Somebody Declared A Black Culture War and Didn't Let Me Know About it- NAACP Endorses Tyler Perry

I am a bit irritated that Entertainment Weekly didn't give me credit for saying that there is a looming war in Black America between Black folks with common sense... and those without. THEY STOLE THIS FROM ME!!! :) This article is about Tyler Perry and his movies:

At a time when Barack Obama is presenting the world with a bold new image of black America, Perry is being slammed for filling his films with regressive, down-market archetypes. In many of his films there's a junkie prostitute, a malaprop-dropping uncle, and Madea, a tough-talking grandma the size of a linebacker (''Jemima the Hutt,'' one character calls her). ''Tyler keeps saying that Madea is based on black women he's known. [NO Comment]

Do y'all remember whent he NAACP protested The Color Purple? - A story about domestic violence and sexual abuse of women and girls? But they then turned around hand nominated R Kelly. Well now they are endorsing Tyler Perry's anti-professional Black woman propaganda... Why am I not surprised:

'And I know for a fact that they have helped, inspired, and encouraged millions of people.'' In truth, the films are laced with moral lessons trumpeting forgiveness and personal responsibility. ''He's not out there promoting gangster culture,'' says Vicangelo Bulluck, executive director of the NAACP's Hollywood bureau. ''If anything, he's trying to make us think about family values.''

If by family values, you mean promoting gun violence, illegal drug use, making Black women with advanced degrees villains, I guess some family has those values.

''All of his productions demonize educated, successful African-Americans,'' says Todd Boyd, professor of critical studies at USC School of Cinematic Arts. ''It's a demonization that has long existed in certain segments of the black community.''

BINGO. DING! DING! DING ! DING! DING!

In Madea Goes to Jail, for instance, the ambitious light-skinned female district attorney (Ion Overman) who puts Madea behind bars is not only a snob but a conniving, corrupt criminal. ..the pattern recurs in Perry's comedies: In Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the successful black businessman (Steve Harris) is a wife abuser, and in Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, the social-climbing mother-in-law (Lynn Whitfield) gets sneered at by Madea for committing the ultimate sin of trying to look ''bourgie,'' as in bourgeois.

I can't even hate Tyler Perry's hustle. Why not? because the professional Black folks he is demonizing aren't launching their own counter revolution. As long as we sit here whining and not producing the images we want to see, he'll keep walking straight to the bank because we will settle for anything because we are just "grateful" to see a Black face on the screen. The article goes on to show why Tyler is so powerful... BECAUSE HE HAS A MONOPOLY! That's why he can get some of the most acclaimed Black actresses to play roles in his movie... that may be the only chance they get. There is no culture war. In order for there to be a war, two sides have to fight. There is no fight here. Only appeasement and retreat.

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