Thursday, June 18, 2009

Tyson: Thug life

Posted By on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM

By Matt Brunson

As far as documentaries go, Tyson is a crock. Director James Toback is an acknowledged friend of former boxing great Mike Tyson, so for 90 minutes, he turns on his camera and allows the man to speak at length about his troubled life, both in and out of the ring. There are no other participants, no other voices to support or oppose whatever Tyson says -- even Toback himself refuses to ask any pressing questions.

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