Tyson Synopsis:
Tyson is acclaimed indie director James Toback's stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson. Toback allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson's earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his roller coaster ride in the fun house of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. It is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, TYSON emerges as a modern day version of classic Greek tragedy.
Do you think more people look at Mike Tyson as an American Icon or have they let his trials and tribulations take over the image they have of him?
What do you think about Mike Tyson as an Icon?
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very good
tyson making a comeback!
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Isis
I love to hear the stories of people's lives. It gives you more insight into why they are the way they are.
I think he will be remembered as both, he was one of the greatest boxers of the 20th century but at the same time his trials and tribulations are magnified more.
@ E-Meezy: Agreed! It is the story of the talented Black guy from the hood that uses his talent to get out. But he still has been shaped by his environment and never truly escapes...(kinda the same story like Chris Brown and many more)
I think Mike Tyson's reputation as an abuser and rapist tainted his entire image and ruined his career. Especially when Robin Givens and the publicist Pam Pinnock wrote their books about him and how cruel he was to these women. Did these two victims and authors have any say in this documentary. I would interested in knowing the answer to that??
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