| 单词 | campy |
| 例句 | It did not help that to pass the time Joe plucked incessantly at a ukulele, singing and whistling the campy tunes that he and his father enjoyed so much. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Such programs can easily fall into the trap of social politics and turn maudlin, agenda driven and campy. Music Review: A Program of Personal Significance 2010-12-01T16:19:00Z But the embellished, oversize pieces had a hint of campy rebellion to them when worn tucked into tousled hair. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z This scene may not qualify as "great" for some in terms of acting or Batman's detective skills, but rather it's a perfect reminder of the campy, good-natured characterization of West's Batman. Remembering Adam West: His Top 5 Greatest Moments as Batman 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Dolce and Gabbana can make elegant, lovely clothing, but this was the campy Sicilian widow side of their aesthetic. The Branded Marriage of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z "It's kind of campy, but it's cool," Tock says about the posters. West Seattle brothers turned poster idea classics for a generation 2011-08-01T02:04:04Z Mr. Jacobs made his campy point without overdoing it. Miu Miu: Dancing With the Stars 2010-10-06T21:44:00Z It’s basically taking the place in the Starz schedule formerly occupied by “Spartacus,” and while it’s not as campy and debauched as its predecessor, it does make time for gratuitous sex and nudity. Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z Although it apparently deviates in certain ways from its source material, “Preacher” is packed with campy gore and cruel humor. ‘Preacher’ has some thrilling, quirky action — but its spirit soon grows weak 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Subtlety isn’t a high priority for the band named after a torture device, at least with its famously over-the-top live shows, and last night lived up to its lofty, campy standards. Review: Iron Maiden treats Tacoma Dome fans to barrage of classics amid flame-throwing Legacy of the Beast tour 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “What starts out as a campy, facetious catalog of Hollywood trivia becomes an extraordinarily moving film about manhood, heroism and love.” William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Leading Man of the 1980s, Dies at 71 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Unfortunately there’s no Dave Franco Laughing Alone With Salad, but there are a whole bunch of awkwardly campy poses, like: Do these stock photos make you want to see Vince Vaughn’s new movie? 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z No shade to “Ocean’s 8,” but the “Hustlers” girl gang radiates a lot more campy fun, especially in the prelapsarian years before the recession. The Sly Superpower of ‘Hustlers’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The story of Batman is more suited to reimagining — it’s been everything from campy to deadly serious — but it’s every bit as overexposed. “Gotham” is the Batman retelling we didn’t need 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The rest was a campy soft-core loop masquerading as a fashion show, and why not? On the Runway Blog: Dsquared Sticks With the Formula 2013-06-25T15:09:16Z Inscribed in his memory are the flamboyance and wit that thrived in Fiorucci’s creative heyday, “the outrageous displays,” Mr. Monaghan recalled, “the campy graphics, the ironic sensibility all around.” Up Close: Tale of a Fateful Trip 2011-04-13T20:14:54Z Chopin’s march was a convenient, campy shorthand — foreboding but comic, no more serious than the words “game over” at the end of a video game. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Few of his nu-disco peers so easily capture the blithe, almost campy spirit of old acts like Boney M. At 7 p.m., Pop & Rock Listings for July 29-Aug. 4 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Until an unexpected accident — so deliciously campy that I dare not spoil it — rocks the foundation of the school, unleashing the long-repressed desires of the students and teachers alike. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The laugh operates like a message to the audience that this is the kind of campy movie where it’s OK to laugh at dark things. In ‘M3gan,’ a Detective’s Guilty Laugh Speaks Volumes About Him (and Us) 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z This campy apparatus wryly skewers its legacy as aristocratic passenger disability. Pippa Garner at Redling Fine Art: Vehicles for clever satire 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z A part that campy could have sunk many actors’ careers, but it just cemented America’s love for Williams. Robin Williams Dead at 63: His Five Most Memorable Roles 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z I wondered where I would be if not for my mother, Mrs. McKierney and Miss Ashley, if I would have ended up like Jason, minus the succession of campy sequels. My fantasies of mass murder 2013-03-05T01:00:00Z This week, almost 20 years after Wes Craven’s slasher masterpiece, MTV delivered its own version of Scream – a campy, suspenseful series of the same name that offers as much teenage melodrama as it does violence. Scream of laughter: how today's best-loved pop culture grew from parody 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The whole film is a campy put-on, right? Movie Review: In ‘Beneath,’ Young Partiers End Up Stranded in a Rowboat 2013-07-15T21:08:06Z And he was disappointed that they didn’t allow the campy ’70s music to be louder. A Fire Killed 32 at a New Orleans Gay Bar. This Artist Didn’t Forget. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z He continued to identify with commercial art and illustration, but his painting had become less campy and more cerebral. Art Review: At Gagosian, Lichtenstein After the Funny Papers 2010-06-10T21:57:00Z It’s “Gossip Girl” tailored to this economy, with just enough campy suspense to be enjoyable. | 'Revenge': ?Revenge? on ABC Places Emily VanCamp in the Hamptons 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z I kept hoping it would improve, and to some extent it did, but the camp factor — the only reason many people watch the show — got a little too campy. ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’: Carny cornballs The visual style, like the deadpan absurdism of the performances, achieves a tone that is somehow dry and campy at once. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z He started out making cheap monster movies and then, after a series of bloody and campily brilliant adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories, gravitated toward motorcycles, fast cars, drugs and sex. | 'Corman?s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel': ?Corman?s World? by Alex Stapleton - Review 2011-12-15T23:50:03Z Lemmon and Curtis are justly celebrated for their winking, campy, affectionate sendups of femininity, but isn’t Monroe doing something equally sophisticated? We Still Like It Hot 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Afterward, Little Edie, with her upside-down outfits, florid, looping drawl and naïf-savant proclamations, emerged as a campy philosopher and gay idol. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z He added: “There’s a lot of mincing, campy straight guys that I know.” ‘Vicious’ on PBS Follows Two Gay Characters 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The girls put on a terrific show that’s good, campy fun. Gay New York: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The Bard's plunge into the travails and sins of the Roman general Titus Andronicus and company can be campy, clunky. Seattle troupe mounts a spooky, lean, all-women 'Titus' 2012-09-13T20:30:07Z The section dedicated to the 1970s and ’80s starts getting campy. History of a Dress, Chinese Style 2010-08-30T12:10:00Z Onstage, Davies' energetic calisthenics and campy, beery antics aimed to convey a taste of the warm sing-along togetherness that was his and Dave's childhood introduction to music-making in regular gatherings of their extended family. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Someone familiar only with the imitations may be forgiven for thinking that the original moment must be hilarious and campy. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 2: Give the People What They Want 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z On screen he is prone to the smoulder; up close he beams unselfconsciously, campily tactile, eager to connect, recalling stories in dialogue form, rather than precis. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z Ms. Kidman, garishly made up and harshly lighted, is a vampy, campy whirlwind: a femme fatale, a good-time girl and a tragic diva with a husky drawl and teased hair. Movie Review: ‘The Paperboy,’ by Lee Daniels, Stars Nicole Kidman 2012-10-04T12:00:00Z On its release in 1968, this science fiction cult classic was dismissed by critics as overly campy, gaudy, silly and nonsensical. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z His wife, Kathryn, 39, owned and operated World of Mirth – a popular toy and novelty shop that she maintained like an immersive, campy art installation. “And everybody cried”: The callous murder of the Harvey family and the song it inspired 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Hilarious yet touching, these figures frolic beside rivers, confront sea monsters and often appear within slightly campy painted frames. Review: Maureen Gallace, Lynda Barry, and Louis M. Eilshemius and Bob Thompson 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z On the eve of 2013, the Trocks’ delight in, and reliance on, campy drag speaks as much — if not more — to a wider history of cultural expectations and stereotypes as it does to ballet-specific ones. Dance Review: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at the Joyce 2012-12-21T22:29:13Z Whether they’re campy or cold sober, here’s a look at how other projects are rethinking, and have rethought, the real Harding. Tonya Harding, tragic muse? Plays, films and art explore skating’s biggest scandal 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Don’t, unless you want a cranky filmmaker on your hands, call these movies campy. The Thing That Ate Saturday Night 2011-01-14T20:17:29Z Gone are the campy sorority jobs of yore — replaced by titles like “C.E.O.,” When a Feminist Pledges a Sorority 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Strouse was open to a revival but acknowledged Mr. Moriarty’s concerns that the campy take on the character might not have stood the test of time. Superman Musical Revived in Dallas 2010-07-02T08:18:00Z Though the result was light-hearted and campy, the video shoot was tough because of everyone’s busy schedules. Fallon teams with Grande, Megan Thee Stallion for holidays 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Grace’s performance is the only element of the film that seems campy by intent—she is delightful as a tyke who sets a murderous scheme in motion and then kicks back with a juice box. Rob Lowe’s Directorial Début Adds a Theme of Home-Wrecker Horror to “The Bad Seed” 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Discovering her own faint and distant connection to Neanderthals gave Ms. Cameron the confidence to write the novel, despite her worries that her prehistoric protagonist would come across as outlandishly campy. Neanderthals: They’re Just Like Us 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Maroon 5 offered a medley of their recent hits, doing the reggae-inflected "One More Night," the campy "Moves Like Jagger" and ending with "Daylight." ArtsBeat: Frank Ocean, the Black Keys and Fun. Lead Grammy Nominations 2012-12-06T05:30:43Z What is Wonder Woman doing in these campy, recycled digs? ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z An operatic aria of sleaze and slaughter, “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich” reboots the deadly-doll franchise that began in 1989 with the campy “Puppet Master.” Review: ‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Releases Murderous Nazi Dolls 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z And emulating Midler from her early, campy performances, actor Billy Porter emerged from a clam shell to sing a knockout version of her “From a Distance.” Kennedy Center Honors: A toast to tradition 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Depending on your tastes, some of the show’s embellishments might strike you as either whimsical, providing a little space between the heavy intellectual artillery, or campy. Television Review: ?The Fabric of the Cosmos? on PBS?s ?Nova? - Review 2011-11-01T22:43:25Z It’s campy, to be sure, but it also has weighty aims. “I’ve got a hot hungry mouth” is now high art: Grindr gets the opera treatment 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Murphy’s American Horror Story is indeed horrific, but it aims for screams of campy delight as often as screams of terror. FX to Produce Ryan Murphy Miniseries About O.J. Simpson, American Crime Story 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z First, given the opportunity for such campy horror, she’s extraordinarily restrained. