Why do strippers take off their clothes? Because they are paid to take them off, I imagine, and also perhaps because exhibitionism satisfies some psychological hunger inside of them. The point of a striptease is very basic: the extraordinary fact that a woman walks into a roomful of strangers and undresses. This ritual is eternal. And although there is a lot of talk about the "art" of striptease, no stripper in history, however artistic, has succeeded by starting nude and dressing herself. During the course of the film, several attractive women take off their clothes.

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See the full list. Turn back the clock and hit the beach with some of our favorite classic Hollywood stars. See the entire gallery. All alone in the world, Nomi Malone, making her way to Las Vegas, is determined to make a name as a dancer while putting her unspoken past behind her. Her tough, streetwise veneer is not as infallible as she would like, she, as she arrives in Vegas, becoming more cautious in the way she approaches strangers who seem willing to help her purely out of the goodness of their heart.

Showgirls is a erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. Starring Elizabeth Berkley , Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon , it centers on a "street-smart" drifter who ventures to Las Vegas and climbs the seedy hierarchy from stripper to showgirl. In the United States, the film was rated NC for "nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, some graphic language, and sexual violence. This edited version runs 3 minutes shorter minutes and deletes some of the more graphic footage.