Showgirls/Trivia


 * Contractual Purity: Elizabeth Berkley was looking to avoid this by taking the role; instead, she fell headlong into it.
 * Creator Killer: Director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas:
 * Verhoeven's career recovered somewhat from this nadir, culminating in Starship Troopers, before leaving America entirely to return to Europe. It does help that he proved he was a good sport by actually showing up at the Razzies, calling it more entertaining than reading the reviews.
 * Eszterhas, formerly the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, took what little cachet he had left and made An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn.
 * Genre Killer: There's a reason there are no wide-released, big-budgeted NC-17 film anymore.
 * Old Shame: For nearly everyone involved.
 * Kyle McLachlan was said to have stormed out of the premiere, but he later refuted that, saying instead that he "suffered through the whole two hours" of it.
 * Playing Against Type: Elizabeth Berkley could not have found a role more diametrically opposed to Jessie Spano if she tried.
 * Star-Derailing Role: Poor Elizabeth Berkley.