Some People Are Over Tyler Perry Making The ‘Same Movies’
I’ll be the first to say that it feels like Tyler Perry makes the same version of the same film over and over again. It’s something that has been called out by many people for years.
Tyler Perry’s upcoming film Divorce in the Black stars actors including Meagan Good, Cory Hardrict, Richard Lawson, and Debbi Morgan.
Prime Video released the trailer on Instagram and several people were quick to point out the film’s plot. Many expressed their dislike for Perry’s consistent “Black woman in distress” trope. Some people defended the filmmaker arguing that consistently catering to a specific target audience is something that works for him.
Some People Are Over Tyler Perry Making The “Same Movies”
One person said, “He needs intense therapy because he keeps making the same movie.” Another person said, “Every Tyler Perry movie is like ‘here’s your average down bad Black woman, her bf/husband is awful, she finally realizes self-worth, she’s fights back and/or finds God, she is rewarded with a new man. The end.’”
Someone suggested in the comments that Tyler Perry switch it up asking, “Can Tyler Perry make a movie about a successful black marriage? Hmm.” Another person compared this upcoming movie to another Perry movie, “A 2024 diary of a mad back woman….”
One person defended the director saying, “Allow my man Tyler to make his money. If you want your story go and make your own movie. He has his Mitch, go get urs or watch and shut up.” Someone said, “Don’t hate me y’all… but this one actually… um… looks decent [scared emoji].”
The trailer starts with Good, playing Ava, and having dinner with her husband Dallas, played by Hardrict. As usual in Perry’s movies, the Black woman is going through something tough — in this case, Ava is in an abusive relationship. She eventually leaves him and finds a new guy, but then Dallas starts stalking her.
It feels like a new version of the 2015 movie The Perfect Guy with Sanaa Lathan, Morris Chestnut, and Michael Ealy — just with a different style and director. It also has a lot in common with many of Perry’s other movies, even starting out like his February film Mea Culpa.
In the past, some people felt the same way about the director’s iconic Mabel ‘Madea” Earlene Simmons. Perry promised to “officially hang up” the character with 2019’s Madea Family Funeral. But in 2022, he brought back the character in A Madea Homecoming on Netflix.
