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You Don't Nomi Centers Showgirls' Hero as a Queer Icon
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Showgirls gave the world Nomi Malone and Cristal Connors in all of their glitzy glory. Trashed and reviled by mainstream critics, Paul Verhoeven’s camp ode to Vegas showgirls became a cult classic, due in large part to queer viewers.
In the documentary You Don’t Nomi, out Tuesday on DVD and Blu-Ray, director Jeffrey McHale examines the legacy of Showgirls and its afterlife in queer spaces."There's no question that the queer community has kept Showgirls alive for all these years through pure adoration.
It was a topic that I was really important for me to cover in You Don’t Nomi and I think it starts with Nomi herself,” McHale told The Advocate in a statement.“The 'hero's journey' of Nomi Malone as someone who sets out to follow her dreams in.
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