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Lee appeared on several Atlanta news shows and also hit up Art Terrell’s show on Atlanta radio Kiss104.1, where he took a few listener’s calls, but halfway through the question/answer session, Spike Lee had to put his foot down about the Tyler Perry questions.
As you know, Lee has publicly criticized Perry’s work in the past and Dr. Cornel West even put his 2 cents in their disputed once by comparing the two. Perry responded to all the criticism by telling them all to go straight to hell (and I’m not making that up… he really said that).
But for the record… Spike still doesn’t see it for Mr. Perry and recently refused to answer any questions about the fellow “ATLien”.
Details below…
Tyler Perry already told y’all to “Let That Sh*t Go!” but according to the AJC, people are still asking Spike Lee about Perry and he’s made a statement asking y’all to STOP!
Do not ask Spike Lee about Tyler Perry.
“No more Tyler Perry questions, please,” Lee said during a Thursday visit with KISS 104.1 host Art Terrell, after listeners called in asking about past dust-ups between the two filmmakers.
Lee was only in town to talk about his new film, “Red Hook Summer” and NOT Tyler Perry.
The film, which Lee directed, produced, & co-wrote (with James McBride) will also reprise his classic role as Mookie the pizza delivery guy from “Do The Right Thing”.
While “Red Hook Summer” will have a few comic moments, things take a somber turn when dark secrets from the past begin to emerge.
“I do think there’s a place for a film like this,” Lee said. “I know people want to go see ‘Batman,’ want to go see ‘The Avengers.’ This is going to be a film for people to chew on and debate.”
Watch video of Spike Lee’s radio interview HERE.
Thanks to tax incentives, Georgia’s film industry has been flourishing in recent years. Given that Lee was born in Atlanta and attended Morehouse College, the AJC asked if he might consider shooting a future movie here in the future. His answer?
He didn’t really give a definite yes or no but stated he’d “like to shoot here again.”
Maybe Tyler will let Spike use a portion of his Atlanta studio. I’m sure the insurance company has paid big bucks to rebuild the part that was destroyed in that fire a few months back…
Do you think the two filmmakers will EVER see eye to eye?
Spike is cool! Go Knicks!!!
Spike Lee is not as deep as he thinks he is. There was nothing impressive or ground breaking about "Mookie". His films are actually on the strange side (loved School Daze though). People support Spike and his off-the-wall
films, he needs to back off and let Tyler do his thing. People left him alone.
I was never able to get into Spike’s movies either. I don’t like Tyler Perry either, but Spike did some cultural movies back in the day too: Jungle Fever and White Men Can’t Jump. So Tyler isn’t the only black director making crazy movies about blacks.
Spike Lee will always be known as "Mookie" however: He will never as "Rich" as Tyler Perry, Spike where is you "Just For Men"?? Just askin….
I agree that Spike is not as deep as he thinks he is. He will forever be known as Mars Blackman to me. The guy from "She’s Gotta Have It". White Men Can’t Jump, Jungle Fever, Do The Right Thing and School Daze are his most memorable films but they only skimmed the surface of racial issues blacks face in America.
Tyler Perry deals with issues that blacks face within their own communities and he makes those issues palatable by mixing in humor. He’s addressed domestic violence, child sexual abuse, infidelity, dysfunctional marriage and even touched on drug addiction. I think people focus too much on Madea. Madea is a tool to get people into the theater but she is not the center of all of his films.
If you’re smart, you know Madea is used to fool white people. She is the human equivalent of the drum back in slavery days. Messages are cloaked and only we intelligent black folk know how deep Tyler gets. Go on Tyler! To hell with all your haters!
There is room for both why the need to have these men compete.
@kim I agree but must every other TP movie be pure Buffonery? They only movie he did that had any substance was for colored girls only.
Tyler Perry and Spike Lee are two different kind of film makers. Buffoonery is subjective. I don’t see it that way. Flip Wilson played a smart mouth woman for years and no one said he was a buffoon. He was hilarious. And Madea has the same effect. I’m so sick of folks criticizing a damn character its ridiculous. People act like black folks have to make serious movies ALL the damn time. Like all the stories we have to tell are of pain and woe. EFF THAT. Make me laugh hell.
