Spike Lee speaks against Tyler Perry
October 27th, 2009 - 10:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
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New York City, Oct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new tiff with acclaimed actor/director Tyler Perry after he said that the star’s hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.
Director Spike Lee has accused Tyler Perry of “coonery and buffoonery” in his films. These comments by him have upset Perry. In a taped interview for U.S. news show 60 Minutes, Perry says, “That p**ses me off. It really does - because it’s so insulting.”
“It’s attitudes like that that make Hollywood think that these people (his characters) do not exist and that’s why there’s no material speaking to them, speaking to us. I would love to read that to my fan base.”
Spike Lee said, ‘I think there’s a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonery. I see ads for ‘Meet the Browns’ and ‘House of Payne’ and I’m scratching my head.” Lee adds,” We’ve got a black president and we’re going back. The image is troubling and it harkens back to Amos ‘n’ Andy.” That insulted Tyler Perry and also made him very upset.
Tyler Perry sometimes takes Spike’s comments in good humor too. Perry said. “Let me tell you what Madea, Brown and all of these characters are bait. Disarming, charming make you laugh bait so that I can slap Madea in something and talk about God, love, faith, forgiveness, family any of those things you know.”
He added that he is that he’s “insulted” and “pissed off” by comments Lee made about his work last May.
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October 28th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Spike Lee is jealous of Tyler Perry. He’s(Spike)mad because his film making career hasn’t been as successful.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:10 am
I think spike is right there is plenty of other characters that reprensent black people better than the characters that he uses. If you don’t Tyler perry movies as coonery go back and what old Amo and Andy movie. I bet you will see where Spike Lee is coming from.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:15 am
I think Spike Lee is right there is plenty of other characters that represent black people better than the ones he uses. If you don’t think Tyler Perry movies are coonery go back and watch old Amos and Andy movies and compare the two.