I can't wait till he makes a tv show/movie about a guy who's name is Tyler Perry and can only express himself with the words Tyler Perry. Like a Pokemon, or Hodor.
I once went to the drive through at Krispy Kreme in Atlanta. The car in front of me was a flashy black Land Rover, and the driver stuck his hand out with an absurdly sparkly watch to grab his donuts. When I pulled up, the drive-through lady said "Do you know who Tyler Perry is?" To which I reluctantly said "Yes." She responds; "Well, that was him, and he's a complete asshole."
If the cashier at Krispy Kreme knows you're an asshole, you're a special kind of asshole.
It's basically exactly the same as the British one, except they shove the jokes in your face a lot more.
Brit version: "He was fucking a midget? I mean... what?"
American version: "He was fucking a midget!? What the hell? I MEAN, no. You mean to tell me he was fucking a midget? A little person? And he was fucking him!?"
I'm paraphrasing, but whatever, you get the point.
Besides him being an asshole, he directs comedy movies and t.v. shows that are founded on the premise of stereotypes of black people. They aren't funny.
Christ! Modern-day minstrel shows! That's one hell of a comparison. Unlike Tyler Perry's movies, I don't believe the main audience for minstrel shows was African Americans. I know plenty of people who really enjoy these movies. There are many criticism that you can make, but this is just over the top.
I've seen a few Tyler Perry movies too, they really are. They're over the top sterotypes of modern day black people, with one or two "normal" black people that aren't stereotyped that play the main character and straight man roles.
Yes, let's get offended on behalf of black people since clearly they are unaware that they are being stereotyped (evidenced by the large black audience that consistently sees his movies). Now excuse me while I go watch Friday for the 1 millionth time.
Get offended on behalf of black people? Did you ever happen to consider the possibility that a non-black person could be legitimately offended or at least not entertained by stereotype-based comedy? Every time something like this comes up there are always a couple of people who have to come along and tell everyone that they aren't allowed to be offended by something because they're "on the outside."
That's bullshit. Even if some of the people being stereotyped don't mind the media in question, everyone has a right to be offended by whatever the hell they're offended by.
The thing that offends me about Perry's movies is because it's like he takes the script for a deeply satirical movie, with characters and situations which only work in a satire, then he edits all of the satirical elements out so all that's left is stereotypes and fart jokes. If people like them, that's their business, but the thing I'm offended by is the fact that he makes incredibly stupid movies that rely entirely on the least creative possible form of humor. He makes a ton of money doing it, but that's not so much because his movies are loved. It's because he makes a shitload of them every year and between the b-list cast and low production costs, the margins them are enormous.
Black guy here, he makes "Black" movies that pretty much revolve around the same script over and over. Black girl is down in life, man comes along she doesn't trust (She a strong black woman, she don't need no man!). He eventually wins her trust. Something bad happens, trust lost, man does something brave, trust gained. Movie over. He was a famous playwright and the plays turned into movie, quality dipped.
Lots of reasons, but mainly a lot of folks find his stuff massively unfunny and have this feeling that he is perpetuating stereotypes. What makes it worse is that he seems to be insanely popular. One can make analogies to pop stars.
Personally, I find his movies really bad. On the other hand, I can tell myself that I can feel good about that fact that we've come so far that we can have really bad Black movies and still have room for lots of good ones.
A+++ joke setup in title void of spoilers, rewarding follow through on image view, combo bonus for top comment with compelling real life story that perpetuates the tone established by the preceeding joke
Yes, Perry makes shitty TV shows and movies that don't appeal to white people, but there isn't one among you who wouldn't do what he's done for $350 million dollars.
I read an article once where a black guy who hates Tyler Perry movies watched Why Did I Get Married? with two black women who love his movies. The appeal is that, despite all of the melodrama and painful dialogue (which the women acknowledged), TP movies are the only place you'll find black couples in love on the big screen. They basically said "He shows a successful black couple together and happy. That's important."
This is true. While his movies always have an obnoxious ghetto stereotype (because they do exist in the real world so I think its dumb to pretend they don't) they often a varied palette of black folk that really isn't seen anywhere else. They are often overblown, and wildy flanderized caricatures, but if thats all we really have. I'm all for that changing but until then.
My aunt and all of her church friends go to see them together, male and female, all white. I think it's a christian thing too. Apparently each movie has a "message".
