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They say no good deed goes unpunished, so it was fitting that in my desire to support Tyler Perry and his new film Good Deeds, I was rewarded with a reminder of how a turn of charity can turn into two-hours of movie watching grief.
While Tyler Perry's new movie, Good Deeds, may be just another film for movie-goers, for Phylicia Rashad, it provides an opportunity for her to encourage others to stop and examine what is happening in their lives and the world today.
"One of the things that I learned from Paul Simon's class is that all the stories have been told, it's the way you tell that story that's your thumbprint. That's really the job of the writer."
The issue isn't whether K.K. is appropriate or whether you, Mr. Perry, have the right to create as you see fit. Nobody is deluded here. The issue I have is that your letter to your fans was an attempt to spin the casting of Kim Kardashian into some higher calling.
Tyler Perry has been hit with the kind of haterology only reserved for a black man who was able to stealthily rise to become the highest paid man in all of Hollywood. Not the highest paid black man... the highest paid man, period.
The film "Dirty Girl" highlights a form of abuse for which there is no obvious evidence, bruises or broken bones, only the remnants of a tortured and broken spirit.
Tyler Perry recently topped off the list of the highest paid men in entertainment. His obvious financial success leads some to wonder just how far a man should go in order to find his way to riches.
It is not the responsibility of The Help to be the be-all, end-all big-studio movie involving the Civil Rights Movement. It does not concern itself with those who actively fought for freedom because that is not the story being told.
In 2006, Támar Davis' much-anticipated debut album was suddenly canceled. But the charismatic songstress has taken the wheel and is re-introducing herself with a solid (new) debut album.
It's kinda scary how accurately we can now predict opening weekend grosses just based on the midnight number, but the math once again worked.
We can, and have, debated the quality and maturity of Perry's work, but Perry telling Spike Lee to "go straight to hell" should be able to lay to rest the debate as to where his loyalties lay: He's an artist and prides himself on his art.
Despite the unprecedented digital innovation in the distribution of content, the current state of African-American media can be traced to the fact that our industry still views this audience in vaudevillian-era terms.
The annual meeting of theater owners is about getting customers into their local movie theater. Toward that end, there were talks on everything that may impact the consumer's theater-going experience.
The NAACP Image Awards is the nation's premier multi-cultural awards show celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color.
The Oscars are painfully short of black nominees. This absence is even more telling when you glance back at the administration of George Bush the First.
If we as African-Americans are genuinely tired of Black men in drag, then let's act like it. Don't support it. Or at the minimum, make room in our disposable income to support more types of movies.
