Tony Awards 2013 - Neil Patrick Harris and Mike Tyson

(youtube) Tony Awards 2013 Opening Number - Neil Patrick Harris and Mike Tyson
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ChaosEnginesays...

In light of how awesome that was, I feel churlish bringing this up; but what is with Mike Tyson coming back into things these days?

The guy's a convicted rapist. Yes, he served his time and everyone deserves a second chance, but do we really have to embrace him as some kind of pop culture icon?

In an atmosphere where everything from Penny Arcade to Game of Thrones is being labelled as a "trigger warning", why is no-one questioning this? If my facts are wrong, please correct me, but honestly, it seems pretty fucked up to me.

spawnflaggerjokingly says...
ChaosEnginesaid:

In light of how awesome that was, I feel churlish bringing this up; but what is with Mike Tyson coming back into things these days?

The guy's a convicted rapist. Yes, he served his time and everyone deserves a second chance, but do we really have to embrace him as some kind of pop culture icon?

In an atmosphere where everything from Penny Arcade to Game of Thrones is being labelled as a "trigger warning", why is no-one questioning this? If my facts are wrong, please correct me, but honestly, it seems pretty fucked up to me.

Deanosays...

He's not my favourite celeb and it does seem a bit odd to see him here. What's his musical connection? If there is one then maybe fair enough. If not he's got good representation.

Weird that he can barely move in a coherent way. Funny the way NPH was pulling him to where he was supposed to go.

And NPH - what a performance. That's talent right there.

ChaosEnginesaid:

In light of how awesome that was, I feel churlish bringing this up; but what is with Mike Tyson coming back into things these days?

The guy's a convicted rapist. Yes, he served his time and everyone deserves a second chance, but do we really have to embrace him as some kind of pop culture icon?

In an atmosphere where everything from Penny Arcade to Game of Thrones is being labelled as a "trigger warning", why is no-one questioning this? If my facts are wrong, please correct me, but honestly, it seems pretty fucked up to me.

Sotto_Vocesays...

Tyson had a one-man show on Broadway called "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth". Not a musical connection, but a Broadway connection.

And I too am pretty squicked out by the showbiz rehabilitation of this rapist. Then again, at least Tyson served his time. I'm much more squicked out by Hollywood's lionization of Roman Polanski.

Deanosaid:

He's not my favourite celeb and it does seem a bit odd to see him here. What's his musical connection? If there is one then maybe fair enough. If not he's got good representation.

Weird that he can barely move in coherent way. Funny the way NPH was pulling him to wear he was supposed to go.

And NPH - what a performance. That's talent right there.

poolcleanersays...

Just wait until we clone Hitler. Mein Führer! /SALUTE

ChaosEnginesaid:

In light of how awesome that was, I feel churlish bringing this up; but what is with Mike Tyson coming back into things these days?

The guy's a convicted rapist. Yes, he served his time and everyone deserves a second chance, but do we really have to embrace him as some kind of pop culture icon?

In an atmosphere where everything from Penny Arcade to Game of Thrones is being labelled as a "trigger warning", why is no-one questioning this? If my facts are wrong, please correct me, but honestly, it seems pretty fucked up to me.

bcglorfsays...

To be fair, his ability to punch people really hard was top notch. Additionally, as he lost his edge of being the best at punching people, he was good at biting people, so there's that too.

Honestly I couldn't agree more with you. Maybe I just haven't seen what the 'redeeming' factor is, but seems like his celebrity of personality just managed to carry on and the industry just kept cashing in on it. So blame everyone of us that still cares enough about his appearances to comment on him for both good or ill. You know, like we are...

ChaosEnginesaid:

In light of how awesome that was, I feel churlish bringing this up; but what is with Mike Tyson coming back into things these days?

The guy's a convicted rapist. Yes, he served his time and everyone deserves a second chance, but do we really have to embrace him as some kind of pop culture icon?

In an atmosphere where everything from Penny Arcade to Game of Thrones is being labelled as a "trigger warning", why is no-one questioning this? If my facts are wrong, please correct me, but honestly, it seems pretty fucked up to me.

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