Mike

...gives the troubled boxing star an easy ride.

...makes you feel pity for one of sport’s biggest villains.

The celebration of convicted rapist Mike Tyson as a cuddly pop-culture teddy bear is a baffling countercurrent of the MeToo era.

Much like the man himself, Mike is a series of fascinating yet well-crafted contradictions.

Of course, it would take much more than eight episodes of dramatized headlines to weigh either the enormity of Mike Tyson’s actions or the significance of his legacy.