Turner Broadcasting tries to make peace with Tyler Perry
June 30, 2010 | 3:03 pm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/06/turner-broadcasting-tries-to-make-peace-with-tyler-perry.htmlTurner Broadcasting is trying to avoid a house of pain with producer Tyler Perry.
Perry, who has two shows on Turner's TBS cable channel ("House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns") was furious about a recent episode of the animated series "The Boondocks" that ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. Cartoon Network also is owned by Turner Broadcasting.
The episode in question -- "Pause" -- which first ran June 20, lampooned Perry, the creator of several hit movies, some of whom star him as Madea, an eccentric grandmother whose antics often land her in hot water. The show, which is executive produced by Aaron McGruder, who also created the now-defunct comic strip of the same name, featured a thinly veiled version of Perry named Winston Jerome. In the episode, Jerome is shown to be a closeted cross-dresser who uses religion to hide his lifestyle.
