Todd Williamson
Tyler Perry is cooking in his new legal thriller, “Duplicity.”
Mona Kosar Abdi of “Extras” sat down with Tyler, an outspoken advocate on real-life issues at all times.
Perry recently called the music industry at Angie Stone’s funeral. He said, “I’m tired of seeing people in this industry, especially black people, have been abused, misused and not paid. I’m tired of paying for funerals because I’m not paying for funerals.”
He went on to say, “I was tired of seeing women who were 60, 70, 80 years old on stage playing, and they were in business with all these hits. There was something that said, ‘Well, one day I’ll be a billionaire.’ When it’s abused and it’s so easy to do the right thing.
He said, “In “Six Triple 8” there is a line that tells me what that all means to me. That’s what I want.
With “Tyler Perry’s Duplicate,” Perry tackles the subject of police brutality.
When asked if he had any reservations about making movies on such a heavy topic, Tyler said he was used to making waves. He said, “I’m trending, misunderstood, horrifying, awful – it happens in everything. They all go to number one. This is something my audience loves. They all go to number one.
In the film, the powerful lawyer played by Kat Graham faces her most personal case when she is tasked with revealing the truth behind the shooting of her best friend’s husband.
Tyler said of Cat’s character: “I think she’s like most of us in America. We get mad about it, but not only are we angry, we’re also someone who wants to get to the truth. There’s a difference, so you’re angry, you don’t want to hear the truth, so you just want to hear one side.
As for the film’s message, Perry wants people to “see a little deeper into everything you read and watch.” He said, “I’m tired of hijacking these messages, these important messages, these important moments, and turning them into creepy things that can be used for both parties.”
Opening up the inspiration behind the film, Tyler said:
Tyler also considered how he built relationships with his audience over the decades in the industry.
He commented: “This is what we hear OOH and AAHS as we live in this relationship, before and after, tell this kind of story and give a crazy twist to the stage.” ”
He continued. “You know that, you understand that, you understand that people want to escape reality… When you’re bringing life to the world, when this madness is happening, you just want to see something that removes your mind from it, and that’s why true crime is such a huge genre.”
In terms of his motivation to continue creating, he shared that it is now a way to give others the opportunity.
“This is why we continue at this point,” he shared. “I was 55 and asked if I had done it all and if there was anything on my bucket list.
“Tyler Perry Duplicate” will premiere on Prime Video on March 20th.
