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Showgirls
Drama
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy lurid melodrama, deliberately excessive performances, and ruthless backstage power struggles treated with gleeful camp.
- Tone
- campy, satirical, darkly comic
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- ambition, exploitation, rivalry, status
- Setting
- contemporary, lavish Las Vegas nightlife and entertainment venues