If you aspire to write screenplays, make movies, write books, or produce TV shows or theater, stop what you’re doing right now and watch Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story on Amazon.
In case you haven’t been paying attention to what’s been happening in the Black community for the past 20 years, you may only know Tyler Perry as the guy who wears a dress and puts his name above the title on everything he makes.
What you may not know is that Tyler Perry is the hardest working person in show business. He’s been known to produce, direct, and star in TV shows at the rate of an episode a day. He writes and stars in movies at a pace that would make Steven Spielberg collapse in exhaustion. And every single one of them is a bone fide hit. He writes books. He runs a studio. He’s a powerhouse.
Not only that, he’s rewriting the way show business is done, making deals to own every movie and TV show he makes.
He’s beloved by audiences of all colors. He’s a role model and inspiration to millions. The mogul of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, people call him “the Black Disney.”
If you don’t like his movies or you don’t like him, he doesn’t care. You’re not his audience. To his credit, he doesn’t spend one second thinking about you or letting you get him down.
Get to know him. Learn from him. His tireless passion for creating popular entertainment is a light that can power us all.
Thanks for the rec. I'll check it out.