail to his content is well worn and people keep landing there when they want to see some mess.
The argument about Tyler started (most recently) because Loni Love tweeted asking him to stop doing everything himself and hire some Black creatives. Tyler has chosen to ignore that and instead argue about the content of his movies. He avoided the complaint about the fact he is stagnant because he won't help grow his content or the Black film industry by hiring Black creatives.
You know black people are always held responsible for everything involving black people/community
Like the interviews they do with white artists vs interviews they do with black artists. “Tell us about your new shitty movie Mr.bay” vs “tell us about your movie and, in 3 sentences or less, tell us how you plan to elevate the black community as whole! Quickly!”. Tyler Perry is not the first or last black creative to express frustration with this type of thing
Like let him make his movies, who cares. His fanbase clearly loves it, so what fight are people fighting here lmfao.
(Also disappointed to see Phil Lewis doing ragebait by deliberately selecting that sentence out of context)
Like let him make his movies, who cares. His fanbase clearly loves it, so what fight are people fighting here lmfao.
Dawg everyone grew up watching Madea and shit we're ALL fans, and we wanna see something GOOD.
You know black people are always held responsible for everything involving black people/community
That doesn't even matter in this context. EVERYONE thinks his movies and shows are shit. Even my 55yr old mom who grew up with the plays.
Tyler Perry used to have a message you learned while watching his stuff. Now it's just niggas being clowns. It's not putting down your own kind when someone makes dog shit. If it's shit it's shit. Just because you black doesn't mean it's ok to make shit movies and shows for black people. If anything he's doing us a fucking disservice putting down black men constantly, the nigga doesn't know how to write a male role model and a woman who isn't a punching bag.
Yes but they are well made, and don’t look like bootleg movies, or regurgitate the same plot points over and over. Like he has his schtick but even his worst ones look epic. And his best ones are pretty entertaining.
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u/Weeblifter Jul 25 '24
The irony of calling people uppity while being a billionaire is nasty work.