# Showgirls appreciation thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306 "2002-07-04T03:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/1 "2002-07-04T03:31:21Z")
I just watched this movie again, on VH-1 this time. Am I the only person in the world that liked this movie? Putting all of the sub-par acting aside, I loved the relationship between Noni and Crystal. The chemistry between the two female leads was incredible. Go ahead and rip me apart. I know this isn’t Oscar material but, I found the story quite compelling. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/2 "2002-07-04T07:48:11Z")
Well, lots of people enjoy watching “Showgirls” strictly on the it’s-so-bad-it’s-good factor. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/3 "2002-07-04T08:19:31Z")
“I used to _love_ Puppy Chow!” ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/4 "2002-07-04T09:22:32Z")
Kind of sad that the only good part of the film was the rape scene. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/5 "2002-07-04T10:03:51Z")
I might have enjoyed it more but everytime I saw Elizabeth Berkley I thought of Sneech. Everytime I saw Kyle MacLachlan I thought of backwards talking midgets. Everytime I saw Gina Gershon I had to look away (that woman just gives me the willies) ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/6 "2002-07-04T13:45:21Z")
I adore _Showgirls_! I have it on DVD, and I watch it at least once every couple of months. As Quentin Tarantino said, “_Showgirls_ is the first big-budget exploitation movie.” It is wonderfully campy and awful, like a version of _All ABout Eve_ as written by Jacqueline Susann. “I’m NOT a whore!” “I’m erect, why aren’t you erect?” “It must be weird, not having anybody cum on you” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/7 "2002-07-04T15:44:32Z")
Cool, I thought I was the only one who liked it. VH-1 edited out all of the “good” parts though. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/8 "2002-07-04T16:00:38Z")
Hmmm…maybe I need to rewatch it, because from what I remember, not even the nudity made it worth the $3.00 rental. It was in no way “So-bad-it’s-good,” it was just “Bad.” ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/9 "2002-07-05T02:28:54Z")
Apparently VH-! has decided to run it into the ground because the damn thing has been on **AT LEAST** 7 times in the last week. It’s almost but not quite as bad when VH-! would program nothing but that hideously awful **The Jacksons** mini-series EVERY FUCKING WEEKEND. ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/10 "2002-07-05T12:46:02Z")
The movie’s a piece of crap, but I went to high school with the actress who played “Hope” (the fresh-faced blonde rookie dancer). In high school, she was notorious for having an incredibly hot body. Not necessarily popular, mind you, but definitely notorious. Anyway, I had heard she was in that movie. That’s why I rented _Showgirls_ that one time, to show my support for a fellow alumnus. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showgirls-appreciation-thread/117306/11 "2002-07-05T12:48:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*I might have enjoyed it more but everytime I saw Elizabeth Berkley I thought of Sneech. \*\* Just to nitpick - it’s **Screech** , unless you’re thinking of Dr. Seuss. 😉