Have you ever met two people who are two opposite sides of the spectrum that they begin to look like the same person? That’s what comes to mind whenever I think about Tyler Perry and Sarah Palin. If both of them somehow fell off the face of the earth, I don’t think any sensible person would care at all. Keyword: sensible. Could that be the reason why these two are successful as they are? Take a closer look and you’ll notice that they are pretty much one in the same. Follow me….
They are both very rich. Tyler Perry has made bookoo money by turning his “religious” plays into a lucrative movie career as well as a couple spinoff tv shows. Palin has somehow went from an Alaskan hillbilly governor to the Vice Presidential nominee to a reality tv star and best-selling author. I know what you’re probably thinking. Who the hell is paying for this bullshit? This brings me to my next point
They dumb down their messages to what their audiences want to hear. Tyler Perry, for example, will have you believe that every dark skinned man that marries a dark skinned woman will have an affair with a fair skinned black woman or even, God forbid, a white woman. And that heart broken dark skinned woman will find solace by singing random gospel songs and screaming “Lawd Jeezus” over and over; she’ll eventually find true happiness with Shamar Moore or Boris Kodjoe. Sarah Palin on the other hand….well she’s just dumb. I don’t think she really knows any better. Much like the majority of the American public.
They’ve both attained their respective wealth from targeting an audience made up of one racial group with very little to no crossover appeal. I have a few white friends, but none of them have ever mentioned to me that they want/have been/are going to see a Tyler Perry movie. Except Whitey of course, but he’s marrying a black woman, so he doesn’t have much of a choice. Sarah Palin on the other hand targets true, red blooded Americans who are intent on “taking our country back.” Whatever the fuck that means. Oh yeah, back from that black guy.
They both supposedly “speak” for and express the views of a large group of people. Sarah Palin – Ignorant white people. Tyler Perry – Ignorant black people.
See a common theme here? For everyone out there reading this, you too can make it big by targeting a specific race and dumbing everything down to the lowest-common denominator. Now go out there and be somebody
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