Meet the senators? Perry chooses to give it a pass
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An anticipated visit to the Senate chamber by one of the biggest black filmmakers in history didn’t happen Wednesday.
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Tyler Perry, who parlayed his “Madea” character into a multimillion-dollar movie and television empire, was scheduled to be honored today by Sens. Donzella James, Robert Brown, Vincent Fort, Nan Orrock and Gloria Butler in a resolution.
The senators cited Perry’s work in film, as well as his humanitarian work.
But before the opening bell, Perry called to cancel.
Word on the Senate floor was that Perry wanted the honor to be low-key, which would be kind of hard, considering that the resolution to honor him was signed by a half-dozen senators and made public by the Senate Press Office.
But after an Associated Press story was picked up on radio Wednesday morning, the filmmaker called to cancel his appearance.
He would have been the first celebrity to be honored by the Senate this year — if you don’t count General Larry Platt of “Pants on the Ground” fame.
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