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Of course, most of the people whom CIA officials must strive to understand--or recruit--are not suave Europeans but rather Middle Eastern thugs, Russian weapons traffickers, Chinese bureaucrats, Latin American officers, and the like.
The record of holy rulers is none too good anyway--religious regimes tend to rank right after outright thugs when it comes to efficiency.
Among the elements of Lynch's self-plagiarism: an eerie soundtrack, creepy characters ( femmes fatales , scary thugs, ghoulish freak), and lots of tawdry sex.
Consider a scene in an Orlando hotel room, in which Ulee meets with Eddie (Steven Flynn) and Ferris (Dewey Weber), the two thugs who wish to extract from him a hidden stash of loot.
Another says Alexander Lebed would win a new presidential election if Yeltsin died (Lebed is still keeping company with thugs, warns the magazine).