Brando’s ‘Tango’ is not a turkey

Jonathan Shapiro is right to point out that Marlon Brando made more than his share of “turkeys” [“How to Explain Brando?,” Nov. 27]. But to include Bernardo Bertolucci’s pathbreaking, unquestionably artistic “Last Tango in Paris” as one of them undermines his argument.

Calling “Tango” “prurient” is about as helpful as describing Picasso’s “Guernica” as colorless.

Jeff Schultz

Los Angeles