In this post, LOUISIANA PAPARAZZI is putting the camera's on: SPIKE LEE!
Apparently, Mr. LEE is comparing Tyler Perry to, get this y'all, AMOS n' ANDY!!! Oh, no, sir!
In a recent interview with Black Enterprise, Spike Lee expressed his disdain for buffoonery and coonery. Tyler Perry's "Meet the Browns" and''House of Payne'' were prime examples. Here is what Spike said:
''We’ve had this discussion back and forth. When John Singleton [made 'Boyz in the Hood'], people came out to see it. But when he did ‘Rosewood,’ nobody showed up. So a lot of this is on us! You vote with your pocketbook, your wallet. You vote with your time sitting in front of the idiot box, and [Tyler Perry] has a huge audience. We shouldn’t think that Tyler Perry is going to make the same film that I am going to make, or that John Singleton or my cousin Malcolm Lee [would make]. As African-Americans, we’re not one monolithic group, so there is room for all of that. But at the same time, for me, the imaging is troubling and it harkens back to ‘Amos n’ Andy.''
OK. We sort of see where you may be coming from , Spike. But hey, people love just what TP does! And even if TP doesn't make movies like Spike Lee, do you agree also that the images are hurting more than helping?
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