Saturday, December 10, 2011

From Rags to *iches(haha it's riches not what you think :p)

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Tyler Perry

at the 82nd Academy Awards
(March 7, 2010)

My blog topic is Tyler Perry (heller). Tyler Perry (born Emitt Perry Jr.), was born in New Orleans on September 13, 1969, his father was a carpenter, and according to Perry "his only answer to everything was to beat it out of you." Tyler Perry also claimed to have almost commited suicide so as to avoid his father's wrath. He changed his name from Emmit to Tyler when he was sixteen, as a way to distance himself from his father. As a child Perry was molest by one of his mother's friends, and by three men previous to this, he also later that found out that his father molested one of his (tyler) friends. He didnt finish high school, but earned a GED, according to Tyler what inspired him to write was watching an Oprah Winfrey talk show, he heard someone describe "the sometimes therapeutic effect that the act of writing can have, enabling the author to work out his or her own problems."  When Perry was 22 years of age he moved to Hotlata (Atlanta), and with his life savings (12,000$), he financed his first play. It was about Christian themes of forgiveness, dignity and self-worth, and also  addressed issues like child abuse and dysfunctional families. The play however was an abominable financial failure, and for a time Tyler Perry even found himself homeless. However he persisted, and 6 years later after rewriting the play many times, it became a succes at the House of Blues, and at the Fox Theater. Over the years Tyler Perry has amassed an avid following of supporters (me included), an average 35,000 people attend his shows every week; Perry produces 300 shows per year. In 2005, Forbes reported that he had sold "more than $100 million in tickets, $30 million in of his shows and an estimated $20 million in merchandise."  in that same year he was given $5.5 million to finance his first movie "The Diary of a Mad Black Woman", which did fairly well at the box office and was swiftly followed by Perry's three "Madea" movies, all of which enterd the box office at #1, and #2 respectively. Besides his Madea films, perry has ecquired success with films like "Why did I get Married Too", and "For Colored Girls". In 2011, Forbes named him the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million between May 2010 and 2011. Isn't that just an inspirational story. I'd say he moved up the social ladder...how about you guys?

7 comments:

  1. I fell for the title lol, but he definently moved up the social class ladder and he's hilarious. Nice job!

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  2. I didn't fall for for the title..but that was creative lol. I like the heller reference as well...I really found out alot about him through this blog. A lot of the people we admire like Tyler Perry who has attained success, went through the same struggles we face now in order to gain success for ourselves. This further proof that we are not alone and we are all the same people. Great blog, hallaluyerr lol

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  3. Title got me as well! But I love his movies but was totally shocked to find out that he was molested ,no wonder where his inspiration comes from. From being homeless to the highest paid man in entertainment.

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  4. Everyone seems to be commenting about the title.. I simply thought he went from rags to itches. lol Anyway, I found it interesting how he got inspired by watching the Oprah Winfrey show.

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  5. I skipped over some of the title, and read it as "from rags to riches." Tyler Perry makes a beautiful woman.

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  6. I never knew he changed his name. At first I read it as rags to riches. And then saw the comments... And looked back. And was like "wait.. So he meant bad word number hfjgfd? But it's spelled weird..."... Needless to say, I feel for it. Aaannnyways, this is good. I honestly didn't know much about Tyler perry except for the fact that he makes movies. Good job by the way!

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  7. Even though his movies r hilarious, they always send a very important message. Great blog.

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