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Originally Posted by Jersey-Jim
I waited a long time before watching it. I finally watched it about a month ago. They did a really great job with it. I even watched the DVD extra's. Tyson may not be formally educated, but he's not as dumb as his actions have implied. Listening to him articulate what was going on in his mind through the different periods and episodes of his life was really fascinating.
I really hope good things happen to the guy from here on out. His name should still enable him to make money promoting things like the EA Sports game and other similar things.
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Totally agree when you say he wasn't the dumb animal that he was painted as.
How about his commentary after Givens outed him - in the most humilating, heinous way - on Barbara Walters.
The best thing about it is that he isn't portrayed as some sort of tragic spectacle either. He ****ed up, yet he is willing to be brutally honest about it. That's what I took away from it. And no, I never thought he raped that girl - he knows he ****ed up as a person in other ways. To this day he beats himself up over it.
Of course, we lean to any protagonist - whether he's a dickhead or not. I felt as if, as a fan, I'd pretty much gone full circle with him before I watched this, so maybe I walked into it with an bias, not sure. But the director definately didn't go out of there way to make you feel for sorry for him.