6/3/2023 0 Comments Mike tyson hbo documentary![]() ![]() Tyson has been a pop-culture fixture for more than 35 years, an only-in-America success story who overcame poverty, racism and lack of education to become the planet’s most famous boxer and youngest heavyweight champion. But if it’s any consolation to showrunner Karin Gist and her creative team, which includes the I, Tonya duo of director Craig Gillespie and writer Steven Rogers, Hollywood has repeatedly gotten Tyson’s life wrong-not that Tyson has done any better when given the opportunity to control his own narrative. Premiering August 25th and starring Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes, Mike is an eight-episode series that, according to the producers, aspires “to go beyond the soundbites and tabloid headlines, to create a deeper, more nuanced look at his complicated life, not only portraying incredible events-but asking WHY.” Hulu only made the first five episodes available to critics, but based on those it’s fair to say that the series, despite noble intentions, still doesn’t quite nail Tyson’s remarkable, complex odyssey. To Hulu executives I’m just a n****r they can sell on the auction block.” They stole my life story and didn’t pay me. “I don’t support their story about my life. “Don’t let Hulu fool you,” he warned on Instagram. No, the former heavyweight champion wasn’t returning to the ring-this time, he’d be battling Hulu, which will soon debut Mike, an unauthorized limited-series biography about him. On August 6th, Mike Tyson revealed his next opponent. ![]()
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