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Showgirls is a Verhoven movie. As a critic once said “Gina Gershon is the only one who knows what kind of movie she’s in.” Dude likes to mindfuck his audience and his actors. Similarly, Neil Patrick Harris in “Starship Troopers” and Sharon Stone in “Basic Instinct” are the only ones who really grasp their roles in these Verhoven movies. And honestly I think that’s on purpose.
The movie also just feels like everyone involved is high on free all you can snort cocaine.
Yep, Verhoven is brilliant. He can be no less viscerally discomforting than Cronenberg or Solondz, but most of the time he's much more subtle about how he injects that vibe. I enjoy it immensely.