Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Showgirls (1995), Thursday, April 16 9 PM ET

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:26 pm

I'd be all about this movie if for nothing else all of the filming locations that don't exist any more. Already been two (Riv, Stardust).

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:26 pm

With her emotional outbursts, Berkeley's style on the floor makes me think she's gonna end up punching three people in the face.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:27 pm

Black dancing guy is the cabbie from Total Recall (another Verhouven joint).

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:27 pm

The black guy here was in every movie in the 90s. What happened to him?

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:26 pm With her emotional outbursts, Berkeley's style on the floor makes me think she's gonna end up punching three people in the face.

It's already pretty easy to see how this killed her career

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 pm

The lack of talent definitely didn't help either.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:26 pm With her emotional outbursts, Berkeley's style on the floor makes me think she's gonna end up punching three people in the face.
It's already pretty easy to see how this killed her career

I feel like her next role was as the escort in "Any Given Sunday".

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:29 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:23 pm I knew exactly, and have known exactly, ZERO women in 50 years on this earth who dreamed of dancing on-stage in Vegas. Like, this is her fucking dream and stuff, and it is just so bizarre. Esterhaus had to have been so blitzed on coke the entire time he was writing this.

A number of years ago I worked at an office where woman who ran the vending machines was a former Vegas showgirl. Around 45 or so but tall and still slim. She seemed to have come out of it ok.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:29 pm

They actually filmed that scene at the county prison in DTLV! Vegas is the best.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:30 pm

I (heart) fake boobs. Ain't even gonna apologize.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:30 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:24 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:23 pm I knew exactly, and have known exactly, ZERO women in 50 years on this earth who dreamed of dancing on-stage in Vegas. Like, this is her fucking dream and stuff, and it is just so bizarre. Esterhaus had to have been so blitzed on coke the entire time he was writing this.
Yeah, they're making this a career to aspire to when it's a fourth choice for women who can't make it as a legit dancer on Broadway who end up with Eastern European boyfriends who sell coke in Vegas.

I mean, it's a choice, I suppose, but, it's selling a version of Vegas dreams that I don't think ever existed.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:31 pm

Fun fact - Robert Davi is one of the most prominent Trump supporters in Hollywood now.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:31 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:26 pm With her emotional outbursts, Berkeley's style on the floor makes me think she's gonna end up punching three people in the face.
It's already pretty easy to see how this killed her career

Truly, absolutely, brutal "acting".

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:32 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:31 pm Fun fact - Robert Davi is one of the most prominent Trump supporters in Hollywood now.

I feel like his and James Woods' role choices make a lot more sense now.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:32 pm

The most clever thing about this script so far is calling the new girl "Penny" and "Hope".

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:33 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:29 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:23 pm I knew exactly, and have known exactly, ZERO women in 50 years on this earth who dreamed of dancing on-stage in Vegas. Like, this is her fucking dream and stuff, and it is just so bizarre. Esterhaus had to have been so blitzed on coke the entire time he was writing this.
A number of years ago I worked at an office where woman who ran the vending machines was a former Vegas showgirl. Around 45 or so but tall and still slim. She seemed to have come out of it ok.

Right, I get that people dance, but that scene was written like Berkely was watching the absolute fucking pinnacle of Vegas life.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:33 pm

Cheetah's still exists by the way and tried to promote "drive-thru lap dances" after the COVID-19 shutdown which last for all of a day before the county said "fuck no".

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:34 pm

Maybe I was at the wrong ones, but I've never been to a strip club that was fully packed with rich guys paying rapt attention to the stage at all times.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:34 pm

I've resisted seeing Twin Peaks for all these years in part because I can't watch a movie/show with Kyle MacLachlan without wanting to punch him.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:35 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:33 pm Cheetah's still exists by the way and tried to promote "drive-thru lap dances" after the COVID-19 shutdown which last for all of a day before the county said "fuck no".

I believe it was the first strip club in Vegas I ever went to.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:35 pm

She licked the pole, oh god, the disease.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:35 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:34 pm Maybe I was at the wrong ones, but I've never been to a strip club that was fully packed with rich guys paying rapt attention to the stage at all times.

I've been in a strip club once with a vibe like this and it was during a March Madness weekend, so I suppose it is possible.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm

Where is this on Trump's favorite movies list? Top 5, right?

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm

Even in the 90s I don't think it was too tough to get a dancing job without having to blow gross, old Italians.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:37 pm

The men in this movie are so cartoonishly bad (even relative to the subject matter) that it's honestly surprising it was written by a man.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:38 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm Where is this on Trump's favorite movies list? Top 5, right?

It's been reported that he loves "Kickboxer", but has whomever watching with him fast forward through the non-fighting scenes.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:39 pm

MacLachlan's empty void of a personality worked to his benefit in Blue Velvet. Less so here.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:40 pm

Big black bouncer guy was in True Romance as one of Drexel's thugs.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:40 pm

That was significantly less confrontational than what I would imagine would happen if you tried creeping on the VIP area in reality.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:40 pm

Women licking their nipples does not do anything for me.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:41 pm

Yup, you can totally stand and watch the private dances, no issues...ah, there, they booted him.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:41 pm

I'll give it to her, Berkley really committed herself to the stripper act.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:41 pm

In whose world is this the depiction of the instruction "be sexy"?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:42 pm

Her dancing has been described as full seizure. That's about right.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:42 pm

Jesus. That dry-humping scene. How did this not kill MacLachlan's career too? Hollywood really does favor men.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:42 pm

No tip? Cheap bitch.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:42 pm

Weed hasn't been called dope since the 70s.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:44 pm

"Bitch, I'm telling you the truth" by yelling at you and calling you a bitch.

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:44 pm

Would have been difficult as hell to contract AIDS from that encounter to be fair to Liz here.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:44 pm

"Everybody got AIDS and shit!"