‘You Don’t Nomi’ Deconstructs Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Showgirls’
In 1995, director Paul Verhoeven’s salacious “Showgirls†— a nasty, over-the-top sex-and-sadism filled exploration of the trials and tribulations of a young woman who hitchhikes to Las Vegas to make it as a chorus girl — opened with an NC-17 rating and alienated literally every film critic in the country. The film was trounced in […]