Elizabeth Berkley Lauren on Revisiting ‘Showgirls’ for ‘Saved by the Bell’

There’s nothing subtle about Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven’s notoriously campy cult classic. But the same isn’t true of the Showgirls homage that sneaks its way into the second season of Peacock’s delightful Saved by the Bell revival, now streaming on Peacock. It starts with little more than a wink. In the season’s sixth episode, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren’s newly divorced Jessie Spano tells her pals Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen) and Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies) that she hasn’t felt really desirable and confident since “that couple months I spent in Las Vegas…after college.” Those who aren’t well-acquainted with the movie might not realize… Read Full Article