The Problem with Tyler Perry| Brownsugar Commentary

Over the past two decades , Tyler Perry has made the transition from a playwright to filmmaker, even being able to build his own film studio. Tyler Perry films have a special place in the Black community, as what Tyler has accomplished is quite rare among Black filmmakers. While Tyler Perry has made Black women the forefront of his films, there are a lot of issues with his films that have gotten increasingly worse with time. While I can respect Tyler’s accomplishments, he is not above critique and in this video I break down the problem with Tyler Perry’s films and suggestions for what he should do moving forward.
What are your thoughts about Tyler Perry’s films? What is your favorite Tyler Perry film and why? Should Tyler let other people in his writing rooms? Comment below!
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[@kimblevins5163]

It may be that Perry is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He started out innocently with a moral to each story. Now that he's got people hooked he's putting out shameful stories with characters championing all the worst possible vices. The progression of Perry's work is a literal trap.

[@adrienneshorty6873]

You make a great point because that is what has happened.

[@maxinefowler1186]

Hollywood makes movies for Adolescents. So this is better, he hires lots of Black Actors. I am Black and I work in Hollywood. I guarantee if you were offered a job with Oprah sweeping the Studio floors, you would take it and move here. Hollywood has wonderful perks that come with those jobs.

[@mariahyohannes]

@@maxinefowler1186 Everybody ain't thirsty to be in the damn industry

[@maxinefowler1186]

@@mariahyohannes I was "chosen ", in Miami by a famous Movie Director. I am a Former Professional Runway Model. I worked in Milan, Italy at age 15. Stop acting like you know Me, I am going to get in my Pool.

[@mariahyohannes]

@@maxinefowler1186 you pointing out that if others were given the opportunity to sweep Oprah's floors they would is a complete lie, everybody is not thirsty to be in the industry

[@Lawyerbaejess]

Those movies are traumatizing for young impressionable minds. Black women esp black ones are associated with struggle love, abuse, and pain. His movie exaggerate the trauma of black households and it exploits black women and their imagery. I even used to think…is this my fate? Abuse? Even though in real life my life didn’t have those experiences. Media is powerful.

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

Media is powerful which is why I stopped consuming this crap !! Don’t watch it and don’t absorb none of it

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

How did we go from Diary of a Mad Black woman to Madeas Boo ? Its horrible

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

HE NEED TO MAKE PACIFIC RIM 3

[@JadenWard2001]

If Tyler's the only writer on his productions, he should spend more time on them and get some co-writers. With all of this, I'm fine and know what to expect from him. Instead of 2 weeks, he needs a few months at least then take a break and work on the rest of the season. He giving us tropes that are getting more and more piss-poor.

[@brownsugarcommentary1045]

Exactly I would rather he make one decent or good movie every so often then to keep churning out 10 movies a year with the exact same plot

[@JadenWard2001]

@@brownsugarcommentary1045 Yes. Sistas and other shows now can be so much better. I don't like the direction he's going with them. The character Andi from Sistas is horrible especially

[@thatgirl4033]

I tried to watch Sistah and the Oval but didn't like neither even the bringing back of house of payne not good, still got the Malik character wearing the same shirt and hoodie from high school

[@brownsugarcommentary1045]

I figured the new house of Payne would be trash, they could’ve left we’ll enough alone lol. The Oval and Sistah is a damn mess...Very dramatic for no reason

[@rodmoore1577]

Picking a bad movie out of a bunch of horrible ones as the best one isn't really saying much.

[@eighthsense]

Great commentary. It was very therapeutic to watch.

[@brownsugarcommentary1045]

Thank you!!

[@jmaree_official]

6:10 Madea goes to jail made me cry, because the prostitute’s life story & her connection to Derek Luke’s character was poking at my emotions

[@kenyasanders7991]

Mam he is a colorist he hides it but he is

[@LiotaR]

ya'll need to comment on this she's speaking facts

[@brownsugarcommentary1045]

Thank you so much!! I appreciate your comment

[@LiotaR]

@@brownsugarcommentary1045 no problem i hope your channel flourishes

[@mrlevhil]

I used to make all these same points to the women in my family during the 2010's. They said I was hating. I'm so glad to see more black women calling Mr. Perry to task for his silliness.

