Tell me why Showgirls is a great film

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What's the argument that Showgirls was a good movie?

Here’s a capsule review that I published: Showgirls dir: Paul Verhoeven 1995 The time has come to reevaluate one of the most universally loathed films of the last decade. Showgirls is a wicked piece of satire that went over everyone’s head–including mine–on its first release in 1995. Being a committed Verhoeven fan, I went with higher expectations than the critical bandwagon had dictated. Nonetheless, I dutifully hated it. Cut to, five years later, and I come across a review in which the Chi…

Not sure if that helps, but the Rotten Tomatoes link I provided shows the professional reviews and look for the handful of positive ones.