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This post isn't a let's hate on Tyler Perry thing. Let's be honest, he's billionaire. He did it. His accomplishments so far are simply amazing. He doesn't care what I think of his work. This just us having a conversation. This is just an observation of the unique position he's in as a Black man in "Hollywood" unlike any other before him. I think he has the potential to be even more impactful to Black filmmakers. What got me thinking like this? Someone in a group posted this:

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Ntozake Shange, the poet, novelist and pioneering playwright whose landmark choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” helped generations of women of color discover their voices, has died, the Star Tribune has learned. Shange, 70, had suffered multiple strokes in recent years. But she had been on the mend lately, creating new work, giving readings and being feted for her work. She died in her sleep Saturday morning in an assisted liv

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