Watched: 04/14/2024
Format: Amazon
Viewing: First
Director: Rena Riffel
Selection: me. And Jamie did not watch.
Okay. So, a couple of years ago I became aware of the existence of Showgirls 2: Penny's From Heaven (2011). But finding information about the movie was pretty difficult.
The film was made a good fifteen years after the release of the actual Showgirls, and is - legally - not associated with that film. It was, however, written, produced, edited and directed by Rena Riffel, who played a supporting part as "Penny" in the original film. You will remember her as the girl with the blonde bob at Cheetah's.
In olden days, I would have live tweeted the film, but I chose not to subject anyone else to my curiosity about this mysterious artifact as I didn't know what I was walking into, so (a) no watch party, and (b) no live tweeting the film.
Aside from Riffel's involvement, I knew nothing before hitting "play". Here are my notes.
- Oh no. This is shot on regular HD video circa 2010. There was no sound mixing. They're using a room mic of some kind.
- Yup, that's Penny and Jimmy from the original film. Actors Rena Riffel and Glen Plummer.
- She's... still stripping 15 years after the original movie. To her credit, she looks exactly the same.
- This strip club is clearly not a strip club. She's dancing in a bar and grill against a pole attached to a carousel horse shaped like a duck.
- Ah, the plot: apparently a movie producer is offering "Penny" a job in a movie called "Showgirls 2". Meta.
- The camera work is on a par with A Talking Cat!?!
- I can't explain the weird Wizard of Oz thing this movie is about to try to do, but it is going to try
- We're doing an homage to the OG Showgirls out of order
- It just occurred to me, she abandoned her kid and husband
- The sound is so good, you can hear the insects in this night scene and cars passing nearby
- Oh no. This is 2 hours and 25 minutes.
- Oh no.
- no no no no
- why?