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z There’s nothing less charming than that which sets out to be campy. 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' Remake Strives for Camp But Is a Real Drag 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “We’re not having a laugh at Lincoln or making the Mel Brooks version of this,” says Grahame-Smith, who also wrote the screenplay for Burton’s campy “Dark Shadows” vampire movie released in May. Abraham Lincoln: The what? 2012-06-21T15:48:00Z He went on to appear in several films in the early 1980s, including the well regarded "Rumblefish" and "The Osterman Weekend," as well as the campy "My Science Project" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2." Dennis Hopper, creator of hit 'Easy Rider,' dies 2010-05-29T18:16:00Z Revamping the course as "How to Be Gay", Halperin eased the strain on their bubbly brains by dispensing with a bibliography and instead prescribing excerpts from a few campy movies. How to Be Gay by David M Halperin – review 2012-08-16T10:00:01Z When we look back in hindsight, however, Moore’s Bond appears more cheesy than cutting, more campy than genuinely thrilling. Roger Moore wasn’t a good Bond, but he was my Bond 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The pay was measly, the material was campy and racist. This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Yet the new Clifton's is less a studious restoration of the original cafeteria, which opened in 1935 with a cheerfully campy California redwoods theme, than an aggressively nostalgic amplification of it. At the new Clifton's cafeteria, over-the-top nostalgia is amplified and digitized 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z “I think it’s cool that he is into things that are a little campy. I appreciate that he doesn’t take himself too seriously.” Date Lab: They bonded over ‘Mamma Mia! 2’ 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Ambitious and campy, the performance was as much an homage to Gaga’s long-lost capacity for shape-shifting extravagance as it was a Bowie salute. Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and the Warping Power of the Grammys 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Somehow the play makes room for humor, even if the campy sort quickly morphs into the gallows variety. 'Bent' exhibits enduring power of love, courage and identity 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z For starters, a plot, even a campy one, ought to contain some surprises. | 'Skin Deep': Fabulous Lodging, Clothing Optional 2010-10-27T21:49:00Z Peck’s satire of domesticity is meant to be both campy and nauseating — at least, that’s the best one can make of a kindergartner cooing “Fever” with bedroom eyes. Review | Even before Twitter, Dale Peck was stirring the pot. He’s at it again with a new book. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z As an act of historical preservation, “House of Nutter” is worthy, restoring Nutter to the record for future generations; as a scandal sheet of gossip, it is often campy and fun. Meet the Man Who Dressed Mick Jagger 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Funding for an Off Broadway revival of “Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly” fell through last year after some of Mr. Mackie’s elaborately campy costumes had already been constructed for it, and the show never opened. The Marvelous Mr. Mackie 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Setup: This new take on the campy, 1970s action series is set in present-day Miami with three new angels. New TV shows dial up style 2011-09-21T19:22:03Z He went on to appear in several films in the early 1980s, including the well-regarded "Rumblefish" and "The Osterman Weekend," as well as the campy "My Science Project" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2." Dennis Hopper of 'Easy Rider' dead at 74 2010-05-29T18:20:00Z Rudnick’s worldview is so effortlessly, gleefully campy that even when he plays it straight — please allow the world’s largest quotation marks here — it can feel like a setup to a punchline. From Paul Rudnick, a Mismatched Couple but Perfect for Each Other 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Or to ogle the vaguely campy crystal Cascade Wall that stood in the company’s legendary flagship at 717 Fifth Avenue. Steuben?s Last Customers Say Goodbye 2011-12-28T23:07:50Z Ms. Victor is a singer with her own brand: She’s theatrical and extreme without being campy. Live Jazz: Three September Standouts, From Fay Victor to Starebaby 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Seth Rudetsky, the co-creator as well as co-star of the campy 1970s spoof “Disaster!,” has taken a similarly enthusiastic approach to the title. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “Kind of over the top, grandiose, but never campy. She believes in that over-the-topness.” In This Ballet, a Sweetly Disturbing Confection From Alexei Ratmansky 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Barbe also designed the beautifully colorful, campy costumes worn by the debauched Alexandrians, a vivid contrast with the austere robes of the nuns and monks. Music Review: George Manahan Conducts ‘Thaïs’ at Manhattan School of Music 2012-12-10T22:50:19Z On Wednesday, she didn’t really play a vixen, or a self-immolator, or a campy diva. Music Review: She?s Goofing Off, and She Knows What She?s Doing 2011-04-14T07:50:29Z And like the original, the movie's title refers to both the bloodthirsty menace next door and a campy horror show hosted by a lame showman. "Fright Night:" Farrell's mesmerizing in campy remake 2011-08-18T20:45:00Z Through the canvas walls, we heard pleasant campy sounds: our neighbors’ fire cracking and popping and our neighbor crickets chirping. S’more, s’il vous plait? A French company opens its first ‘glampground’ in the U.S. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z While the special effects and set design are impressive, the evil clowns themselves aren’t quite campy enough to be funny or scary enough to be horrifying. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z DeMille is often criticized for the campy excess of his biblical spectacles, but at heart he is the most severe of logicians — a Protestant posing as a revivalist preacher. DVDs: Samuel Fuller?s ?Verboten!? Makes It to DVD 2010-07-09T07:35:00Z I thought "Bronson" was terrific, but it's a movie designed to have almost no audience: Let's take an amoral, testosterone-drenched prison story and tell it as a campy, super-gay art film. "Valhalla Rising": What to see instead of "Inception" 2010-07-16T00:30:00Z He masterfully plays creepy and campy — sometimes in the same film. Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The show has won praise for its campy tone, improvised moments and energetic cast, and has cultivated a fan army of “TiStaniques,” some of whom have seen the 100-minute show more than a dozen times. A ‘Titanic’ Parody Show That Draws Fans Near, Far, Wherever They Are 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Or, if not exactly serious, at least not too campy. With ‘New York Ninja,’ Lights, Camera and, Finally, Action 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Some of the best parts of the show – apart from Blanchett’s campy scenes – are when it turns its attention to shortcomings within the movement, particularly its racial bias towards white women. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z His island sounds and campy songs like "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and "Volcano" are perfect sing-alongs that elicit a smile at any age. My earliest childhood memories are from Margaritaville 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z This fervor finds its campy, gin-soaked mirror image at El Garlochi, a velvet-draped haunt done up entirely in lavish church kitsch: brass candelabras, Madonna shrines, plastic funeral bouquets, oil portraits of weeping saints. 36 Hours in Seville, Spain 2014-04-10T14:19:24Z Mr. Hodge breathes fire here, his hitherto scratchy, campy voice growing into a white-hot blaze. | 'La Cage aux Folles': Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge on Broadway 2010-04-19T04:59:00Z He wrote or co-wrote more than a dozen works, including coffee-table books that reflected his passion for garishly illustrated, campy pulp magazines. Frank M. Robinson, speechwriter for Harvey Milk, dies at 87 At first blush, the return of the man who helmed the original blockbuster Spider-Man film trilogy as well as the riotously campy "Evil Dead" trilogy seems like a coup for comic-book fanatics. How will "Evil Dead" and "Spidey" director Sam Raimi fare in the MCU? It'll swallow his soul 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Its main theme summited the Billboard charts and became an uber-popular — if eventually somewhat campy — anthem for running, and one of the most famous tunes written for a movie. How to compete with the original ‘Blade Runner’ score: Pay homage to it 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z From there, the movie zigs and zags and plunges into campy horror territory. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Halloween’ and ‘The Perfection’ 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z This campy and exuberant competition show is back for its third season, with contestants returning from across the nine seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ and ‘The Good Place’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Though often derided as campy and of questionable musical merit, Eurovision typically attracts more than 100 million viewers and is seen as one of the few European institutions to generate any popular enthusiasm. Singers From Azerbaijan Win Eurovision Contest 2011-05-15T12:39:48Z Stray too much from the source material, or create something too campy, and digital riots erupt. Green machine: TV’s ‘Arrow’ reintroduces DC hero 2013-05-03T17:56:48Z Stewart’s performance isn’t nearly as campy, though the movie around her often tilts in that direction. Venice Film Festival: How Does Kristen Stewart Play Princess Diana? 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The mix of fire hose blood spray, psychological terror and black humor, though remain true to the campy original that boiled the horror movie genre down to its essence. Remake of the 1981 film Evil Dead plays at SXSW 2013-03-09T09:16:26Z Ms. Rich and her team took a risk in advertising “The Meg” as a joke — winking at potential ticket buyers with a campy trailer starring a Yorkie with a pink bow and featuring silly music. ‘The Meg’ Is a Surprise Box-Office Monster 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z And the film, which gives us phrases certain to live on in campy history like "revenge mommy," also gives dark humor to the Headmaster. Sarah Michelle Gellar is back and means business in "Do Revenge" 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z He works as a tutor at a campy television show about witches but wants to be a writer. With age, Judd Apatow’s series “Love” on Netflix finds itself 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The man who approaches Dorothy in this particular hotel bar meets a violent — and frankly grotesque — end, and what follows is one of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory. Why Can’t Women Be Serial Killers, Too? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Mackie’s designs for her variety show drew attention for their colorful sequins and campy style. Bob Mackie book looks back on sparkly costume career 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z I really think it’s so retrograde in the way it presents a gay relationship as sort of a campy parody of a straight marriage. Farewell to a Brand-Name Season 2010-05-16T16:55:00Z It wasn’t the only bit of campy horror on display at Kink.com’s San Francisco Armory. BDSM haunted houses and sexy demons: Why it’s so hard to separate sex and horror 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z At a characteristically campy press conference at his brand new hotel in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Trump declared, “Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period.” Seth Meyers on Trump’s birther past: “You don’t get to peddle racist rhetoric for five years and decide when it’s over” 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “Prime Suspect” isn’t coy or campy, and perhaps because of it, it’s a lot more enjoyable to watch. Television Review: ?Prime Suspect? and ?Charlie?s Angels? - TV Review 2011-09-21T22:59:11Z As for his campy and subversive observations, he gets away with it all without a wince from Scholastic, his publisher. What is Paul Rudnick Doing Writing Young Adult Fiction? