(ThyBlackMan.com) 2012 is shaping up to be a busy year for Tyler Perry. The film mogul is slated to produce and/or act in four movies over the next 10 months. But with so many starring roles, not to mention his TV shows and entertainment empire, does Perry risk overexposing himself and exhausting his fans?
Today, Perry will release Good Deeds, a film in which he stars as an upper-class businessman who gets involved with an impoverished cleaning woman (played by Thandie Newton). In July, Perry will release another film he wrote, produced and directed — The Marriage Counselor, whose cast includes the infamous Kim Kardashian. Perry is also currently filming Madea’s Witness 
Protection, in which he reprises his trademark Madea role, this time hosting a wealthy white businessman in a witness protection program. That film is expected to come out later this year.
Finally, there’s I, Alex Cross, a film adaptation of the James Patterson novel, and the only film that doesn’t ofiicially fall under the Perry brand — he’s simply starring as the title character originally played by Morgan Freeman, neither directing nor producing.
For any artist this would be a very ambitious schedule, but for the ubiquitous Perry, it seems to be the norm — not only does he have two shows currently on television, now he’s acting and/or directing four films in one year.
He’s obviously paying his bills and maintaining a healthy franchise with the Madea movie and The Marriage Counselor, but with Good Deeds and I, Alex Cross, it’s clear that Perry is trying to expand his persona beyond the guy who plays the funny granny in drag, into that of a legitimate and respected actor.
Unfortunately for Perry, inundating audiences with your work isn’t necessarily the best way to earn their respect. The first strike against Perry is that he’s too prominent of a personality himself to convince audiences to see him as a character.
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