Talk:Tyler Perry

Copyrights (and other matters)

Please do not take copyrighted material from other sites. (I have removed the material in question.) The fact that you keep interspersintg the URL from which you took the material does not somehow make this any less of a copyright violation: you simply cannot take an entire page of someone else's copyrighted writing and paste it into Wikipedia.

Also, the fannish/promotional style of this material was totally inappropriate to Wikipedia.

I will try to take the factual content from that page and add it to the article. - Jmabel | Talk 03:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I just tried to make someasczdbdgcbdgvchanges to the artice, and got extremely tired. It is obvious that this article was lifted from a fan page,hi

and perhaps Mr. Perry's own website. Wikipedia articles are to be objective, not fannish. TamYum 01:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, the thing sounds like a Behind The Music. I don't know enough about the actor to fix it, though. Trendkill 02:01, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Christian Beliefs

Is he Christian? Forgiveness is not something that only Christians can exhibit, so unless he is Christian, wikipedia can not say that forgiveness is a strictly CHristian belief. Mishy dishy 18:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

He talks about his Christian beliefs in probably every interview on Oprah or elsewhere, as well as on every one of his DVD's 'special features' etc. I could probably help contribute sources for that claim, but not sure where to start. Jawn tech 03:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Why is there no discussion of his sexuality? Why isnt his wife mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.63.129.105 (talk) 13:51, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

"Eight years ago"

"Just eight years ago" is based on what date? Wordings like this do not age well. If someone knows when this refers to, it should be reworded as something like "as recently as 1997", or whatever is accurate. - Jmabel | Talk 17:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

And now it says "for eight years", resulting in a claim (almost certainly false) that he "lived in his car for eight years". I really don't know a lot about Perry, but I know enough to say that this is almost certainly wrong. - Jmabel | Talk 06:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

He himself said this at the end of one of his plays. I own some. Armyrifle 16:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Lived in his car...

... used to be "for two years", now "for six months", neither with citation. - Jmabel | Talk 00:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

if you cant cite your source its not a fact 72.189.90.159 01:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

citation?

"Perry eventually confronted his abusers and took responsibility for his previous failures. His perception of his own writing changed, and he came to terms with his past. He has made over 3.7 billion dollars." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.175.117.201 (talk) 04:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

Yeah.... I'm pretty sure he hasn't made 3.7 million dollars just by having a few movies and some successful plays in the last decade.--Freepablo 22:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Early Life

The entire early life section is a disjointed mess. No citations, poor structure, and it is filled with opinion rather than fact. It should be removed.MattIsWaldo 16:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Grammatically incorrect material

I am assuming that the Wikipedia community is uninterested in having grammatically incorrect material in the posted articles. I state this in reference to Ladygreen's edits, which are...lamentable, to say the least. --TallulahBelle 01:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I did not add anything to the article of Tyler Perry for it to be Grmmatically incorrect material. I just removed things that were not facts. Sorry to have offended you TalluahBelle. 03-03-2007 - Ladygreen. blue

needs a criticism section

I don't know anything about the stage plays, but I know all of his movies have been widely panned by critics. I realize that a lot of articles like this are edited by fans, but this article speaks too glowingly of a man whose work hasn't been appreciated in the movie world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.196.38 (talk) 09:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree. In fact, I had came to this article hoping to read about criticism about Tyler Perry and his work and there's nothing but "Lol, he's a pretty awesome guy". I know he's not a hated man, but I also know he's had a lot of people down his film and TV work, me being one of them. I wouldn't be able to write a criticism section, though, because I don't know enough about other's opinions for his work. --Goten X 22:33, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

As long as there are reputable sources, anyone can post a balanced side of Tyler Perry's career.--Joel Lindley (talk) 07:57, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Madea's Daycare Center

This is not a play....it is a possibility but Tyler Perry was just joking about it.Broadway91 (talk) 19:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Negativity

some of the things that are in this articles are negative personal feelings rather than facts.

Filmography/Awards/nominations

Is there a set format for these sections on Wikipedia? I have always seen works listed with the earliest first, not the latest.72.196.220.202 (talk) 02:49, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Needless repetition of 'Tyler Perry's'

I've just removed multiple appearances of the phrase 'Tyler Perry's' from this page, which had been added before the title of all his films (and several other places); whether this was intended as vandalism or not, it's unnecessary. There's no need to put Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman instead of Diary of a Mad Black Woman; since it's listed on a page about Perry, it's obviously his film. Also, repeating the same words too often makes the article annoying to read. Please don't put 'Tyler Perry's' before a title unless it's genuinely needed for disambiguation purposes. Terraxos (talk) 22:51, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Isn't that part of the name in each of these movies? HotOne121 (talk) 18:04, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Gay?

??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TimeDog (talk • contribs) 18:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Citation? Reference? Proof? It seems the allegation was pretty unprovoked considering the circumstances. UniversalBread (talk) 01:29, 21 October 2008 (UTC)