The film "Flashdance," about the aspirations of a sexy, dancing, female welder who can't afford a decent sweatshirt, came out in 1983 and proceeded to stun the world by grossing over $150 million and yielding a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack album full of hits, thanks to exposure on the then-fledging MTV network. Since then it's been the subject of endless parody and derision, with about a million …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PM on September 7, 2012