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Mar 22 2019
MAKING A MOVIE THAT DOESN'T SUCK IS EXPENSIVE: The Unironic Pitch For A SHOWGIRLS Doc Comments (0)

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I'm not a fan of the original Showgirls movie. I saw it in the theaters and I thought it was stupid. I do see why it is beloved, however, and I also think it is a rare example of actual camp — so rare post-1990 to find a film that is self-unaware to the extreme that Showgirls is. Almost everything else that's called camp is really just intentionally camp-y; that's different.

Now, one of my fave documentarians, Jeffrey Schwarz, and his producing partner Lotti Pharriss Knowles, are teaming up for what sounds like a far more entertaining prospect — a doc on the making of Showgirls.

If you're balls-deep into this idea, if it makes you wanna writhe like Nomi did in that swimming pool, give here, darlin'.

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