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American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
Tyler Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. His films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films. Perry is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Madea's first appearance was in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999) staged in Chicago. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Tyler PerryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Reconocimiento, racismo y valor femenino en The Six Triple Eight (Tyler Perry, USA, 2024)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Interpreting Tyler PerryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Fandom while black: Misty Copeland, Black Panther , Tyler Perry and the contours of US black fandomsCited 25 times
- Go sideways: Tyler Perry StudiosA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Fandom while black: Misty Copeland, Black Panther , Tyler Perry and the contours of US black fandoms
Black Talent and Conglomerate Hollywood: Will Smith, Tyler Perry, and the Continuing Significance of Race
From New Black Realism to Tyler Perry
Bruised and Misunderstood: Translating Black Feminist Acts in the Work of Tyler Perry
Review: John Tyler: Champion of the Old South, by Oliver Perry Chitwood
Gracefully Policing the Tyler Perry Phenomenon
“Old Folks at Home”: Tyler Perry and the Dialectics of Nostalgia
John Tyler: Champion of the Old South.Oliver Perry Chitwood
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Interpreting Tyler PerryJamel Santa Cruze Bell, Ronald L. Jackson II · 2013
Reply Or Delete.. An Internet Love AffairAngel Terron · 2009
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