One of the most famous NC-17 films written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by the Dutch director who gave us Basic Instinct among others, Paul Verhoeven, Showgirls is one of the films that made really poor career in the box office, but there were big hit on video rentals. The only question that remains is whether Showgirls is the awful movie that so many said it is. Well the answer apparently is no. No, Showgirls is not a bad movie. There is that ludicrous, bitter, venomous style that the film has and many people were misguided by it, trying to take Showgirls as a serious movie when in reality is a bitter satire of the industry that it depicts. Showgirls shows a world filled with immoral assholes. People who take advantage of you in any way they can. It shows extreme antagonism, backstabbing and other highly unattractive virtues that you can find in this particular branch of showbiz. The fact that it has that campy style, that style that is like is mocking you the whole time, makes the movie even more effective, creating a highly crappy environment, glossy and fake polished, that feels like you are watching an adult soap opera. Showgirls is a movie that is hated for the wrong reasons, I think the fact that it has a lot of nudity really worked against the movie, as it happens very often with films containing nudity they meet with great hostility by a big part of the audience and critics, but truth says that Showgirls is a very vivid fantasy that is plastic and phony and the thing that you get finally from the film is a highly bitter taste in your mouth, understanding that what you saw had nothing to do with a serious and dramatic movie. Showgirls is cynical cup of tee drunk by a comedian.
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