The Documentary ‘You Don’t Nomi’ Can’t Hide That 25 Years Later, ‘Showgirls’ Is Still Awful

Forbes ^ | June 4, 2020 | Christopher Orr

[L.A.Justice]

The movie gained new life on home video, however, racking up a remarkable $100 million in rentals, and becoming known as a camp classic. There is, after all, a certain ironic pleasure to be had in watching a movie as genuinely terrible as Showgirls, especially in the proper company.

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Showgirls was not a great movie...

There are two versions of this movie...R-rated vs. NC-17 rated...

[pepsionice]

There’s just a lot of bad movies out there. One from 2001 era....Glitter, was just an awful movie with no real script.

[yarddog]

I saw that movie a few years ago. After it was over the notion that it may have been the worst movie ever hit me.

Well the worst movie in which they spent more than a few thousand dollars making it. Elizabeth Berkely waa fairly hot.

The worst movie I ever saw was “Surf Nazis Must Die”. In it’s defense, they must have spent very little making it.

[xp38]

Verhoeven has made some ok movies but he is noted for over the top violence. Showgirls is just meh.

[dfwgator]

Soldier of Orange is a good movie, directed by Verhoeven.

[xp38]

Black Book isn’t bad.

[BenLurkin]

Klaus Nomi?

[gundog]

I do miss cranking up the radio for Rush’s homo-updates....

[headstamp 2]

Did he do Basic Instinct? Robocop?

[SanchoP]

The worst movie I ever saw was “Surf Nazis Must Die”.

"Alien 51" starring Heidi Fleiss. One critic said he'd rather pour Tobasco in his eyes than watch it again and I agree.

[max americana]

I thought it was alright. I didnt expect to see Gone with the Wind here and if you say the new Star Wars vs Showgirls, I’ll pick Showgirls to watch.

[gr8eman]

Showgirls was awful?...compared to what? A Coen bros. movie perhaps, but compared to all the other crap that’s put out it was great due to the hot chick factor.

[xp38]

yep and Total Recall

[Calvin Locke]

Could never manage to sit through the cable version.

“Nomi” is the name of main character? I thought it was play on Klaus Sperber’s stage name. So, in a way, I guess it “Know Me” is.

[dfwgator]

“Nomi” is the name of main character? I thought it was play on Klaus Sperber’s stage name

I think more people know of him, thanks to Rush Limbaugh.

[a fool in paradise]

It was a bad knock-off/reboot of Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert’s adults only film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

[Calvin Locke]

I admit to trying to buy the album after first hearing Nomi on Limbaugh. I think he said somebody left a tape or whatever on his doorstep.

Went to the local Strawberries at the time, and it wasn’t listed in the store’s printed catalog.

[a fool in paradise]

Worst movie I ever saw was Masked and Anonymous and the whole thing seems improvised by people who can’t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPYOqs8kwLI

[a fool in paradise]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Strawberries pushed artists/songs/labels controlled by Morris Levy (who controlled Strawberries) over other product customers asked for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy

[IAGeezer912]

Showgirls was a farce. Right up there with the other 1995 film Billy Madison.