^^AGREED..everyone let Flip Wilson be great, why all the shade towards Tyler..
far as I know Tyler Perry is the only black man with his own movie studio is Spike getting bank like Mr. Perry? NO HE IS NOT!
I ALWAYS thought Spike Lee sounded a bit jelouse and bitter when he made his dislike for TP public… he needs to have several seats at madison square garden for real.
I’m over the buffoonery as well. Was never into it actually.
an i want buy it from spike lee,my cousin walked by him and spoke to his stuck up ass,and he didn’t even speak to him in new york…..
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I agree with most of these comments. Each director caters to different people. In black Hollywood there should be room for all types of directors. People never do that to white directors or their films and trust me I have seen way more buffoons in white movies than I have in black films from my experience. I think Spike spoke his opinion about Tyler Perry and now he needs to leave it alone as he’s done so in this interview. No matter what people say TP is not going anywhere and neither is Spike so they both need to learn to coexist with each other and keep doing what they do.
Tyler did an interview within the last year or so with "Ebony" magazine I believe. In the interview he stated that he was backing off the Spike Lee issue because Spike has children, and he didn’t feel right going back and forth in public in front of Spike’s kids. Maybe Spike now feels the same way.
Hi, Tyler, If I do go to hell, I know damn well I will see you there too. Since you telling all your haters to go to hell, your movies still suck. Team Spike.
Hi Spike, I hope you do realise that not everyone is supposed to live your life or even be like you. Tyler Perry did not attend Morehouse, nor did he have a choice in the childhood that he was brought up in. All he wanted was hope and a dream, and he worked to make that happen for himself. While you continue to make films about the human condition with a serious tone, Tyler Perry will continue to make films about forgiveness and strength.
Team Spike & Tyler (and many other black men & women who have overcome Hollywood to show those who look like us what we can do with our minds if we focus on a goal)
Peace
It’s a good thing he’s not talking about it because it makes him sound bitter. Tyler Perry is a good director. Does Spike Lee want to be the only black director on top? Still don’t see what is good about his movies.
Read all the comments, Betty hit the nail on the head for me! Lee Sounds bitter, i like perry, don’t get lee’s movies as iconography.
I think any black director that bases his movies in ghetto scenery or have characters with ties to it is a bafoon. Its 2012 find new subject matter
Thank you. Agreed.
So people in the ghetto don’t deserve to be represented in film? Oh and its buffoon NOT bafoon. If you want to be critical of black film makers or those blacks that live below the poverty line, you should at least spell your words correctly.
Spike you are respected by many and rightfully so but you are coming across as jealous that you werent able to do what Tyler has done and continues to do. Dont block YOUR blessings being bitter over another mans success. Regardless to if people like Tyler or not the man has a strong following and I dont see that changing no time soon. He also created jobs in the City he lives in when he built his studio there..he could have done like most and ran to Hollywood but he didnt. As terrible as Bobbi K acting is he didnt put her in the show to get more viewers he did it to keep her close and help her stay clean (yes I know she has to want it)…to give her something to feel good about. I have NOTHING but respet for this man. Stop trying to be so deep Spike and just make movies…there is enough room and opportunity for both of you to have great success and keep our real Actors employed!!!
Well said Vay. We as black people get way too caught up in the competition game and we suffer from crab-in-the-barrel syndrome.
Spike is most definitely jealous of Tyler’s success. How do I know this? Because Spike has not criticized other black filmakers like Carl Franklin, the Hughes brothers, Lee Daniels and others as they are no threat to his success. Tyler has made almost as many films as Spike (more if you include his stage plays made for DVD) and has become nearly a billionnaire and in a relatively short amount of time without graduating film school.
Rather than be proud, Spike has chosen to be a hater and criticize Tyler for achieving what Spike himself could not. Just as there are rap beefs, apparently there are film beefs.
Spike Lee’s a Bitch.
Spike Lee from Atl???
I can’t stand that little midget! He is too arrogant!
Spike need to stop and grow up don’t be and old fool…