*Comedian Loni Love criticized Tyler Perry following the poor reception of his latest movie, which earned a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Love accused Perry of not investing in Black writers and directors, arguing that he could create award-worthy projects if he were more generous with his resources, per The Jasmine Brand.
“I love that Tyler is paying Black actors now I wish he would hire Black writers and directors that have experience to help him with his movies,” Loni wrote on X/Twitter.
She added, “He could improve the movies & make them award worthy if he would stop trying to save money by doing the writing and directing himself.”
Her comments are in response to the poor reception of Perry’s latest project “Divorce In The Black,” starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict. The story centers on Ava, a young bank professional who is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas’ wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once upon a time sabotaged Ava’s destiny to be loved by her true soulmate.
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The film has been panned by critics and received a rare 0%” on Rotten Tomatoes.
In 2021, fans of the Hollywood mogul begged him to hire a team of experienced Black writers and directors after Perry admitted that doesn’t have a writer’s room and writes all of his show’s scripts himself. Perry responded to the criticism and announced plans to bring changes to his studio in Atlanta by hiring a team of writers.
“So, I don’t know if you know this, but all shows on television have a writers room,” Perry said in a video shared to Instagram at the time. “And, most of the time, there are 10 people or 12 or whatever that write on these television shows. Well, I have no writers room. Nobody writes any of my work. I write it all. Why am I telling you this? I wrote all of these scripts by myself in 2019. Work ethic!”
In an interview with men’s magazine Level, he recalled the challenges he faced hiring Black writers early in his career and how this led to his “NO WRITERS ROOM” policy.
“So, when I first started my career, I got a deal with TBS. When it was time to staff, I went to DGA, SAG, and IATSE and I told them, “TBS isn’t paying me the money upfront — I’m financing these shows myself. I’m not Sony, I’m not Disney; I need to work out a deal for pay rates,” Perry said. “They worked out great deals for me. At the time, I had a bunch of writers who were nonunion, and I was unhappy with every single script they wrote. They were not speaking to the voice. They just didn’t get it.”
Tyler Perry’s “Divorce in the Black” is now streaming on Prime Video.
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