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Tyler Perry was watching an Oprah Winfrey talk show, in that show, someone described the effect that the act of writing can have.
This comment inspired him to apply himself to a career in writing.
He soon started writing a series of letters to himself.
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2 years later, he performed I know I’ve been changed”
At age 28, a retooling of the play in Atlanta (first at the House of Blues, then at the Fox Theatre), became a great success.
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These are books that were written by Tyler Perry.
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Perry produces a television show entitled “Tyler perry house of Payne” which follows an african-american household of three generations the show demonstrates the family members struggling with faith and love as well as living with different generations.
The show ran in the spring of 2006 as a 10-show pilot. after the successful pilot run perry signed a 200million dollar 100-episode deal with TBS.
On June 6,2007 the first two episodes of Tyler Perry's house of Payne ran on TBS after receiving high ratings and also on January 7,2009 he wrote meet the brown which also premiers on TBS.
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For Colored Girls is a 2010 drama film adapted from Ntozake Shange's 1975 stage play.
The film features an ensemble cast which includes Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Kimberly Elise, and Kerry Washington.
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Like Shange's play—which is considered to be a landmark piece in African American literature and black feminism—the film depicts the interconnected lives of nine women, exploring their lives and struggles as women of