What I remember about watching Midnight Express was the affect it was supposed to have on us. We were supposed to watch the movie and be appreciative that we were in Straight and not in some Turkish prison. Afterwards, someone always stood up to share their feelings about being in jail or another rehab, etc. I called these ?cop out raps? because staff didn?t have to do anything. All they had to do was ask, ?So how did that make you feel?? They call on some people, a few tears are shed, then they tell us how that could be us if we weren?t in the program and that was the end of rap.
Wasn?t there a scene where the girlfriend came to visit and presses her breast against the glass? We didn?t see that scene! It?s probably a good thing we didn?t because there would have been at least a dozen guys who would want to talk about themselves during lunch. You know?they watched the movie, started having fantasies, did the deed and now they feel guilty. Of course, contestant #1 stands up and gets ripped to shreds by the group then any guy that thought about wanting to talk quickly changed his mind and went back to eating his crap du jour. The only other movie I can remember seeing was a Disney movie- The Apple Dumpling Gang.