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Hannibal Lecter in the show—played with almost campy enthusiasm by Mads Mikkelsen—is so absurdly all-powerful and coolly destructive that he is less a character than the physical embodiment of murder. Stunning, bloody “Hannibal” challenges our senses of beauty and revulsion 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Advertisement But the show more closely resembles a laugh-tracked sitcom of yesteryear, like “The King of Queens,” rife with campy caricatures and double entendres. ‘Shear Madness,’ Detoured by Success, Is Ready for Its New York City Debut 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “Tonally,” Mr. Douglas said, “I wasn’t sure sometimes about the flamboyance, how campy to get.” Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z But that’s what I love about “Yellowstone,” the way that it flows from being campy to melodramatic to intensely dramatic to violent. With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z While the show exhibits a degree of Cherry’s colorful and quietly campy command of that fine line that separates a soap opera from a serious drama, something has been lost since the “Desperate Housewives” days. Review | ‘Righteous Gemstones’ misses a golden opportunity to satirize evangelical piety 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z “At the end of the day, ‘Dynasty’ is so campy,” Ms. Markworth-Pollack said. Never Mind the Catfights. What About the Clothes? 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z In a deliberately campy film, the silliness of the story — both its underlying concept and how events proceed in the plot — would be rubbed in our faces. Nic Cage's 4th of July classic 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Most fans have a tongue-in-cheek or campy appreciation for the various factions within the game’s universe, which include Orks, Space Marines and a murderous division of human women called the Adepta Sororitas. Who’s Up for a Round of Warhammer? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s a good development, giving Mr. Whately something to play besides crotchety but sneakily hip old age, and it livens up the mysteries, which are as hard to follow and as campily gothic as ever. Review: In Final Season of ‘Inspector Lewis,’ Solving Mysteries While Navigating a New Boss 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The material, shot on location in Atlanta, feels as if it has more in common with a three-hanky movie like “Ordinary People” than a campy extravaganza like “Hairspray.” Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Pros: A good number of campy action or comedy films available to watch whenever, as well as their own exclusive content. The 9 best free streaming services worthy of downloading 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z This one’s the opposite of campy, but with windows snugly draped and little in the way of signage, just as easy to pass by. With two new restaurants (and some old favorites), eating on Vashon Island is better than ever 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z With Halloween nearing, October is ripe with horror, from edge-of-your seat thrillers to campy fright films. Hollywood films take on serious edge for fall 2011-08-31T17:56:06Z Mercury held all those aspects together with a performance in which campy and commanding were inseparable. When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Think of the shirts as a campy kind of uniform, but for members of extremist groups who adhere to the idea of the “boogaloo” — or, a second civil war in the United States. What Do You Do When Extremism Comes for the Hawaiian Shirt? 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Showtime’s campy Victorian Era-set thriller “Penny Dreadful” returns for its third season Sunday. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Penny Dreadful,’ ‘UnReal’ and ‘Election’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps you like your romance with some campy humor and mayhem. It’s binge-reading season. Here are the genre-bending romance series to fuel your addiction. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The number starts out campy, affectionate and self-aware, but at some point turns desperate, grating and a little sad. | 'Sex and the City 2': Sarah Jessica Parker, Flying Down to Abu Dhabi 2010-05-26T20:10:00Z The pace is luxuriant and sometimes slow, taking a long time to wind up to its gothic, almost campy denouement, but that doesn’t mean that the detours are not enjoyable. | 'Mildred Pierce': Battling the Depression for an Ungrateful Daughter 2011-03-24T11:00:00Z Rod Stewart had nerve to spare Saturday co-headlining with Stevie Nicks at a packed United Center, where he didn't miss any chance to add pomp to campy circumstance. With a wink and a smile, Rod Stewart delivers polished soul at United Center 2011-04-10T14:49:00Z I was hoping she would be a little bit more over-the-top campy, but it’s better for the show that she’s not. Animal Kingdom: nihilistic feast of bros, bare butts and bad behavior 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z He adds, "The first two 'Expendables' were hardly great movies, but they contained enough moments of campy fun to make them passable entertainment in the dregs of August. This installment's an unremittingly leaden slog." 'The Expendables 3': Action franchise is over the hill, reviews say 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It is a campy, joyful pastiche of “Project Runway,” “America’s Next Top Model” and “America’s Got Talent,” requiring its would-be superstars to sing, dance, act, strut and lip-sync for the title. Why the Fashion World Is Obsessed With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z In a broadcast landscape full of slick, self-consciously campy melodramas, ABC’s turn to social realism is worth applauding. Here Are the Best TV Shows of 2016 So Far 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “It’s so campy it would float away,” he said. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z As the 20-something patrons poured in, he managed to check the lists and keep things moving, while working some campy banter into every transaction. The (Door) Man of the Hour 2014-03-21T20:19:23Z That doesn’t mean that the show can’t go slack over time or veer into campy “Twin Peaks” territory, but it at least has a promising start. ‘The Leftovers,’ on HBO, a Tale of Mysterious Disappearances 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z For Season 2 of "The White Lotus," Mike White followed up the campy success of the first with some bold moves and some truly remarkable writing. "The White Lotus" shows no pity for fools in love 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z All of this was engaging without being campy — in a word, fun. Review | Noseda, NSO find the fun in a sacred and profane program 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z What's clear is how captivating the piece is, as it teeters on the edge of the campy and the mythical. 'Frozen!' at Vermillion — polar bears, scrunched-up deer and other critters 2012-10-17T18:32:12Z The closest Fox’s campy genre drama “Sleepy Hollow” got to the Emmys in 2015 was when Emmy winner Viola Davis mentioned its lead actress during her acceptance speech. Ichabod and Abbie still haven’t kissed: The best work marriage since Mulder and Scully is back on “Sleepy Hollow” 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Twin Peaks debuted just as Reagan left office, when television still served as a tranquilizing retreat where shrill multicams, campy nighttime soaps and square procedurals ruled the airwaves. Do we need a Twin Peaks revival when TV is so much weirder now? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z For Mr. Russo showing dramas like “The Battle of Algiers” and campy horror like “The Blob” was more than just a cinematic endeavor. Queer/Art/Film Series at IFC Center 2012-03-16T15:03:25Z Though written for a mezzo-soprano, here the role is performed by the countertenor Andrew Watts in the spirit of Conchita Wurst or a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” runner-up, a funny and appropriately campy choice. Review: A ‘Rake’s Progress’ for a Fame-Hungry Internet Age 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z It's campy, it's amusing, and it's scheduled on the same night and time as True Blood which renders it instantly DOA. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Even leaving aside its more successful performances and moments, the show’s campy humor and tongue-in-cheek sci-fi story will hit the right monster-mash buttons for some audiences as Halloween approaches. Despite exotic botany, Constellation’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is an old chestnut 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z In a campy voice, Mr. Jagger said, “Jimmy Page was wearing a pink satin jacket.” Books of The Times: Lisa Robinson’s Rock ’n’ Roll Life in ‘There Goes Gravity’ 2014-04-29T20:48:45Z Those films — “Frankenstein” and “Godzilla” and the half-dozen others Mr. Burton and Mr. August ingeniously invoke — were campy and silly and exciting, but they also touched deep anxieties and strong emotions. Movie Review: ‘Frankenweenie,’ Tim Burton’s Homage to Horror Classics 2012-10-05T00:09:14Z Her music, it explains – and this was apparently meant as a compliment – was "campy easy-listening". Hidden treasures: Anthony Adverse – The Red Shoes 2013-01-17T12:53:54Z I’m not the only one who has kept the campily delightful show in the back of his mind: It’s firmly lodged in our cultural semiconscious. Yanni Is Still Chilling, 25 Years After the Acropolis 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z She has all the ear-singeing power required to summon the character’s jealous rage, but she also brings out Amneris’s loneliness and longing, making the part much more than a campy tour-de-force. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z There was no need for alarm, for it was just a campy movie about airborne shark attacks, televised at 9 p.m. ‘Sharknado’ Tears Up Twitter, if Not the TV Ratings 2013-07-12T22:19:18Z Recently, the best example of a show that showed unusual regenerative properties was Homeland, which returned from a disastrous—though campily fun, from a certain viewpoint—third season to something far more competent. Review: 'Orange is the New Black' Rebounds With a Majestic Fourth Season 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z She also died a gloriously campy death on the most recent season of “American Horror Story.” Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The same tone characterized a long passage of dialogue: campy, nonsensical, unspontaneous on purpose. Dance Review: ?Smithsoniansmith,? in Denim, on Lower East Side 2010-07-30T21:20:00Z It’s also thrilling, bewildering, campy, shrewd, mortifying, scary, devastating and deep. Review: African-American Flight 1619 Now Boarding in ‘Ain’t No Mo’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Witty but not campy, grand without being unduly somber, it is a crazy, almost-coherent riot of intrigue, color and kineticism anchored by the charisma of its cast. | 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame': ?Detective Dee? With Andy Lau - Review 2011-09-01T21:38:44Z Then there’s “Alias,” filled with outrageous, campy costumes. What’s real and fake in ‘The Americans,’ according to real-life spies 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The pitch of the acting was always full tilt, campy without totally abandoning certain emotional undercurrents. Twin Peaks' final scene: 25 years on, it's as disturbing as ever 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z But in the end there is nothing especially campy about “The Duke of Burgundy,” which neither mocks its heroines nor the breathless, naughty screen tradition to which they belong. ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ Is an Erotic Hothouse Flower 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z To match their silliness, Jarmusch illustrates some wilder Stooges anecdotes with playful animation and campy stock footage from old TV shows — including, naturally, the Three Stooges. The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z That’s what Destination America is counting on, even if they are of the campy variety. A live exorcism will be performed on TV Friday. Here’s what to expect. