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There is a certain cynicism,
I think, in a lot of verhoeven's work, in the kind of way
everybody in that scenario it just using each other
and performing these different roles
to each other and overperforming them,
how they're all essentially just these kind of
two-dimensional avatars of greed or avarice
or whatever
I think, in a lot of verhoeven's work, in the kind of way
everybody in that scenario it just using each other
and performing these different roles
to each other and overperforming them,
how they're all essentially just these kind of
two-dimensional avatars of greed or avarice
or whatever
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There is a certain cynicism,
I think,
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in a lot of verhoeven's work,
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in the kind of way
everybody in that scenario
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it just using each other
and performing
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these different roles
to each other
00:00:10.301 --> 00:00:13.759
and overperforming them,
how they're all essentially
00:00:13.804 --> 00:00:16.386
just these kind of
two-dimensional
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avatars of greed or avarice
or whatever.
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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.