Anyone else hate Tyler Perry?

[John Deacon]

I can't stand this guy. He seems like the biggest idiot alive. His shows aren't funny, and all the white characters are always either dumb, fat, or mean.

I mean, the guy cares SO much about letting people know how many crappy movies that he has come out with, that he puts his name on everything. Tyler Perry's This, Tyler Perry's That. We get it! You make movies that aren't entertaining at all, but somehow you keep getting deals to do them.

The best thing he has ever done, was play a small part in that new Star Trek movie. I can't even watch TBS anymore without getting bombarded by commercials for his ******** shows. Tyler Perry must be sucking someone's tit down at TBS to have his shows be on there.

Does anybody else feel the same way? I mean his shows are the most corny and the least entertaining on TBS. With Bill Engvall's Show coming in second place.

It seems like he tries TOO hard to make the show relevant to viewers by making each one an after school special, dealing with drugs, or how hard black people have it.

Ok, I'm done. Haha. Anyone else can't stand him?

 

[MatticusMania]

I dont know the guy, I can't hate him, but I despise the man's work.

 

[John Deacon]

Well, i'm basing it off of his work, haha.

 

[MatticusMania]

Apparently his movies do well at the box office. I dont kow why so many people get excited to see a man playing an old woman, but I guess it sells. Go to Hell Madea!



(crap, I may have just inspired his next flick!)

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Tyler Perry Productions, in partnership with Tyler Perry Studios, presents a Tyler Perry film: Tyler Perry's Tyler Perry, starring Tyler Perry as Tyler Perry. Directed by Tyler Perry.

 

[MatticusMania]

haha

 

[Stinsok]

He certainly is prolific.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

So are my bowels.

 

[JimB52]

Hate is a strong word. His films have some genuinely entertaining, insightful moments, but he does like to beat a dead horse or two. I have never seen any of his TV work.

 

[hbarcat]

I can honestly say that I have never heard his name before this thread but the hate that he's inspiring makes me want to look him up.

I'll be back. . . .

 

[BartmanPDX]

I don't hate him.

But I don't understand the popularity, either. I've seen some of his stuff and I haven't found any of it funny. I could be just an old fart, but I think that even for lowbrow comedy, it's pretty bad.

 

[hbarcat]

Okay, I looked him up. Seems he's made a lot of movies in a genre that is somewhat popular and now he's raking in tens of millions of dollars a year. I didn't see any particular references to him being a douchebag, but I can see why some people would be annoyed by his movies. Looks to me like he's getting rich providing harmless fun and entertainment to the masses. More power to him.

I can't see his movies being any dumber than a Will Ferrell flick and those are pretty popular these days.

 

[CBgaragebassist]

Land Of The Lost was a flop from what i hear, so Will Ferrell's movies aren't becoming box office bombs, but i've never really liked most of Will Ferrell's movies anyway. Tyler Perry's either. Didnt Eddy Murphy do the same 'many people played by one guy' thing with the Nutty Professor movies before tyler perry did his stuff?

 

[hover]

Dude, yer racist.

No, I'm kidding. But seriously, I just cannot understand the appeal of his body of work at all. I am not familiar with the entirety of it, but from the majority of what I have seen, every character is rigidly defined stereotype, every last bit of script is setup for obvious jokes / sight gags, and as alluded to re: the stereotyped caucasian characters in his programs, I would actually consider his work quasi-racist.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

How is it a stereotype if it's a reflection of things we see in life just about every day.

Usually what people call stereotypes, aren't stereotypes at all.

 

[aikakone]

I am a librarian, and I can attest that all TP's Madea movies (and movies of the stage plays) are quite popular with the patrons in my area. The popularity isn't by race lines, either, as all people in my rural and primarily white area of Louisiana want to check out TP's DVDs.

My guess, though I haven't actually seen his movies, is that the humor appeals to people and that there's religious content. I'm definitely in the bible belt.

 

[funkout5]

i don't like him because he reeniforces the steriotype that black people are different then white people...

just think if any one of the black characters in any one of his movies was replaced by a white person... they would be called racist for the rest of thier life

so, in a way, he promotes racism

 

[DWBass]

Sorry, It's a black thing! You wouldn't understand the appeal! We desire entertainment for us by us! We like him! You don't have to!

 

[funkout5]

I am a librarian, and I can attest that all TP's Madea movies (and movies of the stage plays) are quite popular with the patrons in my area. The popularity isn't by race lines, either, as all people in my rural and primarily white area of Louisiana want to check out TP's DVDs.

My guess, though I haven't actually seen his movies, is that the humor appeals to people and that there's religious content. I'm definitely in the bible belt.

nah, his movies have nothing to do with religion

its just a bunch of steriotype reenforcing jokes...

like the old black man saying "damn-it woman!"

 

[mike_v_s]

Sorry, It's a black thing! You wouldn't understand the appeal! We desire entertainment for us by us! We like him! You don't have to!

Cool. Fubu does movies, too.

Mike (not so much a white thing, but no one will let me be a black thing....)