Every summer, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery hosts movie screenings on its property. This past Saturday, the feature was Showgirls, and Elizabeth Berkley was on hand to introduce the movie. Here's what she had to say, as reprinted by Us Weekly:
"When a dream is happening, it's unlike anything you can ever imagine. Which is why when the movie came out it was more painful than anything you can imagine. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on that moment, because why do that? We don't live in the past. I'm just bringing it up for a point to tell you that 1995 was such a different time, where taking risks like that were not embraced. They were laughed at, they were shamed, publicly. To be a young girl in the center of that was something that was quite difficult. But I found my own resiliency and my power and my confidence...
Tonight is like this magical full-circle moment, where I actually didn't get to experience the sweetness of a screening with a crowd that embraced it. Tonight I want to thank you guys for giving me this gift of truly getting a full-circle moment of experiencing the joy with you. Because you guys and the love you have for this movie have this the cult film that it is.
And whether this film has been your guilty pleasure, whether you have played 'Pin the Pasties on the Showgirl,' or whether Nomi's own plight and her fight and struggle has become your own anthem in your life, I hope that it's brought you comfort, I hope that it's brought you joy, I hope that you've made incredible memories with your friends watching it cozy on your couch.
I hope that you've over-lined your lips and put glitter on like crazy. I hope that when you eat your french fries you go crazy like Nomi. I hope that you grab life and go Andrew Carver on its ass. And just know that I love you guys so much and appreciate you, and thank you for giving me strength and confidence in becoming the woman that I am."
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