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Nayman: I mean, it was an easy target, and, you know
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You Don't Nomi

I mean, it was aneasy target, and, you know, I'm always really waryof critics that think...

Nayman: I mean, it was an
easy target, and, you know, I'm always really wary
of critics that think that
they're shooting bull's-eyes when the target is that big

Full Transcript

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Nayman: I mean, it was an easy target, and, you know,
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I'm always really wary of critics
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that think that they're shooting bull's-eyes
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when the target is that big.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:26
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Grade Five Films,XYZ Films

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Movie Summary

Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.
The angles that people tried to hit it from - You Don't Nomi 00:07
The angles that people tried to hit it from
Nayman: "Showgirls" is also signaling - You Don't Nomi 00:10
Nayman: "Showgirls" is also signaling
My first viewing of “showgirls” - You Don't Nomi 00:10
My first viewing of “showgirls”
But I think what was atypical about that - You Don't Nomi 00:13
But I think what was atypical about that
The critics at the time who panned it, - You Don't Nomi 00:20
The critics at the time who panned it,
Nayman: Where I think the initial reviews - You Don't Nomi 00:13
Nayman: Where I think the initial reviews
Why is the film so ugly? Where's verhoeven's craft gone?" - You Don't Nomi 00:13
Why is the film so ugly? Where's verhoeven's craft...
There's wit not just in the choreography, - You Don't Nomi 00:10
There's wit not just in the choreography,
At the stardust, it moves from, like, - You Don't Nomi 00:10
At the stardust, it moves from, like,
It's like a history of musicals and a history of exploitation. - You Don't Nomi 00:04
It's like a history of musicals and a history of exploi...
It has these wonderfully expressionist images, - You Don't Nomi 00:11
It has these wonderfully expressionist images,
Nayman: Or Kyle maclachlan having that evil cellphone call - You Don't Nomi 00:08
Nayman: Or Kyle maclachlan having that evil cellphone call
Phil, you dumb fuck. Get back up here, would you? - You Don't Nomi 00:04
Phil, you dumb fuck. Get back up here, would you?
Nayman: This stuff is very accomplished - You Don't Nomi 00:07
Nayman: This stuff is very accomplished
In terms of the three claims in my book, - You Don't Nomi 00:27
In terms of the three claims in my book,
Nayman: It is tremendously and unapologetically tacky... - You Don't Nomi 00:05
Nayman: It is tremendously and unapologetically tacky...
Nayman: But it is also, in ways that don't cancel that out, - You Don't Nomi 00:19
Nayman: But it is also, in ways that don't cancel that ...
Nayman: The "masterpiece of shit" - You Don't Nomi 00:07
Nayman: The "masterpiece of shit"
And I would even go so far as to say - You Don't Nomi 00:05
And I would even go so far as to say
Or bounces off of the stuff that's good on purpose - You Don't Nomi 00:09
Or bounces off of the stuff that's good on purpose