Tyler Perry's hidden antics

During an interview, Spike Lee made a comment about Tyler Perry's work. He called Tyler's work "coonery buffoonery". Lee had a point with his accusation. A lot of Tyler's work does revolve around the subject matter. For example, Tyler dresses up as a grandma who is foul mouthed with a pistol in her purse. From the outside looking in, this implies that elderly African American women carry pistols. Tyler would argue that he didn't mean harm, but why portray this image in the first place?

Another case to consider, Tyler has two network shows. Both of them exploit the African American culture. For example, his show Meet the Browns has a dim-witted character named Mr. Brown. He is dressed like a clown without the makeup. Most of Mr. Brown’s mispronunciation comes when he is dealt with big words. Every single big word is always mispronounced as if he is stupid. His other show House of Payne has a character with buck yellow teeth. The image of buck teeth and big lips were used to discriminate black people.

It’s interesting that Lee speaks on this because one of his films discussed the topic before. In his movie “Bamboozled” a character named Pierre Delacroix created a network show that humiliated the black culture. Since Pierre was black, that’s how his executives fought off the racial boycotts. They would say how the show wasn’t racist because it was created by a black man.

Tyler has been shoved into a seat of questions since Lee’s remarks. He has a wide fan base who support his films. Tyler went from living in his car to owning his personal jet. Is he a pawn in hollywood? Is he getting paid to destroy the image of african americans? Or is everything harmless fun? “This is food for thought, you do the dishes.”--Jay z.