Selling Out

Lately I've been getting some flack for being anti-Tyler Perry. So I figured I'd throw more salt in the wound. Before I go much further though, let me say that I do respect Tyler Perry to a certain extent. He's giving Black actors and actresses jobs. That's about where my respect for him stops. I don't know his personal background, even though his defenders will try to tell me about it. I honestly don't care about that. I'm talking solely about his work. His work, to me, lacks creativity. There's no soul in his work. He found a formula that works and he has stuck with it. It just happens that his work is sort of a throwback to the days when we didn't have a choice in what we acted in. For instance, why would he have a lead character dress crazily and mispronounce words like it's 1924? It's embarrassing. Does he need to dress up like a woman in order to be funny (Martin Lawrence)? Why is everything he does titled "Tyler Perry presents"? It's blatant arrogance that's he's not talented enough to have. He's a conglomerate now. He can take risks now because he has a loyal fan base. Yet he still chooses to make "Madea goes to Work." I want my cut for giving him that title. Maybe he's already made that movie. Oh well. Anyway, is it fair to say he's selling out? I don't know. I'm not judge and jury on that one. I'm just saying that I wouldn't do what he's doing and I don't respect his work. If that makes him a sellout, then so be it. What surprises me is that we still support him. I can't get with what he's selling. I'm not saying to boycott him, just look for something different. The most powerful man in the world is Black. We can be so much more than bumbling idiots. And how dumb does he look in that picture?