Showgirls

ShowgirlsPaul Verhoeven wants to set the record straight. When he traveled to Las Vegas and paid a buck-naked woman to writhe in his lap, it wasn't for fun. It was work--research for Showgrils, his upcoming movie about Vegas strippers. "It was not a strong sexual experience for me," the director insists. "I went in like a researcher, looking in an extremely clinical way." Showgirls screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, who accompanied Verhoeven on his fact-finding mission, begs to diff...