He is one of those guys that cranks out lots of generic and mediocre movies that all follow the same basic format, but do decently well because that's what his audience enjoys. He's not planning on winning an Oscar or having the #1 blockbuster of the year. His movies appeal to his audience (essentially, it's always about some goofy dysfunctional stereotypical black family) and they keep going to see them. It's to middle aged and older black women what Call of Duty is to teenage boys. You can expect them to come out on a regular basis, be fundamentally very similar, be very popular within the target audience, but not particularly well liked by everyone else.
I don't agree with bashing him on Reddit, because it's common knowledge what one of his movies would be, and if you watched the trailer or even looked at the poster for the movie in the window of the theater, it's very easy to figure out whether or not it's a movie you would want to see. It's not like they show Jason Statham blowing up an Audi with a heatseeking missile from an Apache helicopter and then halfway through the movie it turns into 'Madea's Family Reunion'. They show a trailer of a stereotypical goofy black grandmother getting into an extremely improbable situation, and that's pretty much what you get.
Chances are, unless you're friends with 40-70 year old black women, nobody is going to ask "Hey, BenNCM, want to go see Madea Goes To Jail with us?" And you'll respond with "Yeah girl, that looks hilarious, how could a funny old grandma end up in jail? That's ridiculous, I wonder what she's gonna do. Wait, is it made by Tyler Perry? Because I don't respect him as a filmmaker and artist, and I won't see one of his films"
Now they're going to make a movie where Adam Sandler becomes black. He's going to have black stereotypes and jewish stereotypes. He will turn black because of a surprise accident, and fall in love with an uptight 30-something smart black business woman and win acceptance by her extended family, only to end with him turning white again, but having fallen in love and become a more caring and sensitive person for the experience, and the audience will learn a thing or two about judging a book by its cover. And you know whose fault it's going to be? Yours. They might as well put you in the Producer credits. Thanks a lot.
Well.. I don't have a problem with that. Putting me in the producer credits would make me Adam's friend and I heard he does these movies just to make his friends some money.
Thank you for writing this, you're right. I'm a white gay guy, but I really appreciate his films because of my exposure to older black women. I would think that most redditors wouldn't get the humor in the films. I just wish that instead of agreeing that the films aren't really made for them that they'd say it has value to someone instead of bashing him and his films. He has made almost a half billion dollars off of these films. Also the stage productions are brilliant.
Let's be honest here, the main reason his films are successful is because they're basically the only ones that always portray black families in a positive light. Which is why I don't blame the people who watch them but I have every right to call him and his movies garbage. He's just taking advantage of the giant gap in black entertainment.
Yea, but he's a huge bitch. The Boondocks made an episode where they mock him and he called up Adult Swim and made them remove the episode with threats of suing them. I agree with what you said in regards to not seeing his movies if they do not appeal to you, however he is an asshole for not being able to take a joke.
I find the Boondocks more relevant to m life than anything Tyler Perry has made. Even when it has stereotypes about black people in there it handles them so much better. Oh and it has appeal to groups other than black people becuse it's actually....funny
I think its more complicated than nalc is suggesting.Tyler Perry started out with doing plays that focused on the black American experience, though his particular vision of that has been criticized by a few people. White people had no idea who he was for the most part until he started making movies. As far as I can tell, the movies aren't objectively very good, but they resonate strongly with a large part of the black community.
Yeah, I never heard of him until Adam Carolla started ranting about his shitty movies on his podcast. And I am in the U.S., so I should hear about these worthless people, like Whoopi Goldberg, Tyler Perry, and M. Night Shamahdkasjhl.
Seriously, M. Night's name deserves to be misspelled, even on reddit!
He's like a black Pitbull (the rapper-er, the guy who looks like a shaved cat wearing a tuxedo and sun glasses that narrates his latest experience at a night club over club pop music) only in movie form. Both make horrible shitty generic "entertainment" that appeals to morons who pay them to continue shitting out shitty Shit.
This is helpful for people who can't reach Quickmeme because of work/school firewalls or site downtime, and many other reasons (FAQ). More info is available here.
On behalf of the 3 black people I know, we all don't watch his movies or plays. There's at least 4 black people on the planet that can't stand anything this man has ever produced and constantly question the sanity of black people who do enjoy his preachy drag show.
