mumble mumble afghanistan, part 154

In Culver City Los Angeles, not far from Hollywood, nearby Sony Studios, Mike Tyson, Lil Bow wow were on site at a gym to give Tarantino his boxing lessons.... any number of extras were attendant at the gym also... strangely, Mike Tyson more like the Mike Tyson from the Simpsons TV show and less like the real one...

"Quentin, look, see this bust on a poll?" asked Tyson and gave a punch with a gloved hand to a dummy on a stick that bounced back and forth a little, "we're gonna do some clinch work on it."

Lil bow wow stood by with his arms folded and wearing baggy seamless looking clothes.

"In boxing," went on Tyson, "a lot of it ends up in exhausted hitters that end up clinching each other and striking blows at close quarters... it is essential for a good boxer to know how to strike the midriff in these situations, not for points, but to hurt."

"Show him how you bite someone's ear off," said lil Bow Wow.

Tyson wasn't impressed but Bow wow was serious and even went up to the dummy and put some gum on it and stuck some candy to that... the mood in the room tensed, even the reporters from the LA Times hushed up... Tyson felt like Bow Wow was trying to resurrect some bad memories but saw he was for real and for some reason it seemed like a good idea...

"Ok, Quentin, you wanna see how to bite someone's ear off? Approach your opponent, grapple, get in the clinch position, we'll come back to punching the midriff for damage in the clinch, but look, get a few punches in anyway," said Tyson and landed some nice blows to the dummy's midriff... "now when you're at close quarters you can headbutt... or, heaven forbid, bite off the ear and spit it out," said Tyson and munched on some ear gum candy and spat some out on the floor.

"Why?" said Beethoven's next boxing opponent.

"Don't pussy out now!" said Lil bow wow! "Did Vincent van Gogh pussy out when he knew it was time to cut his own ear off? Did that dude in Reservoir Dogs pussy out when it was time to cut the policeman guy's ear off? Double-U Tee - Eff man! Double-U Tee - Eff! [WTF]"

"Do you really think it's appropriate for him to bite a dog's ear off?" asked Tyson in his effeminate Simpson's voice. (Maybe he was thinking Tarantino would be matched up against a Saint Bernard from an 80s movie.)

Then some montage scene started up, a 250 pound (fat) Tarantino struck up some fancy footwork, back and forth and struck the dummy some good blows before getting into a clinch... a slow motion scene ensued (continuity got it wrong becoz there was a brand new fresh gummy ear on the dummy despite Tyson having bit and spat it off already)... finally Tarantino did a Tyson and bit the ear off and spat it out on the floor." As this happened, emotionally charged music played and it was a highly emotionally charged moment and many of the extras and the LA Times reporters, etc, wept openly and everyone hugged afterwards.

Even Tyson was weeping, "that was really beautiful," he said.