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z At moments it also seems to channel the campy Adam West "Batman" TV series of the '60s, what with the on-screen sound-effect words and the array of vain and ludicrous villains. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World": Canadian indie cuteness gone wild! 2010-08-10T21:30:00Z Even more surprising is the possibility that Stewart might be funny not merely in a campy, unintentional sense but legitimately, genuinely so. Martha Stewart, Comedy Genius? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z For one thing, “The Interview” lacks the strangeness in content or style of many cult movies -- far from bizarre or campy, its jokes are largely of the mainstream studio variety. Sony's North Korea film 'The Interview': Can it achieve cult status? 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Touted as a cross between Gossip Girl and Dynasty, Revenge's campy melodrama and conniving plans are set against a backdrop of glitz, glamour and inexhaustible trust funds. Six to watch: TV's rich list 2012-05-29T14:42:01Z After Ukraine won last year’s edition of the beloved, campy singing competition, the country won the right to host this year’s spectacle. Sweden Wins a Eurovision Song Contest That Showed Solidarity With Ukraine 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z "Murder for Two" takes you a good way down that road, but then wants fly off in a whole, new, campy direction. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z Fans might love or detest campy dance anthems like "After Midnight," but the relatable themes -- as heard on "The Manual," a track about self-acceptance -- will appeal to all. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z But this campy Christmas cornucopia, a reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” lacks teeth. ‘Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!’ at Here 2012-12-01T03:33:58Z If that all sounds like a recipe for some campy fun, it isn’t. Album review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born to Die' 2012-01-27T03:44:00Z He certainly hasn’t done that, but he hasn’t done much to amplify or reevaluate the campy sci-fi tinged musical either. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: dammit Janet, it doesn't quite work 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z "Without him, this movie would have become really crazy and campy. But his style was a lot more naturalistic." Documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler says he's here to 'Stay' 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Those lyrics, for the record, represent the campy heights as well as the bottom-scraping nadir of Chad’s story. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Roles like that are few and far between, but Rourke continued to play to his strengths as a campy boogeyman villain in mainstream blockbusters like “Iron Man 2” and “The Expendables.” Mickey Rourke’s macho trainwreck: A Hollywood virility pageant gone wrong 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z I’m sure there will be a delightfully campy musical number all about it. The week's best TV: Rocky Horror, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Black Mirror 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In the video, the promise of the internet has failed and we see cities burning — or campy digital images of conflagration — as well as a copy of the hippie-utopian “Whole Earth Catalog.” What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Batman had been cast as more of a brooding loner, but he still existed in the larger popular imagination in the campy incarnation of TV’s Adam West. ‘Watchmen’ Is Coming. (Actually, It Never Left.) 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z You are also famous for your campy turns in Andy Warhol’s “Blood for Dracula” and “Flesh for Frankenstein,” directed by Paul Morrissey. Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z On Netflix, the thousands of categories range from familiar film genres like horror, documentary and romance, to the hyper-specific "campy foreign movies from the 1970s." How Netflix affects what we watch and who we are — and it’s not just the algorithm 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Precisely because it is campily “bad,” the franchise has had license to create and commit to some incredibly important fantasies. “Star Trek” vs. peak TV: How can the campy, hopeful space drama compete with “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead”? 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The army invading the United States in "Red Dawn," an ill-advised remake of the campy 1984 original, was changed in post-production from Chinese to North Korean. Review: A dizzyingly implausible new 'Red Dawn' 2012-11-20T21:05:22Z With an exaggerated smile and faux sinister vocals, Gene passes as one of the campy arch villains from "Austin Powers." Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z More than a half-decade since that move, a print ad for a Web site seems all the more campily archaic; digital products on laptops, phones and watches are driving the publishing business now, of course. Mortar shells and dog tags: The objects Post journalists can’t leave behind 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “It was such a silly, campy, goofy thing we were doing that I don’t know who it would have appealed to beyond our friends,” Heidecker said. Tim Heidecker, the Bard of Suburban Fatherhood 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z One minute, everything is campy, outrageous, ridiculous, fake, not to be taken seriously. Dance Review: ‘All of a Sudden,’ by Jack Ferver, at Abrons Arts Center 2013-05-03T20:04:05Z That’s hardly the only haunting going on in Sara Fellini’s unwieldy new play, “In Vestments,” in which Isaac Byrne’s high-energy production is by turns earnest and campy, wrenching and visually eloquent. Review: In Sara Fellini’s ‘In Vestments,’ Haunted by More Than Ghosts 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z None of them were campy or deliciously ultraviolent, and on most occasions they kill the careers of their stars: it's a graveyard of ingénues, too. A Roommate to avoid. In more ways than one 2011-04-01T23:06:07Z “GLOW” is a period piece, one based on a campy female wrestling outfit that enjoyed a short run of popularity on syndicated television between 1986 until 1990. “GLOW” returns to Netflix with an excellent season 2, right when we need it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z At times his shows could be as campy as a revival house matinee of a Warner Bros. musical. Virgil Abloh Shocked the System 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Soon a vehemently campy flight attendant named George begins to suspect that there’s a sex ghost on board. ‘Eat the Devil’ Review: Sex Dolls, Wormholes and a Stand for Nihilism 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z There are currently two “dark and less campy” television dramas based on old fairy tales — “Grimm” and “Once Upon a Time.” “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z A 1980 movie, “Death Ray on Coral Island,” was a campy, propagandistic flop. China’s Film Industry Finally Joins the Space Race 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A campy science-fiction/horror musical whose characters include the cross-dressing mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter, it had been developing a following for its Friday and Saturday midnight showings for several months. Sal Piro, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Superfan, Dies at 72 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z During the holidays we’re subjected to hours of astonishingly bad renditions of O Holy Night and campy ballads about mistletoe, as in, rhymes with snow! Hark! Listen to TIME?s Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify 2011-12-02T19:54:49Z What players remembered as terrifying seemed almost campy by modern standards because of technological advancements to graphics and artificial intelligence that have made gaming more immersive. Scare Me Once? Great Game. Scare Me Twice? Great Remake. 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In that regard, there are plenty of campy pleasures here. Review | Netflix’s ‘The Politician’ is back for another cynical run, but the snark attacks get tiresome 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The ’05 reboot was pretty campy stuff at first, but the show’s production values have skyrocketed as it’s gotten more popular in the UK and, increasingly, stateside. Everything You Should Know About Doctor Who Before the New Season Starts 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z "True Blood," meanwhile, has seen its success grow cumulatively thanks to its campy cult following, but it is largely seen more as a guilty pleasure than a serious drama. Emmy voters favor fresh, complex drama series 2010-08-12T02:36:00Z An untitled 1988 work combines the words “we don’t need another hero” with a campy image of a girl admiring a boy flexing his nonexistent biceps. Review | Artist Barbara Kruger is still right about everything. Let’s listen up. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Also, in its ephemeral moment of campy triumph, “Sharknado” made good on the Internet’s initial idealism of bringing us closer rather than keeping us apart. ‘Sharknado 2’: The real fear is the fear of missing out That a musical doesn’t have to be breezy and carefree, nor campy and dated. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z A sporadically enjoyable piece of fluff, but one that undoes almost everything good about the Hornet in favour of a campy tone. This one bought the rights and flew right over The Green Hornet's nest 2011-01-27T16:49:19Z All of which makes this campy and somewhat ridiculous series sound way more serious than it actually is. TV highlights 03/08/2011 2011-08-02T20:59:00Z They also wanted the reality of Russia’s invasion shown onscreen — something with the potential to strike a downbeat tone for the traditionally campy, showy spectacle. How Liverpool Put on a Song Contest for Ukraine 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z So he was noticeably nervous before a new production of his play “Caligula Maximus,” a campy extravaganza that made its debut in early April at the House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Up Close: He Puts the Maximus in the Circus 2011-05-04T18:07:02Z When it was released on the heels of the comparably campy “Superman III,” Roger Ebert said that the film “trivializes itself with an almost suicidal glee.” Movie Listings for Aug. 7-13 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Gergiev’s performance caught those qualities, especially the campy veneer, which is somehow crucial to preventing the music from slipping into sentimentality and keeping its strangeness on the surface. Music Review: Embracing the Ambiguity of Mahler?s Seventh 2011-02-24T23:27:09Z It turns out that campy faux queens and princes can’t keep up with the real-life Elizabeth II and her progeny — or with reality show royals. Review: ‘The Royals’ on E! Is Another Pretender to the Throne 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z From what I can tell, the campy early summer hijinx of vampire kingdoms, same sex partnership palaces, and needy psychopath vampire P.I.s are mostly over. "True Blood" recap: Dirty dealings 2010-08-16T13:20:00Z Belltown's Open Circle Theater encores its boozy, campy Christmas jamboree, based on an actual family holiday TV special the late singer hosted in the 1960s. Seattle-area theaters deck the stages with festive productions 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z In the spring of 1963, the two bought a house at 1712 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, in the Hollywood Hills, and went about filling it with Warhols, Lichtensteins, Rauschenbergs, and campy Art Nouveau goodies. Dennis Hopper’s Quiet Vision of Nineteen-Sixties Hollywood 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Watch it for Almodovar’s complex treatment of female and feminine characters. Finish it for his unique brand of elegantly campy melodrama. 10 ways to celebrate Pride Month without leaving your house 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z This rock ’n’ roll bar, which opened in late summer above an East Village liquor store, is a shadowy den for glammed-up Goths who are as campy as they are sinister. Bo?te: White Noise in the East Village 2010-12-01T19:47:00Z It’s a comedy, for one thing, part of a small tradition that includes “The Tick” and the campy, semi-parodic 1960s “Batman.” Review: ‘Powerless’ on NBC Has Cubicles, Not Capes 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z If their past product is any indication, expect a schlocky, campy, poorly acted mess – and just try to stay away from it. This week's TV: The Crown, People of Earth and Who Killed JonBenét? 