For these fans, the “Show” must ho on. A quarter-century after the release of “Showgirls,” the 1995 NC-17 box office flop about Las Vegas strippers is having a second life as a midnight-screening staple with a die-hard fan base.
Initially trashed by critics and audiences alike, the film would go on to win the Razzie Award for worst movie of the decade — and it cratered the nascent career of star Elizabeth Berkley.
But the intervening years have been kinder to the jiggles-and-giggles flick, whose nudity, ridiculous outfits and delightfully cheesy dialogue have earned newfound appreciation in the LGBTQ community — and all fans of camp.