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‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant

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‘Showgirls': The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant.

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The reception to Paul Verhoeven's lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it's since become a thought-provoking camp favorite.

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Majornytimes.com9/28/2026