Comments on: Tyler Perry Starts Fight With Real Filmmaker, Says Spike Lee Should ‘Go Straight To Hell’

By: dusttracks

dusttracks — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

whatever…movies are entertainment, not art.
hollywood was built on stereotypes and continues to grow on the same icons.
leave perry alone. if you don\’t like his movies, don\’t go.

jesus…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

These comments are really outrageous. This piece simply summarizes what Perry and Lee have said. I don\’t understand why people are getting so worked up.

The Playlist has a certain point-of-view. You know that going into pieces. \”Tyler Perry Starts Fight With Real Filmmaker\” is a very funny headline.

If you want straight-up news, go to Hollywood Reporter. If you want a perspective on things, that\’s what The Playlist is here for. A lot of people appreciate what they do, and it just happens that most of those people don\’t bother to sling mud in the comments section.

If you take issue with the piece\’s \”criticism\” of Perry, do so in an intelligent way. You can\’t just yell at someone for having a different opinion than you. Well, apparently you can, but why not use this forum for thoughtful debate?

Whatta ya say, fellow commenters?

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Who the fuck ARE some of you people? Does Tyler Perry really require some of you to act like jackasses?

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

you are lucky some of us even pretend to take you seriously as a journalist. keep spewing senseless verbiage

By: Abner

Abner — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Oh, actually, I\’m not serious at all.

By: dee

dee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

What is this dude even talking about? Robin Williams isn\’t Jewish and if his character in Mrs Doubtfire was, there was no mention of it. Dustin Hoffman wasn\’t playing a Jewish character either. Get your facts right.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

I\’m glad this post spurred such a great conversation about race, filmmaking and stereotypes.

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Abner, you\’re seriously such a tool.

By: Abner

Abner — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Considering the quality of your site, you can\’t rightly have high standards. Don\’t kid yourself. Where can I report grammar problems in this post?

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Some of you are lucky we have such low commenting standards on this site.

By: latinchic

latinchic — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

I don\’t understand Spike\’s problem. Both types of films are valid. There\’s an audience for everything. Not everyone wants to see artsy-fartsy films all the time….and most of those directors and writers hardly make money. That\’s the trade-off, Spike. Deal with it.

I personally appreciate both directors.

By: Bickle

Bickle — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Spike is a great example of artists who respect themselves and their culture way too much. Look where that\’s gotten his feature work today.

He could never hope to make an evolved or relevant piece of art like he did when he was 30 if his life depended on it. He\’s like rock music – respect yourself until all you do is recycle yourself into oblivion, while \”ignorant\” artists like Waka Flocka and Lil Wayne, who just do what they feel behind a mic, get to have all the fun and leave it up to history to decide what\’s great about their work. Meanwhile, what\’s on the top of the iTunes rock charts? Journey, Aerosmith, 311 and Motley Crue. What a fun, fresh party.. Spike can suckit until he can make a fresh feature (I do love the Katrina docs, though).

I don\’t know much about Tyler Perry, but from what I can see, he just makes comfort food that reaches a lot of people and keeps them going to theaters. Good for him, I have no beef with people who consistently bring crowds together to laugh at something (even if that \”something\” is a woman sloppily made-up to be a big woman). He really didn\’t need to react that wildly to Spike, though. Bad look.

By: Mijo

Mijo — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Only black people can comment on this.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Learn how to write and correctly-spelled comment.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

your an asshole learn how to write and objective article

By: ben

ben — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

\”I’ve never seen Italian people attack ‘The Sopranos,’\”

Actually they did. Wasn\’t it the Italian-Americans collation went after the show for negatively stereotyping Italian-Americans as nothing but mobsters and mindless thugs?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

saywhat, come on. Gabe was just pointing out box office numbers.

By: saywhat

saywhat — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

\”For the record, each Perry directorial effort has pulled in more in its opening weekend than Lee’s last film, “Miracle At St. Anna,” grossed in its entire global run.\”

Gabe don\’t be an asshole. Hop made more money this weekend the entire oeuvre of Abbas Kiarostami, so does that mean the Hop is a quality film??

Lee is not arguing the box office prowess of Perry\’s movies, he\’s specifically targeting their quality.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Spike Lee is a real filmmaker. Tyler Perry is a fraud.

By: William Xifaras

William Xifaras — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Both Spike Lee and Tyler Perry teach through their own stories and methods. One happens to use comedy, while the other takes a more dramatic approach.

By: Gatz

Gatz — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Dear Tyler,

There\’s one minor hole in your argument….SPIKE IS TOTALLY RIGHT!!! (And that\’s the first time I\’ve ever \’said\’ that).

Go to hell,
Gatz

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

1) Never tell us what we should and shouldn\’t do. That\’s never going to well.

2) This is an opinion based website and has been since day 1. We report news and then editorialize around it. If you want a faceless trade, go to Variety. We happen to like blogging because you CAN inject your opinion in there. Blogging has always been a mix between editorial and basic tenets of journalism. We like that mix of things and having done straight up journalism for a long time where I couldn\’t inject any opinion, the whole reason I started this site back in the day was to have that kind of freedom that I relished.

By: Lakita

Lakita — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

People like Spike are afraid of what Tyler has become. The are afraid of his strategy and mainly because he is doing it outside of Hollywood. Spike has a hang up and it is not because of Tyler filmaking status. he is making more than he is. Lets face it Spike is a great film maker but this attitude makes people think. Why is he so mad. Is it because it takes the lime light from him or because he didnt think of it first. as blacks we need to be united and not get upset at someone elses success

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

Ill be honest I was only reading this article because I hate Tyler Perry. However, this Gabe dude already ruined all of my hatred toward Perry. So I think I kind of like him now. Not really. He still sucks.

By: Edward Davis

Edward Davis — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:43:21 +0000

At the back up what you say and really mean it school of journalism, you mean?