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Out in Hollywood, there is a talented cross-dressing writer named Tyler Perry. Unfortunately, he is still pissed off. He has written and produced countless plays, musicals, films and TV shows - all targeting the African-American community. Tyler has created over $500M in revenues from his productions, and we can only assume he has banked a lot from that.
He bought a $5M mansion just outside of Atlanta. Yet, he is still pissed off. Tyler’s current movie “Why Did I Get Married?” ranked 2nd in Box Office revenues taking in $12.1M - yep, still pissed off. Why you ask? Because Perry’s series on TBS, “House of Payne,” is tanking.
I think 30 people are watching it, and that includes the cast, crew and family. So TBS did what any network would do - they said “Mr. Perry, your show sucks. Get it together of beat it!” Sadly, that was the wrong thing to say to the wrong person.
As if scripted from a bad network drama, the upcoming publicity battle is going to be epic.
Here is my problem, CollegeCandy has learned from an inside source that Tyler Perry is planning on throwing out the race card in protest of his show getting potentially canned. What the public doesn’t know, is that Perry had to throw in some of his own money to get the show going. Only after his own financial commitment, did the network agree to fund production.
Maybe one of the reasons why they didn’t want to fund it in the first place is because they thought it was shite…just a guess. But to claim Tyler Perry’s show is being cut because of his race, I think downplays the real prejudice in the industry.
There is an abundance of genuine instances of racism and prejudice without Tyler claiming that the network is taking advantage of another millionaire.
I tried watching this show and being hispanic, I thought I would be able to get it. Yep…I was wrong. The show is comprised of a good portion of ethnic stereotypes, mixed with traditional run-of-the-mill sitcom plot lines. Think Cosby Show, meets Family Matters meets Friends. In short, it is a pseudo-ethnic concoxion of shows that have already come and gone.
Hey Tyler…you are a millionaire several times over. Stop your whining and deal with the fact that every now and then you are going to come up with a shitty idea. 9 out of 10 of your ideas make you millions - the other one blows. Suck it up and welcome to mediocrity.
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I’m not so sure where you got your info, but Tyler Perry’s sitcom is the hightest rated cable tv show. There is no race card to be played. He tried very hard to get that show without the use of his own money, but because he is new to television every thing comes with a price. He caters to his biggest supportors. You never REALLY answered the question, why so pissed? How can someone that came from homelessness to making millions be pissed? I agreee the sitcom is not the greastest but neither is Two and a Half Men. That show has high ratings and it sucks. It goes to show that people DO like different kinds of art.
Dear Nicole:
You have a lot to learn if you think that Tyler Perry’s TV show is the “hightest” (sic) rated show on cable TV. Syndicated reruns of Friends receives four times the viewers as Mr. Perry’s show on TBS.
Possibly because Mr. Perry, as talented as he is, cannot deliver what he does in his plays and movies every single week on a TV show and keep it fresh.
Just a theory. I dunno.
I love all of tylers plays and some of his movies and would marry him (He is cute and very smart). However ,I can only watch House of Payne when he brings Brown on or Madea. I just don’t like the sitcoms on tv anymore just too boring Tylers included.( Sorry Tyler but I bought all your plays and most of your movies)Love you
I love all of tylers plays and some of his movies and would marry him (He is cute and very smart). However ,I can only watch House of Payne when he brings Brown on or Madea. I just don’t like the sitcoms on tv anymore just too boring Tylers included.( Sorry Tyler but I bought all your plays and most of your movies)
are you people for real?
do you see what hes doing in this shows?
his movies and tv show sucks
its stereotypes and horrible ones at that.
I see his tv show and all i see is that same
stupid thing i seen along time ago.
how they wanted African-Americans to act in old movies from the 1920s and 30s.
I’m sorry he funny.
Perry took a swing and missed. Show is poorly produced and written. Sterotypical… Nothing wrong with falling down….just get up T.P.
As for Two and a Half men being terrible. Stop it man. Sheen is now the highest paid actor on a sitcom in all of television. He makes $350,000 per episode. That comes out to a paltry $8.4 million per year. The show pulls an average of 10.9/16 (12 million households on a bad week) Comparing it to House of Payne is a joke. Make your point without sounding ridiculous. What other show sucks?….?…Seinfeld? Cosby show?
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