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Tyler Perry

‘Dear White People’ Untangles Complicated Relations of Racism and Identity
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‘Dear White People’ Untangles Complicated Relations of Racism and Identity

By
Chris Robé
/ 6 February 2015
This film's ability to balance character-driven stories with didactic critiques against the racist practices that haunt our daily lives speaks to a sophisticated outlook rare among first-time directors.
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‘Peeples’ Depicts Another Rich Family in Need of Emotional Rehab

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 10 May 2013
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In Praise of Black Minstrelsy’s Happy Darkies on Parade

By
Mark Reynolds
/ 24 October 2012
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The 10 Best Films in Tyler Perry’s Creative Canon

By
Bill Gibron
/ 26 June 2012
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Can Tyler Perry’s ‘For Colored Girls’ Resurrect BAM?

By
Roland Laird
/ 29 October 2009
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Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

By
Bill Gibron
/ 8 September 2008
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Tyler Perrys Daddys Little Girls (2007)

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 15 February 2007
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 25 February 2005

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