Tyler Perry

Because during this time, there were a lot of plays, these black shows that were traveling the country and making lots of money for black people. It was on something that's affectionately called the Chitlin Circuit. The rename's weird. Urban... There's a rename? Yeah, they rebranded it. Oh, well... Kind of like Aunt Jemima. You have to rebrand it. I'm just going to call this shit what it is.

Because during this time, there were a lot of plays, these black shows that were traveling the country and making lots of money for black people. It was on something that's affectionately called the Chitlin Circuit. The rename's weird. Urban... There's a rename? Yeah, they rebranded it. Oh, well... Kind of like Aunt Jemima. You have to rebrand it. I'm just going to call this shit what it is.

The chilling circuit is when black performers could not perform in white establishments. They would travel all over the South into all of these different places and become famous among their own people. So here I am doing this play in the early 90s. and hitting some of these spots where black people were allowed to go everywhere.

The chilling circuit is when black performers could not perform in white establishments. They would travel all over the South into all of these different places and become famous among their own people. So here I am doing this play in the early 90s. and hitting some of these spots where black people were allowed to go everywhere.

The chilling circuit is when black performers could not perform in white establishments. They would travel all over the South into all of these different places and become famous among their own people. So here I am doing this play in the early 90s. and hitting some of these spots where black people were allowed to go everywhere.

But the spirit of the Chitlin' Circuit was still there where black people supported each other. And for my play to not work all of those years, then in 1998, take off one night. So the play itself didn't change all that much. It didn't change. You know what changed? The play was about adult survivors of child abuse who had forgiven their abuser because it was a happy ending.

But the spirit of the Chitlin' Circuit was still there where black people supported each other. And for my play to not work all of those years, then in 1998, take off one night. So the play itself didn't change all that much. It didn't change. You know what changed? The play was about adult survivors of child abuse who had forgiven their abuser because it was a happy ending.

But the spirit of the Chitlin' Circuit was still there where black people supported each other. And for my play to not work all of those years, then in 1998, take off one night. So the play itself didn't change all that much. It didn't change. You know what changed? The play was about adult survivors of child abuse who had forgiven their abuser because it was a happy ending.

They all forgave the abuser, the woman who did all this stuff to them. And I hadn't forgiven my father. So it was hypocritical that I'm in this seat and I'm talking about forgiveness and it hadn't happened for me. So in 98, he and I got into a really heated argument, the man who raised me and I forgave him. And that is when the show changed. Oh, wow. It was spiritual for me.

They all forgave the abuser, the woman who did all this stuff to them. And I hadn't forgiven my father. So it was hypocritical that I'm in this seat and I'm talking about forgiveness and it hadn't happened for me. So in 98, he and I got into a really heated argument, the man who raised me and I forgave him. And that is when the show changed. Oh, wow. It was spiritual for me.

They all forgave the abuser, the woman who did all this stuff to them. And I hadn't forgiven my father. So it was hypocritical that I'm in this seat and I'm talking about forgiveness and it hadn't happened for me. So in 98, he and I got into a really heated argument, the man who raised me and I forgave him. And that is when the show changed. Oh, wow. It was spiritual for me.

I went from nobody being in the audience to having eight sold out shows after I forgave him. And the forgiveness was such a scary thing for me because I didn't realize how powerful it was for me. It was my anchor. You're with me. What are you thinking? You got something on your mind to say?

I went from nobody being in the audience to having eight sold out shows after I forgave him. And the forgiveness was such a scary thing for me because I didn't realize how powerful it was for me. It was my anchor. You're with me. What are you thinking? You got something on your mind to say?

I went from nobody being in the audience to having eight sold out shows after I forgave him. And the forgiveness was such a scary thing for me because I didn't realize how powerful it was for me. It was my anchor. You're with me. What are you thinking? You got something on your mind to say?

The ripping away of my anger toward him was like a car that kind of runs on gasoline. Then all of a sudden you fill it with diesel and say, go be motivated. Because everything I was doing, every time I was trying to work, it was like, I'm going to make some money. I'm going to take care of my mother. I'm going to prove to you that I am something because you said I wasn't shit.

The ripping away of my anger toward him was like a car that kind of runs on gasoline. Then all of a sudden you fill it with diesel and say, go be motivated. Because everything I was doing, every time I was trying to work, it was like, I'm going to make some money. I'm going to take care of my mother. I'm going to prove to you that I am something because you said I wasn't shit.

The ripping away of my anger toward him was like a car that kind of runs on gasoline. Then all of a sudden you fill it with diesel and say, go be motivated. Because everything I was doing, every time I was trying to work, it was like, I'm going to make some money. I'm going to take care of my mother. I'm going to prove to you that I am something because you said I wasn't shit.

Once that was gone and I forgave him, it didn't matter anymore. I had no motivation to keep going, even though the purest sense of where I started was about making enough money to take care of my mother so she didn't have to be with him. So forgiving him ripped that from me. I had to figure out, OK, how do you operate now? I also found this out in therapy.

Once that was gone and I forgave him, it didn't matter anymore. I had no motivation to keep going, even though the purest sense of where I started was about making enough money to take care of my mother so she didn't have to be with him. So forgiving him ripped that from me. I had to figure out, OK, how do you operate now? I also found this out in therapy.

Once that was gone and I forgave him, it didn't matter anymore. I had no motivation to keep going, even though the purest sense of where I started was about making enough money to take care of my mother so she didn't have to be with him. So forgiving him ripped that from me. I had to figure out, OK, how do you operate now? I also found this out in therapy.