30 years ago, on April 15th 1983, the world was introduced to the greatest movie ever made about a welder/stripper, Flashdance. Jennifer Beals is an... um... interesting choice for the lead because you would think that in a movie about a dancer they might cast someone who could--oh, I don't know--dance. Really, the use of body doubles is ridiculously obvious.
Unfortunately, for Beals the scenes she's actually in are equally ridiculous. Her performance is a bit stilted, but to be fair, I blame the terrible dialogue rather than her acting skills. She did, however, get to display her excellent bra removing skills.
Then again, who am I to judge? The producers have 92,921,203 reasons to think they made a good movie. Plus, everyone--myself included--took scissors to their sweatshirts after seeing Flashdance so they too could have the hip, boho Pittsburgh steel mill style.
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