Push pause before watching for colored girls…. People either love or hate filmmaker Tyler Perry-that much is clear to me. Weeks before I decided to see Perry’s “For Colored Girls” on opening night I could hear the extreme reactions to the fact he was adapting, producing, and directing a film version of Ntozake Shange’s classic […]

Here is an interesting review of Tyler Perry’s adaptation of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide..” by Courtland Milloy in The Washington Post: Can anyone name a movie that came out recently starring a black man who wasn’t a sociopath? Someone who had a terrific screen presence, like a young Paul Robeson? And he […]

(NewsOne)– I went to see “For Colored Girls,” the exciting new film made by the great Tyler Perry.  I love Tyler’s work, most of the time, and I’ve defended him on multiple occasions when he’s come under attack for the nature of his films.  Spike Lee is one particular Tyler Perry hater that I’ve taken […]

Jawn Murray, a contributor to AOL Black voices and the Tom Joyner Morning show used his Twitter account to criticize people who were doubting Tyler Perry as a director for Ntozake Shange’s play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf” as a movie. All those militant-nappy headed #AngryBlackWoman who didn’t […]