I can’t help but wonder why more African-American film makers, Singleton, et al, aren’t highlighted in these articles besides Lee/Tyler. Ebony used to fill that void and offer our community a list of successful African-Americans broken down and highlighted by profession.

Our kids and the world at large need to be informed, as well as entertained. Lee takes on the much harder task of informing and entertaining. Perry goes for entertainment over enlightenment.

I also think that Perry dumbs down his movies to the point of cliche’. That’s too bad because he commands such a large stage and undersells the potential for mental growth among his primary audience.

Perry = 3 Stooges, Lee = Lenny Bruce.

As an adult I appreciate Lenny Bruce more. If I was dating today, I’d appreciate a young woman more who was mature enough to have moved beyond the 3 Stooges. It would make for a lot more interesting conversations after the movie was over.

I also believe that Spike Lee is a genius, and that his comments, regarding Tyler Perry, shouldn’t just be dismissed as “hating”. He has earned the right to speak his mind on the current state of “black cinema”. I am hoping and praying that the Tyler Perry “loyalists” have a defined reason as to why they love him so, and not just because they can not get enough of Madea and his other comical characters which are portrayed as the norm. Is it too much for them to bare the truth that Spike puts out there, and easier to cling to the distraction of Perry’s work? What message does he place in his movies that uplifts and empowers or speaks the truth to his audience? This again is just my opinion which I also have a right to.

Lee didn’t “resurrect” Malcolm X’s legacy, HE REWROTE IT to fit his angry point of view. And that’s what this is really about…Spike Lee is furious with Tyler Perry for not using his success to spread the message that “the white man is the source of all our problems and must never be trusted.”

Why are you celebrating Lee for declaring “Jews run Hollywood?” Any outrageous statement is cause for celebration because it’s evidence that “no subject is untouchable?” It’s okay to lie and disparage other races because you’re “speaking your mind?” Please, grow up.