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Originally Posted by CherryFlower
...You're missing my point, and that's okay. I like his older works, that's all I meant by my first comment. I don't like his new works, I feel like they aren't good. He can do what ever he wants to now and be what ever he wants to now, because he has, as you've said, freedom of speech. That's all I meant, have at it.
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No, I'm not missing your point. You prefer his older work. You don't think his new work is good. I got that the first post.
Where I disagree is where you say things like "it's a shame, but it happens to the best of them sometimes" and "Tyler Perry has said he is a *black* playwright. Why add that if you're not putting weight on the subject? He could just be a playwright and call it a day."
What is embedded in those statements goes beyond preferring Perry's older work and is implying something that Black playwrights are expected to do. You certainly aren't the only person who feels that way which is one reason why Blacks in Hollywood are relegated to certain scripts and roles.
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