You said it nicer (and much more concisely) than I did.

You said it nicer (and much more concisely) than I did.

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus More than anything, I hate the idea of a conference designed to lambast Tyler Perry, an actual God-to-honest self-made black man, who is neither a rapper nor a basketball player, in an era when black men keep sliding further and further down the economic scale. …

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus More than anything, I hate the idea of a conference designed to lambast Tyler Perry, an actual God-to-honest self-made black man, who is neither a rapper nor a basketball player, in an era when black men keep sliding further and further down the economic scale. …

No, it's just one of those things people like to say because they dislike the guy.  It's the internet equivalent of a jock calling drama students a bunch of theater f*gs.

No, it's just one of those things people like to say because they dislike the guy.  It's the internet equivalent of a jock calling drama students a bunch of theater f*gs.

Yep.  I can't defend Tyler Perry on aesthetics, nor do I want to, but I can't respect people who attack him on other grounds.

Yep.  I can't defend Tyler Perry on aesthetics, nor do I want to, but I can't respect people who attack him on other grounds.

I wasn't angry at him for that quote (and didn't discuss Rabin at all), and was (really) just trying explain.  I was angry about the other two, I'll freely admit. 

I wasn't angry at him for that quote (and didn't discuss Rabin at all), and was (really) just trying explain.  I was angry about the other two, I'll freely admit. 

Wait, so the example is that he demonized the villain of the story?!  And off the top of someone's head who's watched a hell of a lot more Tyler Perry movies than he ever wanted to, there's Gabrielle Union in Daddy's Little Girls, the four leads of Why Did I Get Married?, Angela Bassett in Meet the Browns, and various…

Wait, so the example is that he demonized the villain of the story?!  And off the top of someone's head who's watched a hell of a lot more Tyler Perry movies than he ever wanted to, there's Gabrielle Union in Daddy's Little Girls, the four leads of Why Did I Get Married?, Angela Bassett in Meet the Browns, and various…

What solid example?

What solid example?

I am aware.  He is wrong, for the very reasons I posted.

I am aware.  He is wrong, for the very reasons I posted.

The next For Your Consideration should be: "Why do latent homosexuals keep labeling pop culture personalities they dislike as 'gay'?"

The next For Your Consideration should be: "Why do latent homosexuals keep labeling pop culture personalities they dislike as 'gay'?"

A pop culture seminar, yes.  An "academic conference," no.

A pop culture seminar, yes.  An "academic conference," no.