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Oh this should be a fucking hoot...

Everyone at Pajiba is a racist for not giving Tyler Perry credit where credit is due. If he were white, you'd all be kissing his ass and talking about how brilliant he is.

Is that about right, Pookie?

Fun fact: My brother recently drove shuttles for the big grand opening of TP's new production studio here in Atlanta.

There were WGA protesters at the opening, but they were forced by police to move down to the next block before the famous people arrived.

I read that as "House of Palin" at first.

*shudder*

All together now: FUCK YOU, TYLER PERRY!

I , for one, find Mr. Perry to be a breath of fresh air. In this day and age with so much violence in film and on T.V. it's nice to sit back and watch his brilliant comedic artistry as he tells the tale of real black folks in real black folk situations. I love to watch his movies with my family as I don't have to fear that sombody's going to get shot and spew blood and profanities everywhere.

You wouldn't believe how many times I've been watching his movies and laughing at a chartacters antics only to realize that it's Mr. Perry in a different costume playing a completely different character that is in no way like every other character he plays.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with Pajiba. Mr. Perry is this generations Scorsese.

Tyler+Perry=Douchebag

Wow. One of the most influential black filmmaker/producers of this generation turned his writing staff -- of according to TBS "The Highest Rated Cable Comedy Series of All Time" -- into indentured servants. With balls that big, it's amazing you can't see them under Medea's skirt.

Admin...you almost had me. But then you said things like the, get, have, and it's.

Freilich, I had intended to go into my usual diatribe when it comes to defending Perry against scandalous and somewhat harsh attacks. But then I said to myself, why bother, because if someone can label a person insubstantial, misogynistic, and racist. Well then that person must have done some sort of research to come to those conclusions. But Freilich, in your case I doubt if you did any research at all on Perry. I'm able to say this because in your frantic attempt at casting a dark light ( no pun intended) on Perry, you can't even get the name of his fucking show correct. I assume you have a computer with a search engine? And if you click in "House of Payne" not "House of Pain" you ass. I'm sure you'll find Perry's show, you big ol' hemorrhoid filled douchebag. Now with that being said, I think Perry should by all means pay his vig to WGA, lest he be called uppity.

Aahhh, Major Payne, a definite guilty pleasure of mine that I watch everytime I stumble upon it on cable. It's the last thing Damon Wayans did that ever made me laugh, and I'd see a sequel to that movie over another Lethal Weapon movie any day- those guys are too old for that shit, a fact which helped make the last 'Indy' movie so embarrassing, among so many other reasons.

Admin, as we say in my country: Now tell me one with cowboys!

Loses something in the translation...

Pookie, if you've ever watched an episode of "House of Payne" I think you'd agree with Freilich's 'correction' in the title.

The seven writers don't deserve shit. Sure, Tyler perry is an untalented dick, but those writers are even worse. Have you even seen the godawful show people? I bet those writers are seven 15 year old retarded kids with pens taped to their hands. Which pisses me off more, the least Tyler could do was hire my ass to write for him. I am a solid writer, and hell, at least I can wipe my own ass.

I love a man that thinks he can play a woman better than.....well, a woman. That's right Tyler, you show us women folk how it's REALLY done!

clearly, Tyler Perry needs to be slapped across the room. Like the women in his movies are.

i love tyler perry!!!!!
fuck all you haters just cause hes better then you low lifes!!!

do you want me to have my body gard hurt you?
dude im the fucking shit ok. ok so fuck you guys

i worship you! i love you so much tyler perry! we need to meet up some time man

mane i watch his movies ever night i love him if i could meet him in real life o the things we would do :) i love you man! you can cum in the back of my corrvet any day you want

JD LAWRENCE: THEATER'S BEST KEPT SECRET
Playwright's latest on stage; preps TV show.
by Lee Bailey, EURweb

*Playwright JD Lawrence may just very well be the best kept secret in theater. Considered the "new face of urban theater," Lawrence has written and produced 12 stage plays, but he's been doing it since 1991.

"I started my first stage play in 1991," he said. "'Bless Them Anyhow' was the name of the stage play. It was based on some events that were going on. I turned it into a book that's out now called 'Behind the Cross' and I expanded on the story more."

