How Documentary Remade Mike Tyson. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fuhs, Kristen
• Other Names: Vogan Travis guest-editor.; Cole CL guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of sport and social issues. Volume 41:Number 6(2017)
• Page Start: 478
• Page End: 492
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: documentary -- stardom -- celebrity -- Mike Tyson -- public image; Sports -- Periodicals; Sports -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 796.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0193723517719668
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-7235

Abstract

This article will theorize the relationship between stardom and documentary by considering the ways in which documentary representations contribute to the discursive formation of a star. Specifically, the article will explore the central role that documentary film has played in remaking Mike Tyson's public image by analyzing the boxer's representation across three distinct films: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (Barbara Kopple, 1993), Tyson (James Toback, 2008), and Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (Spike Lee, 2013).