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‘The Last Showgirl’ Review: The Casting Is More Interesting Than the Part in Pamela Anderson’s Not-Quite-Comeback


A fearless Jamie Lee Curtis steals the show in Gia Coppola's disappointing 'The Last Showgirl,' making Pamela Anderson’s limitiations all too clear.

Tightrope-walking the gossamer line between objectification and empowerment, the project lands amid a charitable reappraisal of Anderson’s career, during which a memoir, a Netflix doc and countless thinkpieces have caused some to wonder whether they might have underestimated the erstwhile sex symbol. Anderson’s a star, but her range is limited, bringing little to a thinly written role — a conclusion further reinforced by Jamie Lee Curtis ’ force-of-nature supporting turn as a slightly older but still-sizzling cocktail waitress. While Jodie (Kiernan Shipka) and Marianne (Brenda Song) are flexible enough to get other jobs, Shelly is knocked sideways when she hears from stage manager/old flame Eddie (an uncharacteristically gentle Dave Bautista, doing his best Kris Kristofferson) that the show is closing.

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