Mike Tyson doing what? Fighting? No. Talking?? He's hard enough to understand! And what will he be talking about anyway? It's exactly that reaction that makes shows like this difficult to market and promote - but it is also the presentation of unique shows like this that have given DPAC a reputation for greatness in the Triangle.
"Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" began as a one-man show with runs on Broadway at at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Spike Lee directed the stage show in which Tyson takes you on a very personal tour of his life. With that in mind, here's the rub: you can't be disinterested in Mike Tyson's life. When was the last time you paid to watch a boxing match? For me, it was Tyson's first bout with Evander Holyfield (not the "ear" fight). I skipped out of my San Francisco farewell party to hit a bar so I could watch the second Tyson-Holyfield fight and remember running back in the party screaming, "He bit his ear off!!!" Upsets happen in sports, but how shocked - I mean truly stunned - were you when you found out Buster Douglas beat the invincible Iron Mike Tyson?
You remember the train wreck interview with Barbara Walters he did with Robin Givens next to him on the couch calling him a "monster". And telling Lennox Lewis he was going to "eat his children". And when he went to jail for three years. And when he got the tattoo on his face. Or tragically, when his daughter died on the family's treadmill.
We've always been interested in Mike Tyson, but why spend your hard earned money on a ticket to see a guy with a checkered past talk about his life? Maybe because signs point to a changed man who really does want to make a difference. Maybe because after all the drama - all the things that made Mike Tyson interesting to watch all those years - we still really don't know why he did them. In this show, the fighter will tell us - bit by bit - even the things that are tough to talk about.
Incredibly, after all the years of our fascination with Mike Tyson, this may be his most fascinating move yet. Read the reviews below and maybe I'll see you at DPAC Tuesday night.
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