Filed under: Daily Drama
This new hour-long documentary series on OWN, is intended to interview some of the most creative minds now living. OWN wants to focus on iconic innovators and show the audience what it takes to achieve that status. I think maybe the aim is either to inspire or educate, or maybe both. The first show focused on friend to Oprah, Tyler Perry. Everyone knows that Tyler is the new Black Hollywood. He owns his own studio; he owns movie franchises and TV series. Tyler have no gatekeeper he makes what he chooses to make and that is a luxury few, Black or White can boast about.
Tyler elucidated on why he is successful. "I have a clear vision, I have established this brand, I have established an audience. I am very aware of what they want to see and how they want to see it, and I can deliver the content."
Tyler was very open about some of the things that keep him working so hard. Tyler used work to help him cope with the death of his mother. He kept himself busy. Tyler performed "Madea's Big Happy Family" written in homage to his mother, 125 times in 126 days. Tyler overcame his grief by the end of the run of his play.
http://www.oprah.com/own-visionaries/visionaries,
Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind, Sunday, 8PM on OWN