Tyler Perry’s powerful Governors Award speech was simply beautiful (via toofab)
Tyler Perry was so committed to telling his own stories his own way that he built a media empire along the way, created a whole new model for studio production and even his own model for how to make and sell a television show.
He painted a beautiful story about his own prejudices and dismissal of stories that he didn't understand, much like what Rae and Waithe experienced, by telling of a quilt his grandmother had made and given to him. "Here I was a person who prides myself on celebrating our heritage, our culture and I didn’t even recognize the value in my grandmother’s quilt," he admitted."I dismissed her work and her story because it didn’t look like what I thought it should."
He argued that in his mother's story, or quilt, she could never imagine the life he now leads, the things he's accomplished.
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