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Aaron Sorkin Praises Pamela Anderson’s ‘Last Showgirl’ Performance Amid Oscar Buzz: ‘One Scene After Another, She Keeps Astonishing Us’


Aaron Sorkin praises Pamela Anderson's "astonishing" performance in 'The Last Showgirl,' amid best actress Oscar buzz and a SAG Award nomination.

In “ The Last Showgirl,” a remarkable film, Anderson plays Shelly, a dancer in the final few days of a dying Vegas revue. Entertainment Weekly’s Maureen Lee Lenker wrote that, “’The Last Showgirl’ is a requiem for any woman who has ever been underestimated because of her beauty, her choices or her art” and Indiewire’s Kate Erbland wrote, “Pamela Anderson is the product of a profound underestimation of the star’s prodigious talents.” Aaron Sorkin is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, Emmy-winning TV creator and playwright, whose resume includes “The Social Network,” “The West Wing,” “Moneyball,” “Steve Jobs” and “A Few Good Men.”

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