these are my thoughts
i like most of you were introduced to TP through his plays.
The most i've done is chuckle at them, but i realize that there is an audience that will gladly support these endeavors. Like i said, his "why did get married" films are easily the best one's he's done.
They are the most relatable without all the extra over the top shit
With that being said, I can compare him to Master P. P was never a top emcee, but he knew his lane and stuck to the formula, and put other people of color in positions to be millionaires. You aint gotta fuck with the music, but you cant knock his business acumen.
And white people will milk a concept or trope to death, and we dont bat an eye, but TP does it, and we tend to hold him to a different standard. I make jokes about the colorism displayed in his films, but at the root of it, we all know niggas who fit those very depictions being shown so lets not act like he just making shit up.
This is a HUGE ordeal for not only him, but other black up and coming actors/actresses, directors, writers, camera crew, etc....
we tend to focus on the wrong things