Jamie Lee Curtis takes aim at Las Vegas for degrading showgirls
Jamie Lee Curtis admits it's a massive shame that Las Vegas showgirls have been reduced to "s****".
Jamie Lee Curtis has slammed Las Vegas as a “sl**** circus”.
The 66-year-old actress plays Annette, a former dancer-turned-cocktail waitress in ‘The Last Showgirl’ and she has hit out at how the once-glamorous position for women in Sin City has grown increasingly seedy and degrading over the years.
She told Britain’s HELLO magazine: “When Las Vegas was in its infancy, they sent showgirls around the world to say, ‘This is what Las Vegas is’.
“These women were goddesses. They were respected.
“What Vegas has become now is a sl**** circus. And it just shows you where we’ve come and how degraded these women have become in being asked to do what they’re asked to do.
“And when Shelley (Pamela Anderson’s character) is being told she’s too old to do this, it’s a perfect indictment of where we are as a culture, of what we expect women to do.
“Showgirls used to be beautiful examples of grace, elegance, class, culture and beauty and they’ve been reduced to s**** in Vegas and it’s heartbreaking.”
‘The Last Showgirl’s soundtrack features Miley Cyrus singing ‘Beautiful That Way’ and Jamie praised the former ‘Hannah Montana’ star for standing firm in her own image over the years.
She said: “Miley embodies a woman who’s come into her own power.
“A child star, exploited for that, broke free from that – and has continued to break that mould, over and over again, and find her own voice, which is ultimately the metaphor here.”
The award-winning star doesn’t want people to feel sorry for her character and she loves how the film highlights the things women are do in order to "survive”.
She said: “From Annette’s standpoint, she’s a hustler. There’s this dogged, weathered sense to her that means she’s also a survivor.
“And the survival of women in Vegas is profound.
“I love that the movie highlights how tough we all are and what we will all do for money, what we will do for love – and what we will do to survive and take care of ourselves and our families. We’re all hustling.”
