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Tyler Perry on Why Did I Get Married?
By Fred Topel | Image property of Lionsgate.
Some people think men and women are from different planets. Some say he's just not that into her. Some say you should just seduce and destroy. Okay, that one was fictional, but Tyler Perry is real and he has some real advice for couples in his new film, Why Did I Get Married.
Director Tyler Perry Gives Love Advice in Why Did I Get Married?
"As far as why do relationships go so wrong, I think people are looking for other people to validate and to fix them rather than doing the work themselves," said Perry. "[People have] to get themselves, to make themselves whole, to get themselves better so that they can be ready for the other person."
The ensemble dramedy has several couples working through their issues. Sheila is trying to keep her husband, who's more attracted to her skinny friend Trina. Terry is trying to get his wife's attention, who would rather handle business on her blackberry. Angela bosses her husband around but somehow finds she still doesn't get what she wants.
"What I'd love for people to walk away from with this movie is clearly this: I think a lot of people are going to see themselves. I think there are a lot of Shielas, I think there are a lot of Angelas, I think there are a lot of Trinas, there are a lot of Terrys. They will see themselves and want to either get better or stronger and change or they won't. I think that it's just a lesson. What I'd love for the movie to be is a mirror for people to just look at themselves and see is this me, do I need to change and how can this help me in my relationships."
Why Did I Get Married
Perry also suggests that people take the lessons outside the movie and get spiritual. "It is a very important part in my life and you'll see it in most of my work because I don't know how to solve a problem without prayer. So a lot of times in my movies, that's where the characters will go. They'll pray, they'll need some sort of inspiration and if somebody walks away feeling like they need God in their lives, then I've done my part. What I'd like to do is have it be an invitation rather than it be preachy or over the top or beating people over the head."
Aside from the film's messages, Perry is most proud of Why Did I Get Married? on its technical merits. "I try to grow on every film, but I’m walking now. I was crawling on everything else. The way this story was told I think was very unique. Using the camera the way I did was very different for me. There’s some people who really get into camera movement and all this other stuff, but for me, I really stretched it and having an amazing cast really made the movie come alive because everybody brought their own personality to it."
Turning his play into a film also allowed Perry to tell a better story. "I think it relieves it. Stage, there are a lot of challenges because you're so limited to two hours and how far you can go and how many places you can take it. On film, my mind and my imagination could just go and open up. That's why we ended up in Canada shooting for a week, rather than on some soundstage somewhere. But most of the movie was shot on a soundstage but it takes place over a year so it frees me. To write film frees me up."
Why Did I Get Married? opens this Friday, October 12th.
For the trailer, posters, more interviews and additional movie info, go to the Why Did I Get Married? Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Lionsgate.
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