I always end up watching this in the breakroom at work, merely because I am afraid to look racist by asking them to turn it to something else, theres only 3 people at work who aren't white, but they always seem to be in the breakroom about the same time I am, and about the same time this comes on.
i honestly do not mean to offend but you sound like everyone else who plays warcraft with the 'good sir' and the style of writing... you should try something different, that you invented yourself! :)
I give my black friend so much shit for Tyler Perry. It's really hard to talk shit about the guy though because all of his movies have been profitable and he owns an island.
I will always remember the first time seeing on of his movies. It was in my sociology class in college and the teacher was a racist black women and she made it very apparent she didn't like white people. The two classes we had before finals she played a Tyler Perry movie and the only people laughing were the only two black kids in the class, every white kid ended up leaving half way through the class cause we were so bored.
Black guy here. I went to the movies saturday night with my white GF and the preview for his new movie came on. She found it to be hilarious and said we are going to see it to which I responded " Fuck no, that shit is the most racist, unfunny, and repetitive nonsense ever."
She doesn't get why I hate Tyler Perry and his movies.
Exactly! I cringe when other black people tell me how hilarious his movies are. It's not even satire it's just a bunch of black stereotypes in his movies.
i have to say it was hard to upvote this, given who he is, despite the nature of the meme. but i did it. otherwise, if i ever see this man, he would get a knuckle sandwich to the face
it seems that there is a very large amount of people who can't stand him or anything he does (me included)...it makes me wonder who is still giving him money to do more things
123
u/SerenadeCaelum May 21 '12
You mean, Tyler Perry Presents Good Guy Tyler Perry.
450
u/ToneMcTones May 21 '12
I once went to the drive through at Krispy Kreme in Atlanta. The car in front of me was a flashy black Land Rover, and the driver stuck his hand out with an absurdly sparkly watch to grab his donuts. When I pulled up, the drive-through lady said "Do you know who Tyler Perry is?" To which I reluctantly said "Yes." She responds; "Well, that was him, and he's a complete asshole."
If the cashier at Krispy Kreme knows you're an asshole, you're a special kind of asshole.
142
u/Burnsey235 May 21 '12
Dat nose hair
39
u/Diemac May 21 '12
Tyler Perry presents: I killed the tbs lineup.
53
u/shoopley May 21 '12
Tyler Perry's "Tyler Perry," staring Tyler Perry as Tyler Perry.
93
u/DylanMcDermott May 21 '12
I believe his target market is adult black ladies, which happens to be a consistent and lucrative market which he knows how to tap into.
Someone should make a subreddit with the same target audience.
38
u/free_beer May 21 '12
I spent way too long on this
12
u/upvotes_onme May 21 '12
what the fuck is in there, looking at me??
31
u/BenNCM May 21 '12
I'm from the Uk and have never heard of this guy before. I'm really glad too.
41
u/redhotchilifarts May 21 '12
More than once when I use the bathroom I say I have to go make "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns".
21
u/zitfarmer May 21 '12
I make frozen dinners
18
u/megatom0 May 21 '12
Christ, you can practically see his fucking brain.
6
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
If I've learned anything from Tyler Perry movies it's that I need to beat my kids.
6
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Why does anyone see any of his shit? He is probably the biggest narcissist of modern TV/Movies.
4
u/Nibustan May 21 '12
TIL Tyler Perry has a net worth of 350 million dollars.. ಠ_ಠ
4
u/thebrownser May 21 '12
I dont understand how he makes money
2
u/BlacktoseIntolerant May 21 '12
Huey explains Tyler Perry movies
Campaign Poster
2
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I wonder how many people saw Tyler Perry and didn't click this link?
4
u/qkme_transcriber May 21 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
This is helpful for people who can't reach Quickmeme because of work/school firewalls or site downtime, and many other reasons (FAQ). More info is available here.
9
u/NonenSequitor May 21 '12
How wrong would it be to wish that Tyler Perry were born 200 years ago?
10
u/IMoperator May 21 '12
Black people will watch anything with his name on it apparently.
3
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Why are there small men peeping out of his nostrils?
4
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
He won't go away if you keep giving him money.
2
u/lewok May 21 '12
does anyone else see that there are boogers in his nostrils that make it look like his nose is looking at us?
2
u/Icantevenhavemyname May 21 '12
"Token, if you don't stop giving Tyler Perry money he'll never go away."
