Tyler Perry first started working on 'A Jazzman's Blues' 27 years ago.
Tyler Perry wears a ribbon with the colors of the Ukrainian flag as he arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File PhotoTORONTO, Sept 10 - Tyler Perry first started working on "A Jazzman's Blues" 27 years ago.
"Being in Hollywood, being a Black man, I could not have a flop. And having a period piece 10, 15 years ago could have been really risky. So I needed to wait for the right time," he said."The thing that made it hard to wait was the criticisms of some of the other movies, people thinking that this is all I could do when I understood and knew that I had 'Jazzman' in my back pocket.
The film, a saga of love and murder, tells the story of Bayou and Leanne, Black lovers in 1940s Georgia who are separated, then meet again years later when Bayou has become a song-and-dance sensation and Leanne has married and is passing as white. It was also an experience to learn about "colourism" and passing as white in American history, she said.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tyler Perry Is Ready to Surprise YouWith 'A Jazzman’s Blues,' the box office juggernaut who oversees his own billion-dollar empire reached back to the first script he ever wrote to tell a story about race, colorism and ill-fated love: 'People are not expecting this kind of movie from me.'
Read more »
Perry County man convicted in 2019 armed robbery of variety storeHe first denied he was in town, until cell phone records showed that he was near the store that was robbed.
Read more »
Carrollton armored truck robbery suspects stole bag of money, torched car before arrest in Tyler, police sayFour suspects are charged with aggravated robbery after shooting at two armored truck company employees while servicing an ATM at the Bank of America on Josey Lane in Carrollton.
Read more »
4 suspects in custody, armored car driver shot during robbery near bank in CarrolltonFour people were taken into custody near the Tyler area after a robbery and shooting at a Carrollton bank.
Read more »
Mystikal could face life in prison over first-degree rape chargeThe rapper (real name Michael Lawrence Tyler) had the charge, along with nine others, filed against him on Tuesday
Read more »