[1] Encino Woman has never been released on home video or streaming services since, though a taped copy of the original broadcast has surfaced on YouTube.

Meanwhile, David Hosenfelt (Corey Parker) works as an advertising executive and lives with his housemate Chris (Annabelle Gurwitch), a kindergarten teacher.

Meanwhile, she attends an English class with a group of actual immigrants led by a politically radical Black teacher named Javier (Clarence Williams III).

Lucy arrives at the shoot and reacts negatively to being pressured to perform, throwing a tantrum as photos are taken and smashing the mirror in the green room.

Despite her initial discomfort, Lucy becomes a successful and famous model, and David rises in status as a member of her entourage - though he begins to feel Jean-Michel does not fully appreciate or understand her.

She responds to their questions with "yes", "revolution", "hungry" and "be free" and is well received by the hosts and audience, developing a feminist following who begin rejecting the fashion industry in her name.

In Variety, Sue Cummings compared Encino Woman to Paris is Burning due to the lengthy fashion show sequences and proliferation of queer characters.

"[2] Mike Hughes of the San Bernadino County Sun called the film "a low point in television" but was complimentary of Kousi's performance.

[3] Mike Duffy wrote in The Oregonian that "despite the film's colourful, hyperactive attempts at social satire, Encino Woman wears out its welcome in rapid fashion" and added that it had made him "wistful for Pauly Shore.