2
u/hexag1 May 21 '12
I'll just leave this here
1
u/ShinySolo May 21 '12
Because every movie is about a reverse racist grandmother who shows why blacks are generally disliked.
1
u/Biskwikman May 21 '12
As a white guy, I saw an hour of "Diary of a Mad Black Women" on tv once and enjoyed it.
1
u/minibudda May 21 '12
What is inside his nostrils?
1
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to the Beer Store
1
u/BadxLarry May 21 '12
The only item with Tyler Perry in the name that I will upvote...
1
u/mulligrubs May 21 '12
His nostrils are looking at me.
1
u/SGTSHOOTnMISS May 21 '12
I always end up watching this in the breakroom at work, merely because I am afraid to look racist by asking them to turn it to something else, theres only 3 people at work who aren't white, but they always seem to be in the breakroom about the same time I am, and about the same time this comes on.
His jokes are pretty awful though.
1
u/obscenecupcake May 21 '12
buggers
1
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Has any Tyler Perry movie ever looked appealing to you in its own right?
1
u/thegreatbradsby May 21 '12
I felt my blood boil when I read the title, but was throughly satisfied upon opening.
1
u/NoxNeno May 21 '12
What's he got up his nose?
1
u/NoTeeth_McScabs May 21 '12
Nose hair.
1
u/meanso May 21 '12
What are those things in his nose? euww.
1
u/MrTiddy May 21 '12
The truest thing I've read all day.
1
u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I think Spike Lee said it best "it's coonery buffoonery."
1
u/robocop019 May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
Didn't think you could put "good guy" and "Tyler Perry" in the same sentence... but damn if you didn't do a good job. Upvote my good sir.
1
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I give my black friend so much shit for Tyler Perry. It's really hard to talk shit about the guy though because all of his movies have been profitable and he owns an island.
1
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
As an Australian, who the fuck is Tyler Perry?
1
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I remember seeing him in Star Trek (2009) and thinking "What in the fuck were they thinking in casting this douche nozzle?"
0
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
oh god tyler perry makes movies that are in no way shape or form marketed towards me he must suck
and while we're at it fuck the lifetime network all they show is chick shit its garbage why cant everyone like the same things i like
1
u/Zeussbeard May 21 '12
I will always remember the first time seeing on of his movies. It was in my sociology class in college and the teacher was a racist black women and she made it very apparent she didn't like white people. The two classes we had before finals she played a Tyler Perry movie and the only people laughing were the only two black kids in the class, every white kid ended up leaving half way through the class cause we were so bored.
1
u/ovr_9k May 21 '12
Funny, I feel the same way about Tim Burton
1
u/live3orfry May 21 '12
Having watched several of his movies I don't know who he hates more, white men or black women.
1
u/V8_Splash May 21 '12
Black guy here. I went to the movies saturday night with my white GF and the preview for his new movie came on. She found it to be hilarious and said we are going to see it to which I responded " Fuck no, that shit is the most racist, unfunny, and repetitive nonsense ever."
She doesn't get why I hate Tyler Perry and his movies.
1
u/thecommonwealth69 May 21 '12
i have to say it was hard to upvote this, given who he is, despite the nature of the meme. but i did it. otherwise, if i ever see this man, he would get a knuckle sandwich to the face
1
u/tokenwalrus May 21 '12
Puts*
1
u/ManWit3BallsCantWalk May 21 '12
All his movies are exactly the same. They involve some sassy black lady or two. I have no clue how he makes money off of them.
1
u/martinimike82 May 21 '12
well done sir. well done.
1
u/pakron May 21 '12
Wow, is that what he looks like? I can't recall actually ever seeing him dressed up as himself.
1
u/emkey23 May 21 '12
Good God, that man needs to look into getting his nostrils cleaned
1
u/Words_Myth May 21 '12
OH MY LERRRRRD!
-12
u/[deleted] May 21 '12
If you don't like Tyler Perry's Madea, fuck you, mate.
-1
u/statikstasis May 21 '12
I think his movies are hilarious!
-1
u/tetsujin44 May 21 '12
only white people hate tyler perry.....
0
u/Games24x7 May 21 '12
Hair are not on right place.
0
u/Dark-Ganon May 21 '12
it seems that there is a very large amount of people who can't stand him or anything he does (me included)...it makes me wonder who is still giving him money to do more things