3-I-T-T-T-E-B-B-C-B-B-C-B-E-G-E-B-G. Hi, my name is Chelsea Fairless. And I'm Nomi Garoni. Oh, that's good.

And clearly we are doing a film near and dear to our hearts, which is showgirls.

I'm so excited to talk about this movie with you, which is why I have brought some brown rice,

some vegetables, and some cocaine for us to enjoy.

Oh, that's weird. I brought the press on talent nails and puppy chow.

Obviously, we love this film, but do you realize that we would not be friends without this movie?

Oh, I forgot about that. That's so funny.

Which is, for the Lauren and Chelsea heads out there. This is integral to us becoming friends and

eventually setting us on the path of starting the podcast, which is I saw Chelsea from afar.

Wow, this is getting into like a stockery territory,

but Chelsea was a very cool person

and I would see you in our lounge

and I was like, oh man, I love to be your friend,

but like she wouldn't want to be friends with me she's so cool in our lounge in college

Yes like this student lounge let's be honest it was Parsons it was a a room that was defined as a lounge, but a friend of ours didn't understand the concept of camp and you were trying to explain to her the idea of camp through the film showgirls and I was like now's my time and I

butted into the conversation and that was the first conversation you and I

ever had and we've been friends ever since. It is a very special movie, but not one that everyone likes, right?

There's two types of people in this world, and it is people that love showgirls and people that hate show girls and if you hate show girls I kind of get it like it obviously is a film that merits a bit of criticism but if you love show girls it means that you do have a true appreciation for Camp, as well as a slightly demented worldview, which obviously we both have.

But I do wonder how many people who are listening to this episode have no... have never seen showgirls but understand what it represents.

I'm sure a lot of people understand what it represents.

Yeah, I thought a good way to maybe kick off the podcast is explaining even how this film came to be,

because I think to understand its campiness, you need to understand its campiness you need to understand how this film even got

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