Chistian.  They also called it devoid of morals and needlessly decadent. This  criticism was one of the contributing factors in Paul Verhoevens  decision to begin making films in America rather than his native  land. In fact, on the films commentary track Verhoeven states that  the reason he was not phased by the negative criticism of his film  _Showgirls (1995)_ (qv) was because hed already been through it  with ‘Spetters’.