DeRazzled - Showgirls, Part 1 - There's A Lot Of Perverts Out There

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12/13/22 • 89 min

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Verhoeven Month continues as we begin our exploration of 1996's Showgirls, a movie that actively destroyed Jack's appreciation for breasts. Possibly the only NC-17 film we'll be covering on this show, we delve into what does and doesn't work about it, cover some of director Paul Verhoeven's background beyond what we did in our Starship Troopers episodes, marvel at the impact video rentals can have, make entirely too many references to Marvel Comics and Grant Morrison (but who is surprised?), talk about how poorly this film treats its black characters, and set the stage for part 2's coverage of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. Kick back by the burning remains of your Andrew Carver record collection, lock up the chimpanzees somewhere safe, and have a medical professional on standby in case Elizabeth Berkley's writhing somehow throws out your back and hips just by watching.

CW: Sexual assault, racism, homophobia, reference to a sex club

Podcast plugged in this episode: Making A Martini (@MartiniMaking on Twitter)

CW: Sexual assault, racism, homophobia, reference to a sex club

Podcast plugged in this episode: Making A Martini (@MartiniMaking on Twitter)

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DeRazzled 2nd Unit - Starship Troopers & Satire, Part 2 - How Do You Think They Paved The Roads?

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Verhoeven Month continues as we bring you part 2 of our dive into 1997's Starship Troopers with friend and special guest Steve Luciano! We wrap up discussion of the production and the nightmarish on-location conditions, delve into some unfortunate setbacks during filming, cover the film's reception from test screenings and its official release, and marvel at just how wildly misunderstood this film was and how badly people failed to catch the satire. Join us and, at least for the next hour, forget about how a lot of this is still kind of a thing and increasingly distressing.

CW: Fascism, xenophobia, violence, discussion of nudity, bad takes from professional film critics

Podcast plugged in this episode: Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

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DeRazzled - Showgirls, Part 2 - Rolf & The Love Hexagon

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We wrap up Verhoeven Month and our coverage of Showgirls! We take a new approach to how we fix this movie to bring it more in line with how one would pitch an actual film. Joe describes his one and only experience in a strip club, Jack gives us a closer look at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and his Fleetwood-Mac-esque 90's love life (note: don't take relationship advice from psychics), we briefly touch on some more of Paul Verhoeven's weirdness as we further discuss the documentary You Don't Nomi, Jack delves into Hollywood sleaze and scandal as he describes Girl 27, and we finally present our idea for how to fix this movie and prevent it from winning Worst Picture at the 1995 Razzie Awards. Put on your best Versace, heat up some brown rice and vegetables, and join us for this surprisingly unsexy finale.

CW: Sexual assault, misogyny, description of a male strip club, Jack jokes about being hit by a bus

Podcast plugged in this episode: Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)