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Was it a campy comedy or a serious action film? Masked Lawman Stumbles at the Gate 2013-07-07T19:43:07Z She even has the campy “King Kong” 1976 movie poster on display, in which the towers serve as the title character’s last bastion against mankind’s helicopters and flamethrowers. The Twin Towers After September 11: A Tribute or a Painful Reminder? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “Uniquely fun and campily gory,” as our reviewer, Amy Silverberg, put it, this novel is “a gruesome love letter to rich food and rich men, and to gorging on both with abandon.” New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’ 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Instead, she winds up starring on a campy wrestling TV show called GLOW, which stands for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, and is loosely based on the real '80s hit show of the same name. The Story Behind the Wrestling Show That Inspired Netflix’s 'GLOW' 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The associations that Blaxploitation that we get from that is just, "Well, it's campy and it's silly and it's not to be paid attention to and we should dismiss it." Elvis Mitchell: The success of Black '70s films was "the dirty little secret of American cinema" 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That said, there does seem to be an audience, and especially a new audience, for such campy opera, and the house was full. The opera villain was forced to lip-sync and a new star couple emerged at L.A. Opera's 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The movie's plot — about a boy and his telepathic dog wandering a post-apocalyptic wasteland looking for food, shelter and water — is campy and wonderful, as is the surprise ending. Feedback: Cats and dogs making the scene 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z “Diana,” though, is lazy and thus neither entertaining nor insightful; though audiences talk back to it at will, it’s not even campy fun. ‘Diana, the Musical’ Review: Exploiting the People’s Princess 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z This touring version of the 2015 Broadway hit has the leftover aroma of “The Producers,” “The Book of Mormon” and a half dozen campy escapades from the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Review | What if ‘Hamlet’ had showgirls? ‘Something Rotten!’ hits and misses. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z His vocal range extends from baritone on up, and he is openly gay and willing to be campy, as Mr. Mercury was. Queen + Adam Lambert Take On Madison Square Garden 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z But he said his vision for an “over-the-top campy entrance” for Felicia’s first drag number was scaled back to a wig-and-dress get-up that was less flashy. A Broadway Makeover for ?Priscilla? Queens 2011-03-10T22:38:21Z The campy brilliance of Feud deserved more than it got. Golden Globes 2018: Why The Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies had to win 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z As I got bolder, I added campy hand gestures to my compliment repertoire. Complimenting strangers changed my life – you should give it a try 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z West emerged as a pop icon during the 1960s for his role in “Batman,” a campy, tongue-in-cheek TV adaptation of the superhero comic book series. Adam West, the face of TV’s Batman, died Friday at 88 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The campy how-to is as inspirational for lovers of trompe l’oeil as it is for admirers of the entrepreneurial spirit. The 31 best cookbooks of 2016 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z This is not meant to suggest that “Godzilla,” which opens May 16, is in any way campy or humorous. ‘Godzilla’ filmmakers update a cultural icon 2014-05-09T22:12:42Z One day I had unsupervised access to the family PC and, for reasons forgotten, an urge to hear the campy orchestral number from the film Austin Powers. Napster: the day the music was set free 2013-02-24T00:05:22Z Inge doesn’t have the reputation of his contemporary Tennessee Williams, perhaps because he lacked Williams’s incantatory flamboyance, which encouraged myriad staging possibilities, audience devotion and a thousand campy spoofs. Review: Pathos Times Two: A Double Dose of Inge, in Close Quarters 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But if you want to see people's eyes light up with nostalgic joy, you can't beat the campy American classic made of just two ingredients — and they are quite specific. The best appetizer recipes to fuel a night of binge-watching TV, according to the Salon Food team 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z All these moments compensate for the softer corners this season manifested in the usual physical farce and misdirects, and the questionable choice to make Andrea Martin's Joy as campily vivacious as she comes across. "Only Murders in the Building" is the more the merrier this season 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z There was nothing campy or effeminate about Bob Mould. Books of The Times: H?sker D? From the Inside, in a Memoir 2011-06-14T16:10:39Z For those who crave that sort of cushioning, Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 in E minor — campy and obvious like a busty redhead — offered a satisfying close to the evening. Review: At the symphony ? Leila Josefowicz, 'Mother Goose' and some pixie dust 2011-04-08T22:03:05Z Baby Jane, of course, grows up into Bette Davis in Robert Aldrich's classic slice of American grotesque, which started a trend for casting ageing actresses in campy gothic horror movies. Only God Forgives: Kristin Scott Thomas and other big-screen Barbies from hell 2013-05-30T17:00:01Z “A campy, over-the-top, overtly sexual image can be part of a visual fantasyland,” Ms. Arnold said. It’s Always Fishnets Season Somewhere 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Other images capture moments from campy costume parties and theatrical performances. Cherry Grove, Where Gay New Yorkers Became ‘Their Real Selves’ 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Paul Revere, a keyboard player who formed a campy rock ‘n’ roll band that capitalized on his name, wore Revolutionary War-era costumes and cranked out a string of grungy hits in the mid-1960s, has died. Founder of Paul Revere and the Raiders dies 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Aping the grainy image of late-night infomercials and cable-access television, the campy “Awesome Show” aesthetic, particularly its meticulously punchy sound effects, has lodged in the brains of a generation of comics. Tim and Eric Figure Out How to Do the Wrong Thing, Perfectly 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z At 7 or so, she saw “The Carol Burnett Show” and became enamored — not with Ms. Burnett, but with the campy Ernest Flatt Dancers. For Michelle Ellsworth, Practice Makes … More Practice 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Released by NBC in 1983, "Manimal" was immediately skewered for its cheesy effects and campy vibe — and the fact that the good doctor rarely turned into anything other than a panther or hawk. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to go wild with 'Manimal' movie 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Balanchine adapted “Slaughter” from his 1936 Broadway musical “On Your Toes,” with music by Richard Rodgers — lots of cymbals — and it’s little more than a lively romp of intentionally campy Broadway tropes. Review | This ballerina played the role of a stripper, and she owned it 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The sequel to last summer's cheesy social media sensation sets its campy sights in New York City, where once again a freakish storm sends thousands of munching sharks airborne. 'Sharknado 2' stars Ian Ziering, Tara Reid don't want the camp to stop 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z She has a horrific abortion in a sequence that is meant to be shocking but comes off as a campy nightmare. "Blonde": Marilyn Monroe and viewers deserve better than this unsubtle mess of sex and suffering 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The song, a campy, misogynistic tale of a sexual liaison interrupted by a livid father, still resonates with fans today, as does its accompanying video featuring a scantily clad model. Jani Lane, Heavy-Metal Lead Singer, Dies at 47 2011-08-13T02:15:21Z “Things are campy,” Sontag wrote, “not when they become old — but when we become less involved in them, and can enjoy, instead of be frustrated by, the failure of the attempt.” Notes on cocktail camp: From tiki to the boozy juice box, a celebration of the unstuffy drink 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Naturally, this new version will “have a darker and less campy feel” than the Vietnam War-era original. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z These shows are far more campy, because they aren’t trying to be awful and our giddiness at consuming them is tinged with frustration that the whole thing isn’t better. Under the Dome: television's latest great hate-watch 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Surrealistic, campy and ferociously expressionist, Mr. Lamar’s multimedia work is a heady blend of music, performance, film and political allegory that grapples with the legacy of slavery in America. M. Lamar: ‘Negrogothic, a Manifesto, the Aesthetics of M. Lamar’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z "Sleepy Hollow" had heads spinning with the campy twists and turns of its first season. 'Sleepy Hollow': Seven things to expect from Season 2 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z But Perez is a flimsy leading man, and the film around him — a modest production that doesn’t exactly hide its budgetary shortcomings — is at best a borderline campy B-movie with bursts of bloody action. ‘La Soga Salvation’ Review: A Very Inferior Set of Thrills 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z But there are darker currents sweeping under, and occasionally subsuming, the campy surfaces in which Little Lord traffics. Review: ‘Bambi______/Kaffeehaus’ Mixes Up an Absurdist Linguistic Orgy 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Her anger is so campy and unmodulated at first that the eventual blossoming of her sensitivity seems to come out of nowhere. | 'Dirty Girl': ?Dirty Girl,? Starring Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier - Review 2011-10-06T21:14:14Z It is the most surreal, wild, campy thing. The Return of the Cannes Film Festival 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z “Leto Legend” isn’t campy and avoids being pretentious; it’s nicely balanced by LePine’s wry humor, and it wraps up with a satisfying rush. ‘Leto Legend,’ saving the day for a woman trying to have it all 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “Landscape With Invisible Hand” mashes up the teen romantic comedy and alien-invasion horror genres to campy, mixed results. ‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’ Review: Hit Subscribe, Alien Overlords 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The director is either denying the strength of his material or trying to defuse it by pretending it’s all part of a campy in-joke.” Roger Ebert: His Dissenting Opinions 2013-04-05T00:06:17Z The Anderson Aesthetic collection by MuralsWallpaper is campy, meticulously designed wallpapers that are inspired by the set designs of his movies. Wes Anderson gets a wallpaper collection – let the over-decorating begin! 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z And entertainments were delivered with an unmistakably sincere and warm embrace, somehow managing to be old-fashioned without seeming campy. ‘Echoes of the Borscht Belt,’ Photos at Yeshiva University 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Ray and his cast fling themselves wholeheartedly into the spirit and tone of “The Last Tycoon,” but the material shows its age — melodramatic and sometimes downright campy. Perspective | Summer TV 2017: ‘Snowfall,’ ‘Prime Suspect’ are a good place to start 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z It was all tongue in cheek and campy good fun. Roguish outlaw Adam Ant to rock Seattle’s Neptune Theatre 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Not anything so deliciously campy and sincerely silly. Who’s Your Wingman Now? Pushing the Envelope With ‘Top Gun’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z There are several attractions within the 135 acres of South of the Border, but the aforementioned Motor Inn was our entry point to this campy destination. This S.C. roadside attraction is garish, tacky and un-PC — but I stopped anyway 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The detailed, immersive, delightfully kitschy environments she creates for these personas — like campy stage sets from a Waters movie — confound expectations and clichés. An Artist Stands Before Her Fun House Mirror 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z He turned around, and we just did something campy.” ‘Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album,’ at the Gagosian Gallery 2013-05-02T21:29:45Z Visually, the production is a perverse wonderland, at once austere and flamboyant, campy and menacing. 