It Doesn’t Suck Showgirls
It Doesn’t Suck Showgirls by Adam Nayman is a new edition published by ECW Press on May 1, 2018, featuring 168 pages in English. This book offers a critical examination of the film Showgirls, arguing that it deserves a reevaluation as a complex work rather than merely a failure. Nayman presents an analysis of the film’s reception and its subsequent rehabilitation, aiming to shift the critical perspective surrounding this much-discussed piece of popular culture.
Readers will find an in-depth exploration of Showgirls, including an exclusive interview with director Paul Verhoeven and a new preface that enhances the discussion. The book engages with themes related to film history and criticism, as well as the sociology of media, making it relevant for those interested in the intersection of popular culture and performing arts. This edition invites both fans and critics of the film to reconsider its significance in cinematic history.
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A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series
The Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that it’s time for a good hard look back at the sequined spectacle. A salvage operation on a very public, very expensive train wreck, It Doesn’t Suck argues that Showgirls is much smarter and deeper than it is given credit for. In an accessible and entertaining voice, the book encourages a shift in critical perspective on Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls, analyzing the film, its reception, and rehabilitation. This in-depth study of a much-reviled movie is a must-read for lovers and haters of the 1995 Razzie winner for Worst Picture.
This expanded edition includes an exclusive interview between the author and Showgirls director Paul Verhoeven, as well as a new preface.
About the Pop Classics Series
Short books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.
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