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Page 10 Daily Nebraskan Tuesday, November 11, 1986 Tina,9 a Turner comeback Tale of a woman 's struggle for dignity By Scott Harrah Arts & Entertainment Editor "I, Tina" by Tina Turner with Kurt Loder ($16,95, William Morrow) Tina Turner is one of the most acclaimed superstars of the decade. In 1984, she released her comeback Book Review album, "Private Dancer," a mega selling pastiche of the energy and soul that illuminated her days with Ike back in the '60s. But there is a dark side to that energy from the past that Turner candidly reveals in her autobiogra phy. Television clips from her days with Ike often show Tina as a frenetic, bouffant-wigged showgirl that moved with sinuous grace and raw charm. What we are usually not told is that Tina often performed back then with blood in her mouth and makeup over multitudes of body and facial contusions. The reason? Her physically abusive, sadistic husband and musical part ner, Ike Turner. Ike beat Tina with coat hangers, his fist and any other object that could bully her into the physical and emotional submission that he loved to see her wallow in. For some reason, Tina took all the abuse and kept her mouth shut as their music seduced a generation. After all, Tina reasoned, Ike had made her a star. He had taken her away from a life of hardship and pain in St. Louis and had molded her potential. She remained stoic and let him treat her like a puppet and a sex object because that is the way she thought life was mapped out for her. Her mother had never loved her and her family was aloof, so that's the way she thought she was supposed to be treated in life, like a worthless cipher. On stage she was Tina Turner, a hip black chanteuse who could belt out rhythm and blues with spirit and soul. But off stage, she was merely Anna Mae Bullock, the target for other people's frustrations and misunderstandings. Then, in the middle of a tour in 1976, Tina decided that she could no longer stand the abuse and misery, so she absconded from their hotel room with 36 cents in her pocket, never to return to Ike and the hell he had damned her to since the day he met her. Because she left in mid-tour, she had to face umpteen thousand dollars worth of debts, but she persevered and learned to make it on her own. A few years later, while living in England, she released a single, "Let's Stay Together." The song was a smash, so producers asked her to make an album, "Private Dancer." The album was made in a week, it became a phenomenal success and the rest is happy history. Anyone who has ever admired the talents of Tina Turner will find "I, Tina" a compelling, hard-to-put-down read. Courtesy of Wiiliam Morrow Turner at The Ritz in New York at the beginning of her come back in 1934. r,W! y stop ov L, 7 T0ttt6HT - MONDAY Taco - Rito 69 WEDNESDAY Taco 49 Soft Taco 69C TUESDAY V Nachos $1.79 THURSDAY, Combination Burrito 89' (S; Support the Of) March of Dimes Vi V HUbIBIRTH DEFECI5 FOUNDATION Hfai NDT will produce plays depicting New York City Nebraska Directors' Theatre an nounces its November production, an evening of three one-act plays entitled, "All Around the Town." The plays explore the quirks, characters and dangers that gives New York City its unique flavor. The plays were written by three of New York's most popular writers. "Death Knocks" by Woody Allen is loaded with hilarious hijinx and fast- NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARY Wfcrf fttt fCG DISCOUNT 2530-0" Street J -On Wedding Gown Lincoln, NE. 685 10 I Orders J parking in back 1 v " ' " 475-3741 ' paced one-liners as the Grim Reaper calls on the offbeat, anxiety-ridden world of the author. 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