Mike Tyson’s metamorphosis from Boxing bad boy to humorous entertainer continues. Spike Lee has agreed to direct Mike Tyson’s one man show on Broadway. That’s right, Mike Tyson will have a Broadway Show.He will mock himself and tell his life story to people.
Mike Tyson is heading to Broadway. The former Heavyweight champ and controversial personality is doing a limited engagement one-man show about his life, called “Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth.”
At a press conference Monday announcing the show, Tyson described “The Undisputed Truth” as the raw tale of his life.
“It’s about me being on stage and being pretty raw. Not necessarily raw in a vulgar sense … I’m just naked and vulnerable, and I’m just telling you who I am and where I’m from and how this happened and how I lose all this damn money and how I had all these children and how I go to prison and, you know, you know what happened guys, right?” he said.
Spike Lee makes his Broadway directorial debut with “The Undisputed Truth.” At Monday’s press conference, Lee discussed how brave he thinks Tyson is for doing the show.
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So what will audiences learn when they see the show?
“They’ll find out that my mother is a prostitute, my father’s a pimp and I come from a real, um, this — I don’t know what — the sex worker world and stuff, you know. That’s why I look at the world from a different perspective than most people when I was a young kid,” Tyson said.
The former boxer said the show is part of his effort to move his life in a positive direction.
This is good therapy for Mike Tyson. Comedy is the best way to let your feelings out. I am not a hater and congratulate Tyson in his increasing role as a comedian. Hopefully he stays on this positive path.
Tags: Mike Tyson, Spike Lee
At least he will speak without teleprompters.
I hope he stays away from “consent” jokes.
Awwww Mike & Spike together again, glad to see my neighbors are getting along… Oh but Spike, I am still pissed about the Zimmerman thing, but not so pissed that I am going to post the address of your office on Madison Avenue.
in Brooklyn we saw the zombie apocalypse coming when Mikey ate that dude’s ear… he is patient zero.
brookly red wrote:
Don’t forget lee’s support of the paleosimians’s genocidal aspirations. I won’t.
They can call it, Man Bites World.
citizen_q wrote:
Spike is yesterday’s news, OK he supports Baron but that is what it is… he hasn’t made a film in a decade and really is a has been.
really..is this what this place
has come down to?
so sad//
What if Iran gets the bomb?
mawskrat wrote:
I was kinda wondering
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
till one shows up in Los Angelia… 9/11 was all I need to know these people are my enemy and their is no room for maybe or what if…
Guggi wrote:
OMG!
He’s smarter than Obama. But that’s not saying much.
@ brookly red:
Spike Lee is a major scumbag. He was trying to get Zimmeran killed.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
@ 10 brookly red: I am missing the point? Mike Tyson is bad to post about? Lots of threads here about less and about more. I found him scary funny and sad. I was real impressed with his domination of fighters, less so if him biting, more so with his recovery. I thought he got railroaded on the rape charge. Just me though.
Spike lee? people of all types love him but I think he is locked into a type of americana that is not functional.
@ 13 Rodan: yes that says his head is out of place. people want to forgive him because he a great friend and communicator, but not me so much. It is a pretty big error for a public figure like that to put a hit out on someone for any reason. People might think it is cool to do so, but I am not one of them. I was neutral pretty much politically about spike lee there, until he pulled an Rosie O’Donnell.
Rodan wrote:
I actually know that person, and yes he was… anything else I could add to the conversation would be political incorrect and some would say my exposing of hate speech was hate speech. So let the haters, hate it’s what they do. Jesus loves spike lee too.
@ brookly red:
Nothing to worry about, just think of it as a more proactive form of urban renewal. Lots of new jobs for the newly not-deported and plenty of ribbon cutting photo-ops for the Politicians. It’s a win-win…
@ 17 brookly red: Maybe its film directors thinking they can direct life like a movie. Oliver stone… full of crap… Mel Gibson … a little unhinged….. Artists….. Spike Lee…. foolish….
darkwords wrote:
no not at all… Mike was the best of the best as far as boxing goes… too bad he had bad management.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
no this is for real, they want to harm us and the scud in the box EM pulse is there best chance… I hate to be all politically incorrect but this dog is foaming at the mouth and in the sand box with your toddler…
someone make sure
doriangrey gets this link…
others might like it.
