Tyler Perry Response

 I think Perry provides interesting insight into the world of humor by a male's standard of "edgy" comedy. Many older comedians rely on the fallback response of being "unafraid" to say divisive commentary and then presenting it on a platter disguised as comedy. The reality is that these people think that their insensitive views should be taken lightly and that low punches towards marginalized communities should be admitted by the masses. I have personally never watched any of Tyler Perry's work, mostly because I don't understand why he feels it's necessary to dress as a woman to add to his "comedy." It feels like a thinly veiled attempt to approach relatable comedy but to create a line of defense by creating a character to pin the insensitivity to. I don't really want to engage much with Perry's comedy, as it doesn't even approach the realm of humor to me and by engaging it would be encouraging. I'm already upset that I have spent $10 on this book alone, whereas I usually can rationalize the books I have to buy for books and find a silver lining in reading them, even if I don't enjoy them in their entirety. My first draft of this post was searching for the meager tracings of a bright-side in this reading, but I don't want to pander to this kind of comedy. We shouldn't support unfunny comedians, we shouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt time and time again, and allow them to grow their numbers when they don't respond to the feedback of their audiences. I don't know what else to add, other than I am simply not enjoying my reading of this book, and to make matters worse I'm listening to the audiobook, so I have to hear Perry deliver these "jokes."