Man in Black.

His humor is crude, his figures are like woodcut, critics accuse him subliminal racism: Nevertheless, the black American movie mogul Tyler Perry is one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood - and produces a box office hit after another.

 

African-American actors like Will Smith, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Murphy for the Hollywood cinema long indispensable. We have got used to both police officers as pirates, as President Penner may have black faces. But what about the power behind the scenes? Who knows a black studio boss? Or has even heard of Tyler Perry?