I would like to know what others think of this group.
http://www.undeadjoe.com
@ taxfreekiller:
Got it…
Tyson the best of the best?…bold statement, surely you are fishing for debate, eh?…he was a tomato can, subpar opponents and even Buster Douglas beat the shit out of him…let alone Holyfield…won/loss records don’t mean much
ms tfk wants a load of us vn vets and wifes to take them in sat. night….
not bad says old man tfk…@ doriangrey:
@ taxfreekiller:
Not bad, definitely true Texas styled honky tonk music. That stuff is the kind of music that makes a good bar feel comfortable.
back in hour, there is a detate on with Ted Cruz and he will bounce Duworst off the floor..
taxfreekiller wrote:
Better have lots of beer on hand…
doriangrey wrote:
reminds me of Gruene Hall and the Texas dance halls…
good times
@ doriangrey:
Stella Artois. VLAAMS BELANG!
Guggi wrote:
Cause he can’t read? Desiree Washington wasn’t available for comment. I tried ear, crunchy. Not a fan of Mike.
maybe someone mentioned it already.
Little Leaguer sued for bonking woman with errant throw.
I think in a major league park if you get hit by a ball you get to keep it. I always sit facing the plate.
@ darkwords:
What. The. Frak!
Macker wrote:
Oh I am there is it happy hour?
darkwords wrote:
a. he is a minor and can not be sued
b. she needs to prove damages and it’s gonna be hard to prove 150K damage to a 3 dollar BJ face.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
Maybe, because Israel would cease to exist.
@ darkwords:
People can sure be stupid and there isn’t a damn thing you can do to cure it. There isn’t a pill or surgery or therapy. Remember when Dave Winfield killed a seagull with a warmup throw? The Ontario police charged him with animal cruelty.
Best debate Duworst ever had…Ted was Ted and the lawyer fighter showed.
The lib’s from the PBS Commie’s suck big time with dumb ass “why do you not love the commie way and want to kiss Obama’s ass” questions.
If that is all Duworst has, Ted will win.
White House says Kevin O’Riley can not be interviewed.
tick, tock, closer, closer, closer
clop, clop,,Clop, Clop, ,,CLop,,CLop,,CLOp,,CLOp,,CLOP…..
ever near comes the Demon of History so full of anger of the lies of his true History……………………..
sandusky guilty on almost all counts 45/46
Obama guilty on all charges and all counts…100/100
The Mexican Govt. of commie socialist are in bed with incest with the commie socialist of the U.S. Goverment.
Both would love to disarm all of U.S. as they have disarmed the poor people of Mexico, thus they come illegal as slaves to U.S..
NOT going to happen.
taxfreekiller wrote:
congress goes to war zones all the time. i wonder why they aren’t now.
oh, and spike lee is a racist idiot who should be charged for putting a hit out on zimmerman. but for holder and his refusal to prosecute “his people”, he would be. oh, and he’s a damn racist. right along with half white hallie berry and her 1/4 black daughter who hallie insists is black becuase she believes in the one drop rule. stupid all around.
tyson is an ignorant fool still being lead around by users and abusers.
phhhewww…………
long week. my brain hurts.
is there no oot?
heysoos wrote:
He was a light heavyweight. Hard packed 215# at his best but against top line true heavyweights he lost a lot of advantage. Douglas, in shape at 6’3″ and 230# proved that. Holyfield was a much better boxer. Proved that twice.
The best fight never made was Tyson-Foreman, cuz’ Don King knew that Foreman, as old and slow as he was, might stick Mikey the meal ticket in the third row.
Poteen wrote:
damn right.
oot is up.
brookly red wrote:
I hear the Tyson’s Poultry Company will be offering a new line of chicken nuggets. Tyson Bites™.