All of this is like a blaring siren alerting us to the fact that the author is deeply closeted.

Sure, but this seems to specifically be a conference of American academics — and, moreover, African-American academics, who probably can't escape the social relevance of Tyler Perry even if they wanted to.

Sure, but this seems to specifically be a conference of American academics — and, moreover, African-American academics, who probably can't escape the social relevance of Tyler Perry even if they wanted to.

Really? It seems like if anything less of a waste of time than, say, a symposium on Boccaccio's Decameron, if only because of the simple fact that Tyler Perry's films are viewed and enjoyed by a much much larger percentage of our countrymen than the Decameron and therefore Tyler Perry has a much stronger direct…

Really? It seems like if anything less of a waste of time than, say, a symposium on Boccaccio's Decameron, if only because of the simple fact that Tyler Perry's films are viewed and enjoyed by a much much larger percentage of our countrymen than the Decameron and therefore Tyler Perry has a much stronger direct…

@avclub-fec1b8d3fbc08f27a84e5a334d45bb5a:disqus Yeah, exactly. Conflating an attack on Tyler Perry's movies and an attack on the working-class black people who make up his audience because he's "the only game in town for them" seems off-base.The whole "Blue Collar Comedy" crowd as exemplified by Larry the Cable Guy…

@avclub-fec1b8d3fbc08f27a84e5a334d45bb5a:disqus Yeah, exactly. Conflating an attack on Tyler Perry's movies and an attack on the working-class black people who make up his audience because he's "the only game in town for them" seems off-base.The whole "Blue Collar Comedy" crowd as exemplified by Larry the Cable Guy…

@avclub-70f6dcc28ef8fc282b0c969e75d9bdfc:disqus I won't argue that Tyler Perry making a living selling Tyler Perry movies is morally superior to making a living selling crack cocaine, but I'm genuinely puzzled that you think that Perry's career makes him a better or more authentic success story than that of a rapper…

@avclub-70f6dcc28ef8fc282b0c969e75d9bdfc:disqus I won't argue that Tyler Perry making a living selling Tyler Perry movies is morally superior to making a living selling crack cocaine, but I'm genuinely puzzled that you think that Perry's career makes him a better or more authentic success story than that of a rapper…

Yeah, that's the whole problem with America, we don't solve enough problems with violence.

Yeah, that's the whole problem with America, we don't solve enough problems with violence.

Wow, that's right! It's just like how the difference between being a petty criminal and a valued customer is the "timing and venue" of me removing valuables from your property.

Wow, that's right! It's just like how the difference between being a petty criminal and a valued customer is the "timing and venue" of me removing valuables from your property.

I broadly agree that most people fall somewhere in the middling parts of the Kinsey scale but that societal pressure to be straight is frequently so overwhelming that only the people at the very far right end (people who are really, really gay) have, until very recently, felt so oppressed by not being able to choose…

I broadly agree that most people fall somewhere in the middling parts of the Kinsey scale but that societal pressure to be straight is frequently so overwhelming that only the people at the very far right end (people who are really, really gay) have, until very recently, felt so oppressed by not being able to choose…

@Scrawler2:disqus asked the question, @avclub-97b2d5e5f92c333976018236d76658d9:disqus provided the answer.

@Scrawler2:disqus asked the question, @avclub-97b2d5e5f92c333976018236d76658d9:disqus provided the answer.

Judging from my experiences with church communities, "IT" refers to her horrible troll-like bigoted abusive husband to whom she is deeply devoted and completely faithful.

Judging from my experiences with church communities, "IT" refers to her horrible troll-like bigoted abusive husband to whom she is deeply devoted and completely faithful.

Now you've got me thinking about analogous ways to "pre-load" spoilers in a thematically appropriate way for the movie in question.