Can I ask you an honest question. I got loose definition in my head of what “campy” means. But could you break it down without Google fucking it up for me?
Camp is when a movie maybe isn’t good, but you still want to give it a gold star for trying. It’s making a joke and you’re laughing with it more than you’re laughing at it (but you’re still laughing at it). Even stuff like The Room by Tommy Wiseau which I think most people agree is a pretty bad movie; it still comes from a place of sincere vision.
This is in contrast to stuff like Epic Movie where it is trying so hard to be camp that it is just terrible instead. And this is all obviously subjective.
Campy is all about exaggeration and being self-aware at how ridiculous it is. 1960s Batman TV show is the epitomy of camp. Classic comedy styles like slapstick also get thrown into camp.
Can I ask you an honest question. I got loose definition in my head of what “campy” means. But could you break it down without Google fucking it up for me?
Camp is when a movie maybe isn’t good, but you still want to give it a gold star for trying. It’s making a joke and you’re laughing with it more than you’re laughing at it (but you’re still laughing at it). Even stuff like The Room by Tommy Wiseau which I think most people agree is a pretty bad movie; it still comes from a place of sincere vision.
This is in contrast to stuff like Epic Movie where it is trying so hard to be camp that it is just terrible instead. And this is all obviously subjective.
Also thank you for explaining.
People think “The Room” is bad? Are we talking about the same movie? Where they have a bellhop cut off some dude’s finger?
Edit: just looked it up and I was thinking about “Four Rooms”
Campy is all about exaggeration and being self-aware at how ridiculous it is. 1960s Batman TV show is the epitomy of camp. Classic comedy styles like slapstick also get thrown into camp.
Thank you for helping me out.