Tyler Perry lauds importance of diversity at his studio in Emmy speech

Tyler Perry's speech about diversity, and his expectation-defying life, headlined a banner night for Georgia filmmaking during the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards. Perry on Sunday accepted the TV Academy’s Governor’s Award, given for “extraordinary” or “cumulative” accomplishment, with a speech centered on a multi-colored quilt his grandmother gave him when he was 19 years old. The result was a well-received embrace of diversity playing out inside his Tyler Perry Studios that opened with…