[@gabriellelewis7204]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 FINALLY I’ve been waiting for this!

[@BellesView]

Excellent points! Madea Goes to Jail traumatized me as a kid 😂 The few laughs in between serious scenes didn’t suffice. Honestly, I feel it signaled the downfall of Perry’s films.

[@bethr8756]

Very pretty hairstyle

[@jmaree_official]

I grew up on Tyler Perry movies…..but I’m starting to HATE this battered black woman trend in his movies & even others Why TF can’t a brownskin/darkskin black women get pure untainted love & a happy ending? Why does BLACK LOVE in movies always gotta be toxic? And Tyler Perry gotta big studio. Why can’t we get a FANTASY FILM?! He could do black superhero movies if he wanted to🤷🏾‍♂️

[@mynameispeaches]

He’s an actor “technically” lol

[@mrlevhil]

I had to rewind to make sure she said what I thought she said.

[@mrlevhil]

For your genuineness AND your deep dive into your subject, you have a new subscriber! Keep it up.

[@missmisher]

Tyler Perry hasn’t been able to snag Halle Berry or Beyonce, but he got Kelly Rowland. Wondering if Halle was ever called for roles and she said “Nah” and if he reached out to Beyonce and she also declined? 🤔

[@jamesbryant5762]

I never liked any of his movies There not for me

[@missmisher]

The older plays are way better than the movies! The new plays are trash and most of the movies are too. Bring back the classic styles TP.

[@kenyasanders7991]

I like diary of a mad black woman family that preys

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Iike his music more than the movies I ain't a fan of men in drag especially preaching the lord's word

[@joycebaldwin4932]

I love tyler movies its some that I hadn't seen but and I also love family reunion

[@TMNT_2003]

Meet the Browns and The Family that Preys are his best work

[@kittykattastegood]

He makes Sanna character lose everything for having sex with a white man. A message to Black women that white men will use you so stick to the "good" Black man

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

WRONG "prey" hahahhahahahaha It supposed to be Prays!

[@berryair]

Good points. I don't agree about the holy oil comment. If you think about it in context, that character is not to be taken seriously and is deeply religious. Also, it was a signal to his religious audience that he doesn't support "proud" sex workers.

[@jeffcaldwell30]

Tyler Perry is a dense writer. He's not deep enough to get into legal and political issues, which is why you don't see the depth in his writing when he goes that route with Madea goes to jail and The Oval. He writes for a specific demographic, which are people who like simple entertainment and it insults people's intelligence.

[@kenyasanders7991]

Wait now Crystal Renee Hayslett did makeup wigs to I think she the stylist

[@cptbusstop92]

Great video. Also, just wondering if you saw the movie Just Mercy with Michael B Jordan, since you mentioned some good prison movies?

[@brownsugarcommentary1045]

I haven't got to watch it yet, but a lot of people have said it was a good movie. I definitely have to check it out!!

[@kenyasanders7991]

Exactly

[@lelouchlamperouge3566]

Y'all know that show the game tell me why I thought tyler perry wrote it

[@paulmartin4826]

Tyler Perrys movies are way more trash than you make them out to be

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

Madea Fights The Purge MAKE IT REAL DAMMIT!!!!!

