...took a viciously unfathomable amount of heat for having the courage to turn up the heat in Showgirls, a movie that elevates trash into art. A lot of people think this film is disgusting, but to ME, what's disgusting is how Ms. Berkley (a fearless Leo who does her Leonine pride proud) was anything but lionized for her willingness to lay it all on the line - and lay it, she does, as only a Leo can - with supremely confident and dazzling royal bravado. (Yes, of COURSE I am a Leo too.) Kyle M. is great here as well, playing the role of Sleaze Personified, and Gina Gershon vamps it up good an' proper to beat the band. I am still trying to get my hands on the version of the film I saw in theatres, where Nomi's mind-numbingly erotic lap dance sequence and the kick-ass sequence at the end aren't edited. If anyone knows where I can find this, it wouldn't suck.
