![]() The subplot’s ostensible punch line is actually a kick. “If it had just been like a silly, ridiculous moment for no reason, then I don’t think it would’ve landed in the same way.” There was a lot of thought and care for how it could actually serve the Jessie character,” a vulnerable type A personality in a transitional moment. The actor appreciated the bit’s slow build, as well as its surprising depth. “She knows me well enough to know that I started in comedy and, you know, I myself have a great sense of humor,” Berkeley Lauren says. But nothing felt as right as the Nomi makeover sequence that Saved by the Bell showrunner Tracey Wigfield pitched to her. The next time we see Jessie, she’s wearing a familiar cowboy hat, fringed jacket, and tiger-striped shirt: full-on Nomi drag.īerkley Lauren has even kicked around her own ideas about how to have fun with the movie’s unique legacy, keeping them in her back pocket in case she ever appeared on a show like SNL. But a few scenes later, Saved by the Bell doubles down. ![]() 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 Jessie is making a sly reference to the travails of Nomi Malone, the ambitious dancer Berkley Lauren played in the film.įor a moment, it seems the show might go no further with the allusion. 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. There’s nothing subtle about Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven’s notoriously campy cult classic. ![]()
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