[@kenyasanders7991]

Your channel is truth speaks truth they said Karen on sistas is acrimony I’m so sick of folks bashing this one character like why can’t Zac stop looking for a woman to play mama of him pick up his pieces while she has issues who gon fight over men now karen pregnant they wanting this character Fatima to fight her look how she came in the picture jumping on Zac the second day letting a stranger stay in her home wtf 🤬 now we get queens men I can’t get that one yet

[@chanelhenderson8460]

I think The Family that Preys & Acrimony are his best

[@kenyasanders7991]

It does he do the colorism thing with some women the dark men yes

[@kenyasanders7991]

Preach,preach

[@kenyasanders7991]

Yes yes 👍

[@natashiaking-tyes6470]

So many people have criticized Tyler Perry for not hiring Black Writers for his films and choosing to do his own writing. Others have complained that all his films are too similar. The truth is Tyler Perry is the biggest Fraud and a man with many dark secretes, unfortunately those secrets have included me for the last 7 years, I just wasn't aware of it until a group of women brought it to my attention because I don't watch his shows. Tyler Perry doesn't use writers because everything he has produced since 2014, movies, television series and plays are created from one book which he uses over and over to write his content, and that book happens to be mines. (Don't worry I am not promoting book sales) Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, Andy Cohen, Dan Garcia, Devon Franklin, Karin Gist and so many others have used a book I wrote in 2014, to make numerous films and televisions series. I was never contacted for my consent, and in spite of them earning Millions, I have never been compensated or given credit for the creativity they have have managed to pass off as their own for the last 7 years. These people have received awards from the NAACP, BET, and other organization for producing content they stole from me and they willingly accepted these awards. You don't have to take my word for it. You can see it for yourself right in the comforts of your home. Using a Ultra 4K television, down load his Play, Meters Farewell Play from Amazon or BET and record it in slow motion, you are going to see images you have never seen on a regular television, what you will also see is that they used a graphic Artist to create a digital version of my book with Cartoon Characters based on my characters and the scenarios in my book, they then filmed over it, but if you pause the frame you can still see the Cartoon characters near the cast, this should not be seen on a live stage play. You will also see what these people are promoting is not Christianity, but a LGBT Manifesto, The Chakra pagan religion and sex between adults and children. You will see much more.

[@sidkimuwallif4597]

Just don't watch his stuff....or just watch them as "comedy" and laugh at the parts that are supposed to be serious... 😂

[@kenyasanders7991]

But get this the lady he marrying he copied that to sistas

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

I like his music more than his movies

[@maxinefowler1186]

I am happy that he is rich , and also Black. You know Oprah is his buddy, he will never be broke. I m Black and I work in Hollywood. I love Spike too, etc.

[@kenyasanders7991]

I see he is a colorist if you go to this girl KZbinr or blogger who is stuck on hateing the girl karen from sistas her channel name is yes Kayla tv 📺 all toghter but look i don’t know if anyone sees this but she has a picture of a brown skin woman up against light skin woman named Fatima everybody is crazy 😝 over her she hood she can fight she got a gun she fights Zac women my thing is Karen just as beautiful and my other thing is mam he up her character Crystal Renee Hayslett cause she his stylist and makeup person they always talking about how beautiful she is how her and Zac make the show for me he putting two black women dark and light against each other making karen look bad folks are saying she obsessed she crazy she psycho talking bout her wig but hello Fatima been wearing that one in her head for months she has pretty hair in real life karen to my question is why does he write these black characters so desperate hopeless the men like women the women like they mamas it’s going downhill

[@vleaky3430]

So I've only seen his Madea movies. I wouldn't say they're awful like if I had nothing else to watch and I wanted some entertainment, those movies aren't bad choices. In regards to this constant criticism about Perry trying to pander to every Black stereotype ever... bye Felicia. Every comedian does that and none of yall get mad about them. However, when people say Perry's movies depict darker Black ladies as bad or angry and stuff, I understand and there's some truth to that. Perry isn't a Saint none of us are, but some of that is also on us! If I, as a darker individual, see another darker individual being portrayed bad on a show or a movie and my instant reaction is "they're trying to tell me I'm a darker individual and I'm flawed", Perry is only half to blame. I'm the one who would be giving my power and color to that movie or show. The more people realize our power, individuality and things like that are mostly within us and under our control instead of a movie, the sooner we'll heal as Black people.