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His career as a boxer was long over.
His celebrity had long since peaked.
Yet hes an unreliable narrator, especially when it comes to behavior thats difficult to forgive.
It would make a bummer out of his one-man show.
It denies us the chance to question the limits of what hes actually willing to disclose about himself.
Again, ceding the floor to Washington makes sense, but it still disrupts the conceit of the show.
That last part sticks to the ribs a bit.
The name Desiree Washington doesnt become wholly engulfed by Mike Tysons.
(Wikipedia tells a blunt story: Washington does not have her own page.
In doing right by Washington, the series loses track of its take on Tyson.
He dropped the $607 million suit in late 1991.
Good job to the jury for rejecting Tysons natural carnal instincts as a rape defense.
The allowances celebrities get for misbehavior can be truly shocking sometimes.
