In Trope-tastic, Ellaheh Gohari ’28 explores the history of tropes in film and media. Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques.

It’s actually short for “Women in Refrigerators.” Simone used this term to describe a trope in fiction where female characters faced harm and death as a plot device to motivate the lead male ...

Refreshingly, The Last Showgirl steers away from the overworn trope of jealousy between women. Although their relationships undergo challenges, Shelly never resents her friends for their youth, and ...

A 57-year-old Las Vegas showgirl clings to her past in this charming comeback vehicle for 90s icon, Pamela Anderson Anyone who has ever seen the bright lights of Las Vegas will notice the constant ...

When the revue’s producer Eddie (Dave Bautista) delivers a bombshell over dinner – Le Razzle Dazzle is being axed because it’s no longer a draw – Shelly is devastated. The show hasn’t ...

Las Vegas showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) questions the cost of choosing a life on stage as her final curtain call beckons. Bedecked in feathers and rhinestones, Anderson embodies a livewire ...

But it was her Las Vegas ranch house that landed a big role in the film “The Last Showgirl.” By Julie Lasky If names can influence destinies, Gypsy Wood was always meant to be a showgirl.

Daisy McManaman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Director Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl captures the bittersweet reality of a dreamer who has given everything to a career that will never love her back. Pamela Anderson’s Shelley has devoted the ...

“The Last Showgirl” is Pamela Anderson’s reset. After “Baywatch,” that “Pam and Tommy” miniseries and a documentary on Netflix, the die was cast – she was ready for a chang ...

Like “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” this scene in “The Last Showgirl” wears the mask of cliché until it leaves the viewer helpless under the spell of bleeding-heart earnestness.

The former “Baywatch” and “Barb Wire” star and Playboy cover girl — one of the biggest sex symbols of the mid-1990s — bares a different side of herself in “The Last Showgirl.” As ...