Actress Rena Riffel, who played the dim-witted dancer Penny Hope in the camp classic “Showgirls,” seems to be single handedly revitalizing interest in the film and turn it into a bona fide franchise.
Rena is creating her own YouTube movies as “Penny Hope” which include some of the insane dialogue from the film.
I’m not sure if she’s in on the joke or not, but you gotta love her for trying! I’m still thinking we could organize Goddesscon, a 3-day conference for fans of the film, in the same spirit of a Star Trek convention. But where to hold it? In Las Vegas of course! With a night out at the Cheetah and a show at the Stardust!
Now, over a decade later, I think everyone’s ready to embrace the insanity of the film and possibly create a sequel, or even a prequel to the movie. What would the film’s plot be?
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I’m a reality tv junkie plus this is one of my fav films. I’d go in a heartbeat if there was a convention!!!
where’s Naomi?
He name is spelled Nomi- (no me)
Don’t you know, there IS a sequel being made, starring Rena. And if there ever were a Goddesscon, I WOULD SO BE THERE. How fabulous would that be? Someone make it happen!
I would do something like this if I had the means to do it.
We read about the saequel on a German news source but we haven’t had it confirmed.
I just got tickets for a Christmas Eve showing of Showgirls at The Triple Door in Seattle… David Schmader will be doing hilarious commentary of the film as it happens – it is going to be amazing.
WAS HE SERIOUS??? Or, I mean, am I serious? Oh,… yes
SHOWGIRLS forever!!
Love,
Penny Hope
aka Rena
Hello! Rena sent me here to check out her new vid, and I am thrilled to hear talk of GODDESSCON (even fantasy talk.) I’ve always wondered about putting together a symposium of Showgirls-related art: The Upright Citizen Brigade’s THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER, Chicago’s Sock Puppet Showgirls, my annotated screening, maybe a staged reading of the maybe sequel to Showgirls someone maybe wrote, more more more….It could be amazing….
I’m all for it! But I need to be credited with coming up with the name “Goddesscon.” The advantage is also you don’t need to secure the rights for it darlin’.