That eloquent insult was spoken by my latest obsession -
Former Heavy Weight Champion, Mike Tyson.
Last week, my husband and I went to the documentary "Tyson," by James
Toback. It was amazing. I remember Tyson coming onto the scene
when I was in college. He may have
been known earlier to most, but my first recollection was that the man who
sounded like Minnie Mouse could kick some serious ass. Because of the way he spoke, I thought
he was an absolute buffoon. I was
baffled by his marriage to actress Robin Givens. Folks said she married him for his dough, which I too
believed at the time. She was an
educated, articulate, beauty and he was an uneducated, inarticulate,
brute. Why would he marry someone
he knew would not accept him before he became the multi-millionaire HWC? Con-foo-zed? Me too, until I watched
"Tyson."
"Tyson," completely changed my perception of this tortured
soul. Mike is not an idiot, but an
articulate, sexy, kind, and vulnerable man with a touch of brutishness. I see why Robin was taken with him. There is something intriguing about a
man who can handle THE business in the boudoir and also physically annihilate another human being. Let's be clear: screw and annihilate, not make love and defend. It's a basic animalistic appeal with no
sophistication to quell our most hedonistic desires. In the movie, Mike Tyson
states he likes strong, professional, modern women who he can dominate in the
bedroom. Many modern women, like me, want to be
dickmatized and just relinquish control to be pleasured. You must also be adored and know you
are IT. In addition, we also want to know that our man can physically
intimidate anyone who may want to harm us. However, we don't want or expect to be the brunt of our
man's aggression. In real life,
such men domestically use their fists instead of their words.
Even though I'm uncharacteristically attracted to the older
and wiser Mike Tyson, I know I could never be with someone like him. He is too unpredictable and tormented
by his turbulent teen-hood. He
does not trust and cannot accept love.
(His analysis, not mine.) I
could not respect nor love a man who could not use his mind and his words to
handle me, or an uncomfortable situation. A Heady Wise Champion, who can screw and
also make love, is the ultimate prize, no?
