She then recruits him into killing the methane miners' muscle, thus quelling a labor rebellion. Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, the ruthless, determined ruler of Bartertown. At the beginning of the film, Max ( Mel Gibson) arrives in the town looking for his stolen vehicle and makes an impression on Aunty with his brute strength. Aunty rules a desert trading post called Bartertown, a post-apocalyptic community emulative of the wild west, where civilization perseveres by harvesting methane for energy and justice is served through violence. In Beyond Thunderdome, Turner portrays Aunty Entity, the film's main antagonist. Mel Gibsons character Max is pitted in a battle to the death against the bizarre Master Blaster in the Thunderdome, flying around on rubbery straps inside a sort of gigantic overturned colander with bloodthirsty spectators clinging to the outside. The soundtrack smash that accompanied the film may be a bit cheesy, but it’s had a surprising afterlife in the worlds of high art and indie-rock. Alongside her music, she also made a presence in front of the camera, appearing not just as herself in music videos, concert footage, and documentaries, but also playing dramatic roles in three studio films- Tommy, Last Action Hero, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. And casting Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, the queen of Bartertown, was a masterstroke. In the midst of her well-deserved 1980s comeback, the iconic singer decided to play the villain in ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.’. In an illustrious career spanning the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, Turner blended R&B, pop, gospel, and rock to create generation-defining pop songs. Tina Turner, who passed away last Wednesday, was known as the "Queen of Rock n' Roll", but she was much more than that. Riding a camel-drawn wagon across the Australian desert, Max (Mel Gibson) is attacked by a pilot flying a Transavia PL-12.
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