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...next performer, a onetime professional carpet layer named Turk Johnson is more exotic. Dressed as Star Wars' Darth Vader-complete with mask and laser sword-Johnson, 32, not only wriggles out of his elaborate costume but along the way he also executes a ribald torch dance, pours flaming alcohol over his body, swallows a lighted torch and twirls sparklers. The third and final ecdysiast is Larry Slade, 32, who once worked as a bodyguard for the pianist Liberace. To feminine cries of "Take it off, take it all off!" Slade slowly peels away his tight black outfit and then...
...Devaluation should restore Turkey's credit with the international banking community, clear the way for billions more in aid, and improve the country's balance of payments by making its exports more competitive. But the move will make life even more miserable than ever for the average Turk, who must cope with an annual inflation rate of anywhere from 60% to 80%, and chronic shortages of everything from bread and coffee to fertilizer...
...Turk among many who has been incensed by the overtly anti-Turkish character of the movie "Mid-night Express," I feel I have to respond to Mr. Contreras' highly favorable review (November...
...Contreras finally refers, as an afterthought, to what is a major (if not the major) theme underlying the movie: A hatred of the Turkish nation so blatant that it borders on racism. Throughout the film, the audience is treated to a sequence of violent and disturbing scenes where the Turks feature heavily as a nation of brutes and loonies. So stark is this characterization that one waits in vain for the appearance of at least one half-decent Turk...
...Midnight Express" is nothing less than the continuation of the centuries-old misconception of the "terrible Turk...