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Tyler Perry Says His Studio Will Include A Compound For At Risk Youth And Displaced Women

<p>Roommates&comma; Tyler Perry has big plans for his new studio complex in Atlanta&comma; which will only add to the legacy he plans to leave behind&period; Aside from creating opportunities for people through film&comma; Tyler wants to be create an environment in which the underprivileged can be able to thrive in the industry as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tyler sat down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;tyler-perry-studios-on-the-poetic-justice-of-building-new-studio-on-former-confederate-army-base&sol;">Gayle King<&sol;a> to speak about his plans&comma; and when asked about where he wants to take his legacy&comma; Tyler put the movies to the back burner&period; Instead&comma; he says he wants to create even more opportunities&comma; particularly for those who are not part of the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ll tell you what I&&num;8217&semi;m most excited about next is pulling this next phase off&&num;8211&semi;building a compound for trafficked women&comma; girls&comma; homeless women&comma; LGBTQ youth who are put out or displaced&comma;&&num;8221&semi;Tyler says&period; &&num;8220&semi;And having a compound that is a beautiful place right here somewhere on this 330 acres&comma; where they&&num;8217&semi;re trained in the business and they become self sufficient&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tyler&&num;8217&semi;s new plans will add another layer to his Tyler Perry Studios&comma; which opened this past weekend in Atlanta&period; He says he plans to provide these groups with all the necessary things to succeed including child-care and housing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They will live in nice apartments&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s daycare&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s all of these wonderful things that allows them to re-enter society and then pay it forward again&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s what I hope to do soon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The announcement comes on the heels of some criticism to Tyler&&num;8217&semi;s studios opening in Atlanta&comma; which is currently burdened by homelessness and human trafficking&period; Many have also come for how he has represented black women and the LGBTQ community in his films&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s hard to celebrate Tyler Perry&&num;8217&semi;s historic success when he got there by parodying big bodies Black women&comma; using thinly veiled misogynoir&comma; expressing overt transphobia and homophobia&comma; and privileging cashew Black maleness ever black women&comma; femmes&comma; and queers&&num;8230&semi; but go awf&comma;&&num;8221&semi; one twitter user writes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nevertheless&comma; we hope Tyler&&num;8217&semi;s strides to help will make a lasting impact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"53448" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tyler-perry-says-his-studio-will-include-a-compound-for-at-risk-youth-and-displaced-women&sol;" data-secure&equals;"73f3d8639b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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