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Never would have made it : the rise of Tyler Perry, the most powerful entertainer in black America (and what it really took to get him there)
- Title
- Never would have made it : the rise of Tyler Perry, the most powerful entertainer in black America (and what it really took to get him there) / Melvin Childs.
- Author
- Childs, Melvin.
- Publication
- Santa Cruz, CA : Touch 1 Media, [2012]
- ©2012
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 18-395 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 181 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 23 cm
- Summary
- Written by the executive producer of Tyler Perry's first national tour, this book offers a first-hand account of how Perry went from playing shows in country churches to becoming one of the most successful entertainers in black America.
- Subjects
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Television producers and directors
- African American authors
- African American authors > Biography
- African American entertainers > Biography
- Biography
- Perry, Tyler
- Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography
- United States
- African American television producers and directors > Biography
- Television producers and directors > United States > Biography
- Black author
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Note
- Issued also as an ebook.
- Contents
- Just act normal -- Setting the record straight -- Hello Arthur -- We can do this -- Meeting the man -- I don't need you, I got this -- This s**t ain't easy -- Help, I'm drowning -- The fat lady's warming up -- Hold the curtain -- Where did you think the money came from? -- Fantasy Island -- Back in the game -- How you like me now? -- We've only just begun -- Let the games begin -- You done lost your mind -- I never saw it coming -- How could I have been so stupid? -- Damn, that was slick -- See you later, bye -- I know I've been changed.
- Call Number
- Sc D 18-395
- ISBN
- 9780984711505
- 0984711503
- 9780984711512
- 0984711511
- LCCN
- 2011940599
- OCLC
- 759913907
- Author
- Childs, Melvin.
- Title
- Never would have made it : the rise of Tyler Perry, the most powerful entertainer in black America (and what it really took to get him there) / Melvin Childs.
- Imprint
- Santa Cruz, CA : Touch 1 Media, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 18-395