Say It Ain't So
Just in case Friday the 13th isn't scary enough, tonight a bunch of us are getting together to scare the bejeezus out of ourselves by watching...wait for it...Showgirls! The classicly awful, campy stripper movie starring Elizabeth Berkeley will now be the subject of many nightmares to come. Hooray!
I'll give you a full report later (if I'm not babbling in a straightjacket after watching Jesse Spano lick a stripper pole).
In the meantime, on a sadder note, one of my favorite bloggers is quitting. Of course, he didn't consult me before reaching this decision so I'm obviously pissed. People, you must consult me before taking away the blog love! Anyway, B over at That's Mr. Byron to Yous has months of fun stories, retail rants, Chicago adventures, interesting insights, and apartment floods to dig through. Also, if you explore, you can find his store of cool merchandise he designed himself.
So don't walk under any ladders, avoid black cats, take a shot every time Miss Berkeley says "Ver-sais" instead of "Ver-sah-chee" and read B here.
6 comments:
i think i'm starting to pee my pants in fright already
I saw an even more frightening version on cable but not pay-channel TV, in which they "drew on" (I'm really not sure how to better describe it, b/c that's what it really looked like) some clothing over the naked bits to make it ok to show on non-paying cable. It was actually a hoot, to see these very cartoony squigly clothes shifting around the screen trying to look natural.
Wendigo, I saw that, too! hilarious. It's literally like someone took a fat marker and drew bras all over these naked women on your tv.
"(if I'm not babbling in a straightjacket after watching Jesse Spano lick a stripper pole)."
When I first saw Showgirls -- in the theater, mind you -- My friend Kevin turned to me right after the pole-lick moment and said, in all seriousness, "She's going to get hepatitis that way."
"I think we're beyond hepatitis with that one," I whispered back.
donny b, I'm so glad you saw the squiggly-line version, and that you included that info in your recap of the movie. You got the perfect description, with the fat-magic-marker comment! LOL! My special favorite was at the end when she goes to beat up the rock star and they tried to get the plaid pattern of her top. Excellent!
Wow, Mike you saw Showgirls in the theater and you're willing to admit that? You are one brave man.
Wendigo, I don't know which version I prefer: VH1 with bras, or unedited with all the really racy (read: laughably horrible) crap. Can't I have both?
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