![]() ![]() Strictly in TV terms, Lee has done an admirable job of bringing the 86-minute performance to the screen, for the most part avoiding tight close-ups because Tyson’s body and movements are such a part of the show, working up a noticeable sweat as he prowls the stage. ![]() ![]() Yet while Tyson has been embraced as an entertainer, the more troubling aspects of his biography require the sort of friendly audience that attended this performance in July, and it’s likely one’s appreciation of “ Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” will be determined in part by whether the title itself (which also graces a companion book) can be taken at face value. Spike Lee’s presentation of Mike Tyson’s one-man autobiographical stage show is messy, energetic, muscular - in many respects, bearing a resemblance to the different stages of the former heavyweight champ’s style in the ring. ![]()
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