Absolutely not, I say. I just don’t get the humor. There’s nothing witty and nothing original about the comedy. His stuff seems to be full of unfunny G-rated cliches that we left behind in the 80s.
Am I missing something with this? I’m not getting the appeal…
He can be… The first diary had some moments. He’s overworked the characters.
No.
What’s with his insistance on having his name appear in the title of every one of his movies & TV shows?
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion
Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Girls
…etc.
I don’t recall having watched George Lucas’ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope or Sherwood Schwartz’ The Brady Bunch.
No.
I really enjoy all sorts of humor. I’m one of those guys that are likely to enjoy even a really bad comedy… (I love Meet Joe Dirt, or Deuce Bigalow for example)
I say not funny. I just don’t get him.
Of course not. Don’t be silly.
I so don’t get him that I don’t even know who he is.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder what the racial makeup of all posters who have answered this question are? From what I have read about him, his humor is very successful in the black community - and not anywhere else. (Wish I could give a cite - I read articles on his career in Entertainment Weekly and Premiere, but I have no idea how long ago that was - Premiere Magazine doesn’t even exist anymore)
I can say, as a white woman in her fifties, that the previews for his work never made me want to see them - and I love comedies.
Well, I’m the only one who gave him any props, I’m caucasion but married to a Black man and most of my friends are Black… Don’t know what that means. I think I think he’s funnier than my husband thinks he is (he loves the Tim and Eric show on Adult Swim so that gives you a notion of his sense of humor!) and I don’t think he’s by any means hysterical.
I think the Medea character, in the first Diary of a Mad Housewife, was humorous but, as I said, he’s way over exposed his characters.
House of Payne is painful to watch. I’ve tried. I didn’t laugh once during any of the shows I’ve seen.
I have friends that love everything Perry does, so I’ve seen a few of his movies. I’m not a fan of his work, but I like him. I want him to succeed - I just don’t enjoy his movies. I’m the odd one out it seems since I’m an old Black chick.
I believe that is more than adequate grounds for divorce.
I am a white man in my mid 40s dating a black woman of the same age and I’ve seen a number of his movies. His movies are more overwrought emotional melodramas about good women done wrong than comedies IMHO, but each one has several moments that are really funny. They’re not my cup of tea (although I do like the eye candy he employs, ie Gabrielle Union, Sharon Leal, etc) but the theatre was packed and during the few funny bits the laughter was so loud it drowned out the dialog.
That being said, if his Madea character was never heard from again I wouldn’t complain at all.
Ya think? It is the worst show EVAH although I’ll admit laughing once or twice at it. The whole Adult Swim line up is pretty regular around here. I do admit to liking Shin Chan and love the Oblongs. Sick, sick stuff!
Sometimes. But not enough that seeing his name on a project would make me think “oh, must see that”.
I have checked not only my skin color but the majority of my penises, and I am still, by all available evidence, black. I would say that not only is Tyler Perry not funny, but he can’t see funny from where he is. Every time he appears on screen, or a work of his is performed, Richard Pryor gets a little more dead.
I’d say his humor is better understood in the black community. I’m black. I get it. But it (usually) isn’t funny. Or well-written. Or well-directed.
It’s just that in the black community (just like anywhere else) appealing to the lowest common denominator is likely to reap the highest rewards.