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What’s Trending Today: Tyler Perry
What are his secrets to success?
One of my daily patterns is to read news feeds online and see what is trending right now. I don’t bother with the lists of what is trending that are offered by the BBC, Yahoo, Twitter, or Google since I know that most of these are paid ads or manipulations by SEO consultants. I do the work (or play) and take the half-hour to just review the stories.
Today I came across three different stories on Tyler Perry. Born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) Perry is an American actor, writer, producer, and director. I first came across his name in the early 1990s and early 2000s when he regularly staged plays he created. These were presented at the Beacon Theater, The Beacon Theatre, a historic 2,894-seat, three-tiered theatre on the upper west side of Manhattan. Originally a movie palace in recent years it has been a major venue for Rock Concerts, awards show,s and such.
In 2011, Forbes Magazine listed him as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning US$130 million between May 2010 and May 2011.
Much of Perry’s success has been through the creation and performance of the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. Perry’s films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Many of Perry’s stage-play films…
