Lately I've noticed your relentless attacks on Tyler Perry's latest movie. You're tired of seeing the thug, down-low, cheating, lying, good for nothing, leave the black woman for a white woman when he gets some money, lowdown dirty dog character that is present in most of his movies. I know how you feel, I once felt the same way. That was until I looked in the mirror and realized a film maker doesn't define who I am. I don't need Tyler Perry to put characters in his movies that will make me feel good. Even if he did put more than one character in his movie that cast black men......sorry..........COLORED Men in a good light, you know as well as I do, that wouldn't satisfy most of you. And if we can really keep it 100, many of you wouldn't go to the movies to see it anyway unless your woman MADE you take her. If it was up to you, you would holla at your boy at the barber shop to get the bootleg version.
I know many of you are looking at the screen sideways while you're reading this (if you're reading this) thinking to yourself, man, Mod is tripping. But am I tripping? Am I not telling the truth about the bootleg movies? Am I not telling the truth about not going to the movies to support a movie that would cast black men......sorry.....COLORED men in a good light?
Ok, be honest! What was the last movie you went to see that had an all black cast written by a black writer?
Did you go see Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls? (my favorite Tyler Perry movie by the way)
No.........WHY NOT!?
Oh because it was Tyler Perry!!?? Oh, Ok!
What about Not Easily Broken!?
Never heard of it!?
-It was a movie starring Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson where Chestnut was a budding superstar athlete who had an accident that left him physically unable to play ball. He was a faithful husband married to a woman that treated him like garbage because she made more money than he did. Her meddling mother-in-law played by Jennifer Lewis (from some Tyler Perry movies) living with them didn't help matters either. It was a great movie!!!
WAIT......you guys didn't see that one either? WHY!?
Oh because it was by T.D. Jakes?
Oh because you think Bishop Jakes is a crooked preacher who plays on the emotions of women?
*detour*
Maybe if you took 30 minutes to listen to Bishop Jakes, you wouldn't need TYLER PERRY to make you feel good about yourself on a movie screen. I find it fascinating that some of you would criticize Bishop Jakes and other pastors for "living lavishly" but are silent when it comes to people like Lil Wayne (no offense to Lil Wayne). But why is it that Weezy can push a Phantom and live in a 5 Million dollar crib but Pastors are suppose to drive a station-wagon while living in a 2 bedroom apartment? He can drop the N-WORD, call black women bi*ches and h#es all throughout his records and you're cool with that but you're quick to criticze Bishop Jakes who preaches the Word of God (Y'all don't wanna talk FOR REAL)
*back to the blog*
Yet those same dudes who are up in arms about Tyler Perry's latest movie will sit and watch Hustle & Flow, Baby Boy and other movies that stereotype black men and not complain once. I dare say, if you brothers would show directors that you would go out and support movies that represent good men, maybe the Tyler Perrys of the world would consider making those type of movies. Until then, he's going to make movies that touch the heart of women because he knows he can count on THEM to show up and support him while we cry and complain from the side lines.
* I'm sure many men won't like this but we keeps it 100 in The Board Room!*
Sincerly,
The COLORED MAN who owns this blog!
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