Lawrence followed up "Bless Them Anyhow" with three more plays by the mid-90s and then starting recruiting popular urban artists to star in his plays.

"I did 'Family Affair.' That's when I started putting names in the show. That one was with Tony Terry at that time. Then I did a show called 'Cut the Devil Loose' in 1998. Then I came back with 'Scissors' in 2001 with Natalie Wilson and Ronald Winan. In 2002 I came up with the show 'When A Man Cries' with El DeBarge. Then I had a show called 'If You Don't Stand For Something, You'll Fall For Anything,' which was in 2004. I also did a European national tour with the Harlem Gospel Singers. And then last year I did a show called 'Rumors' with George Wilbourne, LaToya Luckett and Thelma Hopkins. This year, I have a new show called 'Clean Up Woman' with Christopher Williams and Jackee Harris (as well as Telma Hopkins and George Wilbourne). So I've been doing this for a while," Lawrence listed.

In addition to writing and directing, Lawrence is most of the cast at times. In his current production, he plays seven characters.

"I used to do so many roles in the show that people would think it was a cast of 12," he described, "but it was just five in the cast and I was doing the other seven people."

Wearing a number of hats doesn't just apply to stage roles for Lawrence. The writer is now attempting to take on TV.

"I have a new TV show called 'Community Service' on the gospel music channel," he said. "I start filming that in January and that will be out the first of April. It's going to be dramedy. It's going to be the first musical-driven sitcom."

Lawrence told EUR's Lee Bailey that he wants the show, as well as his plays, to be a mixture of everyday life and works to make sure they are not labeled.

"I try not to label them Christian or gospel or urban theater," he said. "It's just life. It's life theater. It's just taking my life, people's lives and putting it on stage. Giving us two hours that we can come to the theater and forget about our bills, our problems, and just laugh. I don't like to stereotype the shows. I don't want to have someone as a crackhead at the beginning of the show and then at the end of the play that person is saved and changed. That's not life."

"I let people come in and get what they get from it," he continued. "I don't want to label it. If I label it, I'm putting a cap on what I think it is. I just want to present an evening of entertainment. If you come in and you got something from it spiritually, then that's what it is for you. If someone else comes in and got something funny from it, then that's what it was for them."

Considered the King of Dramedy, a character actor, and "a choice," Lawrence's comparison to playwright-turned filmmaker Tyler Perry are frequent.

"That's like comparing Jerry Lewis to Bob Hope," Lawrence said. "I think that what God had for him is for him. Everybody had their own season. Tyler Perry is his own man in his own zone and I am my own man in my own zone. Someone once asked me if I felt Tyler Perry opened doors and I said, 'No.' I said, 'I would never give man that much power. Any doors that were opened for me have been opened by God.'"

In addition to the doors opened by God, theater goers might be surprised to find that Lawrence is a stutterer. His performances, however, give no indication of the speech impediment. Lawrence explained that going into character has been a way for him to overcome that obstacle.

"I was always an in-the-closet theater guy," he said. "I always wanted to do it, but I thought that when people heard me speak, they would turn me a way. When I went out and started to audition for shows, my worst fears came true. People would say, 'If we let you in the show, you'll have one line and it will turn into three hours.' It's always a running joke."

"I'm a very determined person," he said of dealing with naysayers. "I wanted this so bad; I felt it in my bones. I would have to go into a character. And that person would never stutter. And I figured out that when I go into these characters, I don't stutter. What I had to do was going into a character that was close enough to me, that I didn't stick out. My acting theory starts with, you take your one weakness and make it your strength and you can go anywhere."

For more on JD Lawrence and dates for his latest play, "The Clean Up Woman," check out www.jdlawrencepresents.com.
By The Buzz - 12/23/2008 10:34 AM

Yeah, who's the fine Black girl that's on the commercial for the stage play The Clean up Woman as Christopher Williams wife? Why don't you guys put her name up? She's beautiful and seems like she can really act. It's nice to see some fresh faces for a change. Good work JD Lawrence.

"His films are insubstantial, misogynistic and racist."

Those things are not Tyler Perry's problem as potentially they are all hilarious. HIS PROBLEM IS HES NOT FUCKING FUNNY.