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1. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 6856213 Stripped-Down Facts About ‘Showgirls’ - Mental Floss

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   Below, discover more titillating facts about the flick that Roger Ebert once called a “waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating.” 1. Joe Eszterhas came up with the idea while he was on vacation.

2. slate.com › culture › 2014It Doesn’t Suck, Adam Nayman’s defense of Showgirls, reviewed.

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   As Roger Ebert wrote in his review of the film, “Showgirls is such a waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating. ... Showgirls is not a piece of shit or a masterpiece—it’s a “Masterpiece of ...

3. www.denofgeek.com › movies › how-showgirlsHow Showgirls (Eventually) Turned Into a Hit Movie

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   Jul 7, 2015 · “A waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating” said Roger Ebert. “Showgirls would be offensive if it hadn’t been hyped,” wrote Empire.. “But it has.” “Though the filmmakers ...

4. www.rogerebert.com › features › book-excerpt-itBook Excerpt: It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls - Roger Ebert

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   Mar 31, 2014 · And that’s precisely what Adam Nayman, a film critic who has written for the Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, Film Comment, Cineaste and other outlets, has done. His new book “It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls”, published by ECW Press, is an entertaining but also intelligent look at the movie with fresh eyes. The book will be released tomorrow ...

5. boards.straightdope.com › t › tell-me-why-showgirlsTell me why Showgirls is a great film - Straight Dope

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   Jun 16, 2024 · It was one of the first films to get an NC-17 rating (but by no means the first) and a lot of its popularity was apparently seeing Jesse from Saved by the Bell nude and playing a stripper. Critics did not love it as it only has a 23% on Rotten Tomatoes and 38% with the audience. It did better with audiences on the IMDB with a still poor 5.1.

6. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › showgirlsShowgirls Movie Review - Common Sense Media

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   Critics were near-universal in their hatred -- a merciful Roger Ebert judged Showgirls bad but never boring, and some call it a "cult" film. It still failed to bring real usefulness to the NC-17 rating other than to make everyone take notice of a movie best forgotten. And quickly.

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   Did Roger Ebert call showgirls a 'waste of a good NC-17 rating?

   • Below, discover more titillating facts about the flick that Roger Ebert once called a “waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating.” 1. Joe Eszterhas came up with the idea while he was on vacation. Joe Eszterhas was fresh off the success of 1992’s Basic Instinct when he came up with the idea for Showgirls while on vacation in Maui.

   13 Stripped-Down Facts About ‘Showgirls’ - Mental Floss

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   Is showgirls a waste of a NC-17 rating?

   • For Eszterhas, a second high profile project in Jade would meet a similar fate three weeks later. But Showgirls was the one taking the bigger criticisms. “A waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating” said Roger Ebert. “ Showgirls would be offensive if it hadn’t been hyped,” wrote Empire.

   How Showgirls (Eventually) Turned Into a Hit Movie | Den of Geek

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   Is showgirls a good movie?

   • Adam Nayman, for one, has written a fascinatingly-argued book called It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls, where across 128 pages, he contends that the movie is a misunderstood masterpiece. Certainly, as a piece of entertainment, Nayman has a case. I’d argue that Showgirls is a better film than Basic Instinct.

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   Does showgirls defy critical binaries?

   • Indeed, the way in which Showgirls is now seen to defy critical binaries is reflected in how the British Film Institute’s annual LGBTQ+ Flare festival had planned to mark the film’s 25th anniversary in March, before it was cancelled due to the current coronavirus situation.

   How Showgirls exposed the rot of our misogynistic culture | BBC

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   What is the highest-grossing NC-17 rated movie of all time?

   • 9. Showgirls is the highest-grossing NC-17 rated film of all time. Though getting slapped with an NC-17 is usually a death knell at the box office, Showgirls was made with that rating in mind. Showgirls has a lifetime gross of $20,350,754, which is good enough for first place.

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   Is showgirls a Misunderstood Movie?

   • It should be noted that the dislike of Showgirls is not unanimous too. Adam Nayman, for one, has written a fascinatingly-argued book called It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls, where across 128 pages, he contends that the movie is a misunderstood masterpiece. Certainly, as a piece of entertainment, Nayman has a case.

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8. www.bbc.com › culture › articleHow Showgirls exposed the rot of our misogynistic culture - BBC

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   A melodrama about backstabbing exotic dancers in Las Vegas, it was proudly sold as the first film to receive a wide, mass-market release on an adult-only NC-17 rating – which had replaced the ...