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Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?
— Captain Oveur ‧ Airplane!
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker asks Joey, in plainly worded fashion, whether they have ever been to a Turkish prison. The question is abrupt and oddly specific, offered as though it were natural small talk, and it invites the listener to explain some experience of confinement.
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