The Last Showgirl | TIFF 2024 | Review by: Amanda Guarragi
Some born performers face hardships to get on a stage they’ve dreamed of. It’s not easy to be full of passion and stuck in a standstill trying to make ends meet. For some performers, a position on the Vegas strip dancing is comfortable, and for others, mostly younger girls, it may be a step in a grander pathway for what they’ve envisioned. The more modernized the Vegas Strip, the more dated certain performances become. In Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl , a group of women come to terms with the changing landscape of the Vegas Strip. When the stage manager, Eddie (Dave Bautista), announces the show will close permanently in two weeks, the ladies turn to other avenues while bitterly accepting their time together, sharing the stage will come to an end. The star of the flashy-sequined show is Shelley (Pamela Anderson). She has been the centrepiece of the last three decades. Director Gia Coppola captures the behind-the-scenes moments of the oldest Showgirl holding her own amidst a you
