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Spike Lee on Tyler Perry: "We can do better."

As a white guy I always feel vaguely racist pointing out that I think Tyler Perry's movies are kind of crap and strike me as not terribly good -- or even accurate -- portrayals of black people in America.

Spike Lee has no such qualms, being very careful not to go after Perry personally but going the long way around to call his type of entertainment "coonery bufoonery."

What do you think?

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Posted by Joe Killian on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4:03 pm

What do you think?

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atlnative

October 29, 2009 - 11:37 am EDT

Sometime I go to the movies to escape. And Tyler's movies are just that for me. You might not like Madea - because you don't know a Madea. Madea could be the Italian or Greek or Jewish Grandmother. I've lived in Atlanta most of my life - traveled extensively and lived in various places when in the Navy - but Atlanta is my home. So Madea and Uncle Joe are very real to me as my mom has 8 brothers and sisters. If you are going to a Tyler Perry movie to be intelletually challenged stay at home. But if you want a good straight forward message with some thrown in down home comedy - you can't beat it.