Tyler Perry’s Union Woes No Longer Concealable Beneath XXXL Dress

One of the advantages of being a self-contained media emperor also happens to be one of that job’s thorniest disadvantages: You are on the hook for everything. Take Tyler Perry, whose ability to print money you’ll already have gleaned from reading our probing Defamer Answers study: Between grossing $225 million in three years at the box office and nabbing a $200 million deal for his syndicated series House of Payne, this weekend’s opening of his new Tyler Perry Studios outside Atlanta should have been a landmark occasion for the formerly homeless hyphenate and occasional cross-dressing superstar.