![]() ![]() Beating the daylights out of people gave him his identity, his self-respect. At 10, he was battling bullies who traveled to his block to take him on. Living in drug-infested, crime-ridden neighborhoods (his family moved from hell to the devil’s toilet is how he characterizes it), Tyson developed a reputation as a street fighter. Tyson tells us that his mother, a “country girl” at heart lost in the inner city, drank to ease the pain and that for a long time he was confused about the identity of his real father. ![]() Tyson palms this off as a joke by Lee, but it’s a poignant indication of the deprivation that marked Tyson’s Brooklyn childhood. PHOTOS: Arts and culture in pictures by The TimesĪn early photo of a white mother and her baby are projected in place of the baby pictures that weren’t taken when Tyson was born. A rebranding campaign is obviously underway at financially strapped Tyson headquarters, but the compassionate context that’s provided for this recovery tale isn’t misplaced. ![]() But he has something that isn’t encountered all that often in the theater - an authentic voice.ĭirected with finesse by filmmaker Spike Lee and written by Tyson’s wife, Kiki Tyson, the production is more of an autobiographical show-and-tell with video backdrop than an apology tour. Tyson’s diction isn’t meant for the stage. ![]()
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