Madea and How It’s Fucking Over Black People
I used to like Tyler Perry. I really did. He went from being homeless to one of the richest people in Atlanta. He makes movies marketable to black people exclusively (though I’ll explain why it’s NOT exclusive and why that’s a bad thing later) and opened his own studio. However, while I was stoned and watching Madea’s Happy Family I noticed something. These movies suck. At one point Tyler Perry realized that if he recycled the same shit nobody would notice. Normally that doesn’t annoy me but then I realized that he is helping perpetuate stereotypes of the African-American community that hurts us instead of helping us. My opinions are underneath the cut.
(Source: trevormcgoodbody)
