The Problematic Tyler Perry

Brian C. Johnson is a faculty member in the Department of Academic Enrichment at Bloomsburg University. He is a doctoral candidate in communications media and instructional technology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Contents: Brian C. Johnson: My Problem with Perry – Jennifer Forrest: Tyler Perry and William Shakespeare: Playwrights Who Reflect and Influence Society – Leah P. Hunter/Jennifer M. Proffitt: The Political Economy of Tyler Perry: Replicating Industry Ideals and Exploiting the Commodity Audience – Angela Putman: The Church of Tyler Perry: How Perry Created a Phenomenon – Stephanie A. Allen: Who’s Your Mammy? Tyler Perry and the Limits of Black Spectatorship – Jessica L. Knouse: Playing with Gender, Queering Lines: Should We Be Mad at Madea? – Gene Kelly: Tyler Perry as Madea: Homophobia Gets a Pass When It’s a Man in a Dress – Shanna L. Smith/Shavonne R. Shorter: (In)Visible Messages: Patriarchy in Tyler Perry’s Madea Films – Kimberly J. Chandler: Knight in Shining Blackness: Examining Performances of Black Masculinity in Tyler Perry Films – Christal R. S. Johnson: Diary of a Despondent Female: An Analysis of Female Characters in Tyler Perry’s Movies – Auburn E. Ellis/Tanya Merriman: I Can Be Misrepresented All By Myself – Evette Dionne Brown: A Volatile Cocktail of Stereotypes: Black Feminist Reflections on Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse – Frederick W. Gooding, Jr.: The Tyler That Preys: Is Tyler Perry Creating New or Recycling Old Black Images? – Tammie Jenkins: Signifying Practices: Representations of Black Masculinity and Womanhood in Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013).