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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:01:24 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_247226" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 294px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/spike-lee-insane-genius-or-just-insane/tyson/" rel="attachment wp-att-247226"><img class=" wp-image-247226" title="tyson" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/tyson.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="284" height="159" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Spike Lee and Mike Tyson on 'Today' (NBC)</p></div></p>
<p>We're starting to believe that Spike Lee is either a genius or has gone absolutely insane. (Kind of like <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/peter-jackson-opens-up-about-his-personal-hobbit-f,28487/">Peter Jackson</a>, n'est pas?)</p>
<p>First he spends years jerking us around about an American version of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/"><em>Old Boy</em></a>, even threatening to put Steven Spielberg in charge and giving Will Smith the lead role of Oh Dae-Su. (For those who haven't seen the film, that's akin to doing a remake of <em>Schindler's List</em> where Zac Efron plays Oskar. And it's directed by Rob Reiner.)</p>
<p>Thankfully, this idea was scrapped and the two leads will now be Josh Brolin and the South African guy from <em>District 9</em>. Still iffy, but it has the <em>potential</em> for genius.</p>
<p>And then we read what Mike Tyson is saying about his upcoming Broadway show, which Spike Lee directed, and the needle swings back to "crazy."<br />
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Premiering July 31st after its successful run in Vegas,<em> Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth</em> will have audiences struggling to understand an hour and a half (give or take, intermission...maybe?) of Mr. Tyson's unique diction in his one-man show. We're sure that Mr. Tyson's reviews are well-earned, but this is all we're imagining:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbj6SeznHVg<br />
This play is going to be raw, but "“<a href="http://newyorkpost.com/p/pagesix/great_iron_way_for_mike_WUIcz4c7s1a1sbxKt2fA5O">not raw in a vulgar sense,</a>" as Mr. Tyson explained. Just "raw" like a "<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mike-tyson-broadway-show-339173">prostitute hunter</a>."<br />
Seriously, just watch this video <a href="http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/47872391#47872391">from the <em>Today </em> show</a> and tell us: Is Spike Lee crazy, or crazy like a <em>fox</em>? And how many doves, exactly, will this show be using over the course of it's run? That's our other question, obviously.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_247226" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 294px"><a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/spike-lee-insane-genius-or-just-insane/tyson/" rel="attachment wp-att-247226"><img class=" wp-image-247226" title="tyson" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/tyson.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="284" height="159" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Spike Lee and Mike Tyson on 'Today' (NBC)</p></div></p>
<p>We're starting to believe that Spike Lee is either a genius or has gone absolutely insane. (Kind of like <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/peter-jackson-opens-up-about-his-personal-hobbit-f,28487/">Peter Jackson</a>, n'est pas?)</p>
<p>First he spends years jerking us around about an American version of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/"><em>Old Boy</em></a>, even threatening to put Steven Spielberg in charge and giving Will Smith the lead role of Oh Dae-Su. (For those who haven't seen the film, that's akin to doing a remake of <em>Schindler's List</em> where Zac Efron plays Oskar. And it's directed by Rob Reiner.)</p>
<p>Thankfully, this idea was scrapped and the two leads will now be Josh Brolin and the South African guy from <em>District 9</em>. Still iffy, but it has the <em>potential</em> for genius.</p>
<p>And then we read what Mike Tyson is saying about his upcoming Broadway show, which Spike Lee directed, and the needle swings back to "crazy."<br />
<!--more--><br />
Premiering July 31st after its successful run in Vegas,<em> Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth</em> will have audiences struggling to understand an hour and a half (give or take, intermission...maybe?) of Mr. Tyson's unique diction in his one-man show. We're sure that Mr. Tyson's reviews are well-earned, but this is all we're imagining:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbj6SeznHVg<br />
This play is going to be raw, but "“<a href="http://newyorkpost.com/p/pagesix/great_iron_way_for_mike_WUIcz4c7s1a1sbxKt2fA5O">not raw in a vulgar sense,</a>" as Mr. Tyson explained. Just "raw" like a "<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mike-tyson-broadway-show-339173">prostitute hunter</a>."<br />
Seriously, just watch this video <a href="http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/47872391#47872391">from the <em>Today </em> show</a> and tell us: Is Spike Lee crazy, or crazy like a <em>fox</em>? And how many doves, exactly, will this show be using over the course of it's run? That's our other question, obviously.</p>
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