'An Invasion of Decency!': A wild pop-up performance in search of meaning 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In 1969, Ms. Curtis cast her as one of the Moon Reindeer Girls in her campy musical “Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit.” Holly Woodlawn, Transgender Star of 1970s Underground Films, Dies at 69 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, they saw an intentionally subversive, campy film and called it a failure. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z For them, Clark’s scripted revenge fantasy is just campy enough to hit the spot. Smart Watch: "Billions" makes organized crime on Wall Street and in politics fun to watch 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z All the same, this genteel shocker earns its place in Hammer’s campy canon of superior B-movie schlock. ‘The Quiet Ones’: Horror flick is more creaky than creepy 2014-04-24T22:08:21Z There was nothing campy or insincere about the pleasures of old Los Angeles. The Old-School Reasons to Love Los Angeles Restaurants 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z That shine is missing in “Zombie Prom,” another campy 1990s off-Broadway musical getting its area premiere. ‘Ruthless!’ sings but ‘Zombie Prom’ is D.O.A. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Along the way, it made campy spectacle into a mainstream vehicle for telling personal truths, and fashioned drag queens into, as my colleague Shane O’Neill has put it, the cultural avatars of being yourself. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Another cult favorite, the campy 1984 flick "Night of the Comet," imagines one as an arena for predatory adolescent debauchery. "What is desire?": "The Last of Us" director on the apocalyptic wonder of a trip to the mall 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z A Chicago, by the way, that the campy Burkhardt clearly didn't know very well. 'Hair' stays true to form at Oriental 2011-03-10T17:45:10Z It’s only a step to George Hamilton’s campy cult film, “Zorro, the Gay Blade.” Review | Johnston McCulley dreamed up Zorro 100 years ago. The masked avenger is still a thrill. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Among her recruits is an almost unrecognizable Tom Hollander, who plays each plot-stalling scene as a campy exercise. 'Hanna': A feral teen with secret-agent tendencies 2011-04-07T20:47:19Z The stereotype of a campy effeminate gay man "made me hate the fact that I was gay," he writes. Bob Mould's See a Little Light: From Angry Young Man to Wise Elder Statesman of Rock 2011-06-29T09:30:00Z “From the first shot ... to the last, ‘Cats’ hurts the eyes and, yes, the ears, as nearly all the musical numbers ... have been twisted into campy, awards-grubbing cameos for big-name stars in bad-CG cat drag.” Lots of fur, few purrs as critics claw 'Cats' musical film 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z These are not dating clubs and meet-up groups or campy networking seminars. The IRL Social Clubs 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z On “Every Time the Sun Comes Up,” she cunningly adopts the straightforwardly cheery tone of a folk singer, then sabotages it with a blackly humorous video, as a campy vampire adds, “I’m in trouble.” Sharon Van Etten's expansive vocal talent sings from the darkness 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z "B&B" takes the square-jawed, campy Batman of the 1960s and teams him up with other DC characters, which was the format of "The Brave and The Bold" comic book from 1966 to 1983. Comics: 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' offers more than nostalgia 2011-04-12T18:56:05Z Since its public opening in 1990, night owls have gravitated toward the campy attraction long after last call at the bar. Elvis fan creates 'Graceland Too' shrine in Mississippi home 2011-07-19T23:00:46Z Eurovision, the largest music contest in the world, is a campy trifle to some, but it celebrates Europe’s cultural diversity and is a reflection of the times we live in. Eurovision, Celebrating the Sounds of a Postpandemic Continent 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Gay men frequented places like Orphan Andy’s, a campy diner from the same decade that’s still in business in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco. Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “Star Wars” is shallow and silly and campy and fun, and a dozen other synonyms that suggest we shouldn’t think about it too hard. The “Star Wars” fandom menace: The glaring emotional blind spots that power “The Force Awakens” 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z As a result, Simon made a spiteful "vow" never to have children quite literally over his father's deathbed, in a very dramatic, fairly campy flashback scene. 5 ways to fix "Bridgerton" next season to transform this guilty pleasure into guilt-free escapism 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z I will not be watching the show: it's alarmist, campy and stupid. Did You Watch ‘Stranger Things’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Indeed, for all its campy excess, Corman’s film ends with the Poe story’s grim epitaph: “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” Campy Horror in Living Color 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “It’s essentially glorified panto,” wrote Dominic Cavendish wrote in The Daily Telegraph, referring to the campy British theater spectacles that popular around Christmastime. ‘& Juliet,’ a Jukebox Musical, Leads Olivier Award Nominations 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Ryan Murphy’s campy plastic surgery-centric series “Nip/Tuck” was perfectly good, but the fact that it beat out Golden Age of TV powerhouses “Deadwood,” “The Sopranos,” “24” and “Lost” certainly hasn’t aged well. Perspective | The 10 most baffling Golden Globe wins and nominations of the millennium. (Remember ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’?) 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z I wrote it with a slightly campy voice — very Southern Gothic. Makers of gay-conversion film say they don’t want to ‘throw God under the bus’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Of course, those elements were meant to be campy. My Unexpected Love Affair With ‘Notre Dame de Paris’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z One problem with this strategy is that what made Lecter such an unforgettable creation was that he was already flamboyant, even a bit campy. | 'Silence! The Musical': ?Silence! The Musical? at P.S. 122 - Review 2011-11-23T22:31:43Z With the exception of last week’s campy Ultimate Fighting Championship-style brawl in the zombie pit, the action has provided a nice counterbalance to emotional subplots of death and loss. The Walking Dead Watch: Collision Course 2012-11-19T15:40:17Z Day, a friend and bandmate of Prince’s from the early days, still looks good, and still moved smoothly through the campy, egomaniacal shtick that has served him well for decades. Let’s Not Go Crazy: The Grammys Missed an Essential Part of Prince 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z There is nothing playful or campy in his villainy. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z There are big cars, with big engines, there are small cars with campy packaging and there are sports cars meant to contend with Germany luxury. Five Great American Cars 2011-10-20T19:11:24Z Pino Donaggio’s vivid, sensuous, perversely jaunty musical score emphasizes the almost campy artifice of the drama, which is played out by actors who rarely seem to believe what they are saying. Movie Review: Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’ Stars Rachel McAdams 2013-08-29T22:04:14Z But that's not the fun, campy movie that it takes its name from. "Fright Night" reboot gets sexy "Twilight" trailer 2011-05-18T14:19:00Z She may wear toned-down versions of this look to school and in daily life, but its fully realized, campy extreme can only be found when she broadcasts on social media, usually from her bedroom. TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z By the time it finally shut down in 1991, “Dallas” was almost willfully a joke, but it wasn’t so campy at first, and it was certainly addictive. Television Review: ‘Dallas’ Is Updated in New TNT Series 2012-06-12T22:27:52Z It was amazing, yet also absurd; strangely captivating, yet also campy and ridiculous. What a Hologram of Maria Callas Can Teach Us About Opera 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z It would be difficult to imagine a much more vivid way to launch the "Cabaret With a View" series than with Petri's somewhat campy homage to Marlene Dietrich, "Celebrate the Holidays with Marlene." Suzanne Petri conjures Marlene Dietrich at Millennium Park 2010-12-21T15:48:00Z She's long been willing to play deeply flawed and even cruel characters, but here she gets downright campy at times. Review: `Snow White' a gorgeous take on fairy tale 2012-05-30T19:46:42Z The movie is a wildly campy, action-packed end to what has been a stultifying though undeniably beloved series; I have resisted each installment but had a shrieking good time at this one. It Was the Best of the Worst of Times: Breaking Dawn-Part 2 2012-11-15T21:09:35Z It certainly inspired their biggest hit as performers, the campy, sweet 1980s hit "Solid." The death of two pop powerhouses 2011-08-23T15:45:00Z Its thread of campy humor embraces the Barbra Streisand-Donna Summer duet, “Enough Is Enough,” played for laughs, and ends with the famous Streisand-Judy Garland duet of “Get Happy” and “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Music Review: Callaways Revive Their ‘Sibling Revelry’ at 54 Below 2013-08-29T22:29:25Z It's truly terrible stuff — and not in a wink-wink, campy way like it is in the "Command & Conquer"series. Game On: 'Killzone 3' frenetic fun 2011-02-23T23:51:46Z The young actor, who also has a starring role in Stölzl’s acclaimed recent production of Matthew Lopez’s “The Inheritance,” gives a performance that is both campy and affecting. Review: In a New Yasmina Reza Play, a Superfan Becomes Celine Dion 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The original Star Trek series is often derided for its 1960s campy silliness and for effects that barely held up to scrutiny even then, but it was incredibly progressive in matters of race and gender. Star Trek v Star Wars: Star Trek v Star Wars: fans weigh in on the timeless debate 2013-05-17T13:50:00Z Medieval Times has a campy cachet among the young, and the rich and famous. Medieval Times Goes Modern, Replacing Its Kings With Queens 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s a campy snapshot of the creative process, and a tribute to a long, entertaining friendship. A Cabaret Appearance for a Dance Duo at Joe’s Pub 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z A carnivalesque, campy mood reigns in his productions — the grinning, tuxedoed choristers of “Hoffmann” dance up a steep staircase with synchronized steps à la Busby Berkeley — but there’s rigor at their cores. Review: ‘Turandot’ and ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann,’ Spectacle and Substance at Bregenz Festival 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Well cast and written and staged with a campy sense of humor, the series follows three fearless young entrepreneurs as they roam a distant planetary system rounding up miscreants of various kinds for pay. Review: ‘Killjoys’ on Syfy Has Bounty Hunters on Space’s Frontier 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Whether they’re campy or cold sober, here’s a look at how other projects are rethinking, and have rethought, the real Ms. Harding. Tonya Harding, Tragic Muse? More Works Explore a Skating Scandal 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Whatever the case, Douglas’s travel books about Southern Italy — “Siren Land” and “Old Calabria” are masterpieces, as is his mildly campy, comic novel “South Wind,” which opens, “The bishop was feeling rather sea-sick.” Perspective | An afternoon inside a bookstore was as glorious as ever. Here’s what I bought. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z In the Devil's Double, as Uday, he's campily histrionic in a set of false teeth, vaguely reminiscent of Derek Jacobi in I, Claudius, and compelling to watch. The devil inside 2011-08-06T23:04:04Z Everyone else interested may want to go with the campy flow, like a colleague who snorted of the invaders, “What, did they paddle over in canoes?” Movie Review: ‘Red Dawn’ Remake Trades Soviets for North Koreans 2012-11-21T00:08:48Z From the mid-1950s through the '60s, British production company Hammer churned out campy, gothic, low-budget pictures and TV shows featuring plenty of gore and heaving bosoms. Is Hammer Films Back from the Dead? 2010-12-09T09:00:00Z The plot rambles, the sharp edge of Atwood’s satire dulls, and we’re left with campy characters gyrating away chapter after chapter. Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’: A satire of unbridled capitalism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Depending on which critic or fan you ask, Fox TV’s “Empire” is somewhere between Shakespeare’s drama “King Lear” and Norman Lear’s campy “Good Times.” A real-life Lucious Lyon: The former slave who built a Beale Street “Empire” and transformed Memphis 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z In the dim, campy and retro-chic hotel or bar you collect to streamline; on the bright, always-on Web you streamline to collect. At the new Clifton's cafeteria, over-the-top nostalgia is amplified and digitized 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Lizzo’s real-time virtuosity and full-time exuberance are welcome correctives, along with her willingness to reclaim funk, soul and gospel, to fill her recordings with live-sounding instruments and to balance self-aggrandizement with campy amusement. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The dance numbers hum with campy energy, and the quieter moments have a sly, relaxed humor. Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL,’ Fleshing Out a Sequel With Heart as Well as Pecs and Abs 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “The music was incredible. Visually, it was stunning and rich. It was campy, it was pushing the boundaries. Liza made me want to perform.” Joan Jett’s Raw, Inclusive Rock and Roll 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Set in the Hamptons and very loosely based on “The Count of Monte Cristo,” this nighttime soap mixed the campy melodrama of “Dynasty” with the chic knowingness of “Gossip Girl.” 2011 TV: ?Homeland,? ?Parks and Recreation,? ?The Hour? 2011-12-17T18:10:32Z If you haven’t heard of Ms. Lewis, who is appearing at 54 Below in an uproariously campy and profane one-woman show, “Black Don’t Crack,” you’re not alone. Music Review: Jenifer Lewis Performing at 54 Below 2012-07-27T21:43:36Z On that series, Dr. Smith, as played by Jonathan Harris, was a conniving and campy foil who bickered with the family’s robot and spouted alliterative insults. With ‘Lost in Space,’ Parker Posey Finds an Unlikely Home in Serial TV 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z I am, in addition to being a professional soldier in a combat zone, an aficionado of the campy show-tune-filled television musical program "Glee." Confessions of an Army "Gleek" 2011-05-10T19:40:00Z This all-male team is led by Jonathan Hyde, who takes the lion's share of the role of Aunt Augusta, and does so with campy swagger. Travels with My Aunt – review 2013-05-09T17:05:43Z The performances were fearless, campy and openly sexual. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The films contain inspired, theatre-of-the-absurd moments such as the climactic scene in Blazing Saddles in which a raucous, Wild West fistfight erupts on to a sound stage where a campy musical is being filmed. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Compared with her 2018 biography, Daniels said, “It’s a little bit more campy.” Film star and Trump accuser Stormy Daniels returns as comic book hero 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z He reached runner-up last year, with campy, full-tilt performances and a voice with the melodrama and falsetto extension of Freddie Mercury of Queen. Music Review: Adam Lambert?s Message at the Nokia Theater 2010-06-23T22:04:00Z Almost, but not really, because Jeremy Irons plays the ruthless head of the Borgia clan with almost campy relish. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z I wasn’t looking for much — just a campy playground where Ben Affleck could show off his meta masculinity and his enormous back tattoo. When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z And of course, one didn’t realize when one was six or seven years old how campy it was. Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman on the Secrets and Surprises of Dark Knight 2012-07-20T12:00:22Z Actor Terence Bridgett, the campy mayor who sashays around a hair salon, is of mixed heritage. South African musical creates a 1950s fantasy 2013-01-11T13:01:05Z Wholly embracing Garland’s freneticism at its rawest might have registered as excessive or campy, but it would have deepened the portrait. ‘Judy’ Review: The Singer (Disaster, Legend) at Rainbow’s End 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Harris, the one heavyweight on board, invests a campy level of malice to his role, but he’s no more than a caricature. This Man on a Ledge Is Pretty Wobbly 2012-01-26T13:30:38Z It has a campy, thriller appeal that it shares with another forlorn summer show, “Hannibal,” which got the ax from NBC a few weeks ago. “Penny Dreadful” finishes strong: This sophisticated, evocative Victorian thriller appeals to fantasy and history fans alike 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z It’s “The Hard Nut,” a campy and poetic homage to “The Nutcracker” with a slightly different storyline, created by Mark Morris in 1991. What the Rockettes and ‘The Hard Nut’ teach us about the meaning of life 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z There is a particular go-for-the-jugular zeal among girls that lends itself to campy horror. ‘Horse Girls,’ a Black Comedy at the Cell 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z This was a comedy, so remaking it with women is at least a funny, slightly campy idea. Make “Ghostbusters” great again? Reboot culture, male rage and the pathology of nostalgia 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z If anything, this innovation reduces the campy histrionics of having the same actor engage in a singing duel to the death with himself. Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:54Z Using power tools, work benches and Tatum's best instrument — his sense of humor about his own sculpted image — the moment strikes just the right campy vibe. 'Magic Mike XXL': Abs and raunch aplenty amid the skimpiest of plots 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Serious is also the word for Haley — unlike Englund, who devolved in the five or six sequels into a campy lounge act. A Nightmare on Elm Street Review: Freddy's Not Dead Yet 2010-04-29T23:55:00Z In one series, he attaches fringe skirts and colored beads to Everlast punching bags, lending them an almost human shape and undermining the male energy of the boxing gear with campy flair. MacArthur ‘genius’ grants launch winners from obscurity: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z They have these strange scenes of violence, poorly done but so charming and campy, and all conveyed with such sincerity. My obsession with Andy Milligan's cult horror movies 2012-06-14T19:00:05Z It’s not for everyone: the women channel the peppy optimism and over-the-top, campy tone that has become de rigueur for teen-focused YouTube channels, and can be jarring for older viewers. ‘If you’re going to watch porn, know it’s not real’: meet Britain's sex-positive influencers 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Vermuth, 36, a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, is a makeup and hair artist, event producer, and a “campy slash goth” style burlesque performer. A Blue Moon Wedding for Two Goth Romantics 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z A video played campy scenes from the old films that always ran through Cox’s mind and frequently spilled from his lips. Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z I've never been a 3D-fan, but here -- with vampire talons and fangs that leap out at the audience, exploding fireballs and whizzing arrows -- it makes campy sense. "Fright Night:" Farrell's mesmerizing in campy remake 2011-08-18T20:45:00Z The campy video envisions a society in which transgender people have more control over their bodies. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z This show goes almost baroque with the darkness, heaping on more and more until its almost campy but really just eye-rollingly overdone. Amazon's new pilots: Sevigny shines in standout show The Cosmopolitans 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z As she wrote the short story and the pilot based on it, she sought to “capture that campy, angsty fun, but for a new generation.” In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Scratch that: Fault Universal for settling on a script that emphasized action over characters and campy fun. ‘The Mummy’ Stays Asleep at the Box Office 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z His theatrical contribution sustains the campy fun but mixes in self-hatred, violence and despair. 'Bootycandy' adorns itself with flamboyance, ribaldry, hilarity and unsettling poignancy 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The campy television show featured six teenage high school students in color-coded costumes who transformed into superheroes to defend Earth against evil aliens. Jason David Frank, Who Starred in ‘Power Rangers’ Franchise, Dies at 49 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Arriving just as the campy “Batman” was making a stir on TV, the original production spoofed the hero’s earnestness to the point of making him a dullard. Superman Musical Revived in Dallas 2010-07-02T08:18:00Z All of which brings us, inevitably, to “Sharknado,” a purposefully campy TV movie on Syfy about a tornado that is full of sharks. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z Farrell also said the new one sets aside a lot of the campy humor of Schwarzenegger's movie. Comic-Con: Farrell goes to remake mode in 'Recall' 2012-07-14T00:42:08Z So I need to think about what direction I need to take her in — maybe working on longer erotic novels, maybe maturing her a little from her sleazy, campy Bigfoot days. Bigfoot, sexy? Erotica author explains 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z Other characters in the series are also presented as tropes that don’t get complicated in ways that are particularly interesting, and yet aren’t campy enough to get played off as simply absurd. Insatiable: how offensive is Netflix's controversial new comedy? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Capped with a fez, speaking some sort of French patois, Mitchell brings his own campy aura to the movie, including the portentous punchline: “Choice is a Western concept.” ‘Force of Circumstance’: Casablanca in the East Village 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The campy 1960s TV series rendered him into a milk-drinking do-gooder, in keeping with attitudes about violence and ethics in children’s television of the time. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It’s bad, the sort of bad that knows what it is — campy rather than camp. ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ Review: Holiday Winks 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The final episode was less campy, but no less topical. TV Watch: Final ?Criminal Intent? Goes Back Inside a Tormented Mind 2011-06-27T15:05:08Z Last year, there was backlash to James Corden’s campy performance in another Ryan Murphy production, “The Prom,” with some condemning it as homophobic. Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z As for the rest of the show, some critics found campy fun where others saw just another uninspired jukebox musical. 'The Bodyguard' stage musical opens in London 2012-12-06T13:21:10Z “Myra Breckenridge,” Mr. Vidal’s own favorite among his books, was a campy black comedy about a male homosexual who has sexual reassignment surgery and turns into a woman. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z How do you respond to women who think campy drag caricatures put down women? Jerick Hoffer flips his wig for ‘Hairspray’ at 5th Avenue 2013-06-19T19:14:18Z The plotting is not insane enough, the acting not bad enough, or the production value too awful for it to actually be campy. Mother May I Sleep with Danger?: James Franco's lesbian vampire flick lacks bite 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z When Mr. Murphy first proposed the revival, Mr. Mantello worried that the play, bristling with gay self-loathing and mutual annihilation, was too campy and dated. Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z He has also, however, made works in which he seems to trivialize musicality, devising dance effects whose timing and structure seem smart-aleck, pedantic, campy. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “Sea of Glass” fits that categorization, faintly calling to mind Saki’s ironic short stories, Ivy Compton-Burnett’s campy tragi-comedies and the early satirical fiction of Evelyn Waugh. ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z She defied them both when she married the uppity, somewhat campy Osborne, and she defied him when, exhausted by his insecure goading furies, she left him. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z “Warcraft” by contrast weighs in as a Hobbesian war of all against all, though it does allow for a little romance and campy winks. Review: In ‘Warcraft,’ Orcs of a Different Domain, Fighting With Heart 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “I like to think of country today as more modern, not campy. I lean toward mixing a little preppy with a little bohemian.” Pick your picnic style for a relaxing, Instagram-worthy summer afternoon 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z A sad tale, this, despite the campy comments: when Hawtrey died, of complications from his alcohol abuse, he was not loved. Jeremy Vine; Drive; Charles Hawtrey: That Funny Fella With the Glasses; When the Dog Dies; Today 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z We want our horror either campy or spooky, but for far too many pages, “Devolution” plods along a dull middle ground, not so much building suspense as venting it. Review | A great Bigfoot novel may be lurking out there. Max Brooks’s ‘Devolution’ isn’t it. 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Amid vintage T-birds, soda fountains and cheesy special effects, “Ghastly Love” tries to work the same campy vibe as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” but learns how hard that is to pull off. Movie Review: ‘The Ghastly Love of Johnny X,’ Starring Will Keenan 2013-04-26T15:44:50Z The trailer looks a bit “Evil Dead” meets lunchbox band movie with campy gore and magnificently cheesy one-liners. Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters horror movie ‘Studio 666,’ emotional weight of Seattle returns 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But at the time, he was away from New York City for a stretch and writing “really campy” letters to a friend there; “Andrew is a master of the art of a letter,” Schwalbe said. Andrew Holleran’s Work Has Traced the Arc of Life. Now, He Takes on Death. 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z “Vicious,” which begins on Sunday night, has received criticism in Britain for trading in campy gay stereotypes, and it would be hard to argue that it doesn’t. ‘Vicious’ Stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z In campy fashion, “Sharknado 2” moved the action from Los Angeles to New York City, which was besieged by its own fearsome storm of rain and falling sharks. ‘Sharknado 2’ whipped up storm of viewers, tweets 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The latest chapter in the campy anthology series, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk of “Glee,” will premiere in October. Lady Gaga Will Star in 'American Horror Story' 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Not that this “Macbeth” inspires hoots like the unwittingly campy “White Queen.” Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z So some of the knife-twisting later scenes in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" feel almost campy, like winks at the audience or studious self-referentiality. "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark": Voices in the basement 2011-08-24T20:25:00Z Breadline's are decorated with old rationing signs that seem campy to modern politicos. D.C. Dining on a Dime 2010-02-17T21:30:00Z Amid the campy drama and flashy musical numbers, "Empire" tackles rarely explored terrain such as homophobia, mental illness and race. 'Empire' aims to climb music charts as well as TV rankings 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It might reasonably be seen as a flourishy blip, campy ephemera or an uncommonly excellent case in pop’s mimicry of the mood of an exceptionally twisty epoch. Almost anarchy: The Style Council and the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z To set the mood they’re playing campy, ghoulish music videos for such songs as “Werewolves of London” and “Thriller.” Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The movie's colorful style will recall the campy aesthetic of the 1960s live-action "Batman" TV series starring West and Ward. West, Ward reprising Batman roles in animated movie 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z "The Interview," observers note, lacks the stylistic character of many cult movies — far from bizarre or campy, its jokes are largely of the mainstream studio variety. Sony's 'The Interview' on strange ground, but is it in cult-film zone? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Still, while Heigl makes for a passable devious blonde, at times her ice queen delivery, instead of being campy, merely makes her seem like a wooden performer. Where have all the erotic thrillers gone? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Dozens of countries across Europe compete in the annual Eurovision competition, a campy, labyrinthine and politically charged contest to crown the best pop song in Europe. 10 Nations Move On to Eurovision Final 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The film also lacks irony that might have made it campy fun. J.Lo takes charge in Netflix's gruesome action-thriller "The Mother" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It's partly because of the tone of the show, everyone infected by the musical's campy exuberance, and it's partly just actors being actors. Wouldn't it be loverly? Behind the scenes at My Fair Lady in Sheffield 2013-01-13T00:05:36Z Alice is now the host of a campy feminist talk show and is struggling to perform the role of stepmother to her girlfriend’s children. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In Britain, a fun holiday tradition is the “panto” — campy fairy-tale plays with outrageous costumes, sets, dance numbers and audience participation. Vacation like a local by embracing Europe in the offseason 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z They include "Missing," where Ashley Judd stars as a woman trying to hunt for a son who disappeared while studying in Europe; the supernatural series "The River"; and the Dallas-based campy drama "Good Christian Belles." ABC starting new comedy night 2011-05-17T18:46:05Z It’s campy, pulpy garbage and it’s also bloody brilliant. Review: Look what we made Taylor Swift do 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z There is, occasionally, an overarchness or cuteness to this romp, especially in “Assisted Living,” which includes rough-and-tumble physicality, campy excerpts from songs and pointed ruminations on history and government. Dance Review: A Troupe Is an Extension of an Artist?s Lively Brain 2011-03-17T22:50:47Z Also, it’s campy and funny and I didn’t take it too seriously. Actually, Bigfoot, sexy? Erotica author explains 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z With 122 episodes that run 90 to 100 minutes long, this series is perfect for a campy murder mystery binge, especially with Halloween right around the corner. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Midsomer Murders’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The imaginatively staged piece, he writes, is “at once austere and flamboyant, campy and menacing,” but “the febrile design team sets up a theatrical promise that is never fulfilled.” Essential Arts & Culture: A wondrous Hedwig, Renaissance music remade, Boyle Heights gallery crimes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s a lot for a child character, but the young Mr. Totah is superb: His comic energy is astoundingly well calibrated, and he allows just enough genuine humanity to show through Michael’s haughty, campy fieriness. Review: Mindy Kaling’s ‘Champions’ Is Off to a Winning Start 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z They and co-stars Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, two of Nolan's "Inception" colleagues, deliver superb performances in a genre whose characters often act more than a little campy. And the Oscar goes to ... Batman? Could happen 2012-07-11T16:58:11Z Notable tracks from her debut album, released last year, include the hooky, gospel-tinted single “River” and “Wild Horses,” a campy track that takes cues from dubstep. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z With 68 episodes over three seasons, the stories range from the grotesque to bizarre and campy – basically anything to suit your mood, and if you're not interested, you can easily skip to the next one. From "Los Espookys" to "Paper Girls," here are 8 spooky streaming shows you may have missed 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z He devoured “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games” and Charlaine Harris’s campy vampire mystery series, he said. Robert Gottlieb: Avid Reader, Reluctant Writer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Throwing a wrench into Lewis’s career plans “livens up the mysteries, which are as hard to follow and as campily gothic as ever,” Mike Hale wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Inspector Lewis’ and Simone Biles at the Rio Olympics 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Critics compared the movie to the works of “Dressed to Kill” director Brian De Palma, with Hollywood Reporter calling it a “deliciously campy slasher flick”. Vanessa Paradis revels in gay porn director role in Cannes slasher 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z A musical comedy set in a fairytale medieval kingdom, Galavant is a bawdy, silly musical romp that manages to be wryly self-knowing and shamelessly campy the same time. “Galavant” star Mallory Jansen: “Ricky Gervais took one look at the script and was like, alright, I got this” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z In a New Yorker interview, he essentially forbade anyone to call the show “campy,” challenging viewers to look past a lot of fabulosity and see something deeper instead. Review | ‘Pose’ returns, upgrading its ‘realness’ without sacrificing its glimmer or grit 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Along the way there’s a meet-cute and a lot of campy gags about the peculiarities of life in modern China, including karaoke parties, social misunderstandings relating to stinky tofu and copious amounts of public expectoration. Theater Review: ‘Rent a White Guy,’ a Musical at the Secret Theater 2012-09-25T22:45:32Z The play employed the campy tools of vaudeville to explore “the relationship between revolution, violence and art,” Allen says. After 15 years, a forest, a pig and a giant tongue, Echo Park alternative arts space Machine Project is closing its doors 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z This closing scene, however, was the epitome of the campy fakery that characterized all of “Ritual.” Dance Review: Mark Dendy’s ‘Ritual Cyclical,’ Ensembles Worshiping 2013-07-25T19:47:21Z This is no campy country retread of A Star Is Born, but rather the subtle and involving tale of two professional and successful women. Nashville: at last, a drama whose female leads feel grownup and real 2013-02-18T18:22:48Z No longer must celebrities of yore resort to appearing on campy reality shows to remind the public they exist. Careers of Former Stars Renewed by Social Media 2012-12-26T21:36:33Z “I think it has to be a song that is somewhat campy and ironic, but also so earnest and pure,” he said, calling it a perfect Britney song. The ultimate Britney Spears karaoke power rankings 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Inevitably, this mentality led prayer chatter to fuse with the unintentionally campy cheerleading from Jordan supporters. Jim Jordan: MAGA's version of Jesus 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Don West, in the campy, popular 1960s science fiction series “Lost in Space,” died of pulmonary fibrosis on Tuesday, at a hospice center in Hingham, Mass., his wife, Evelyn Pezzluich, announced on Facebook. Mark Goddard, star of 1960s sci-fi series 'Lost in Space,' dies at 87 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z “It’s offensive and it’s gross, but it’s also campy and bombastic and absurd,” he said. A24 musical 'Dicks' calls God a gay slur. And its makers are ready to be hated for it 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z I’m very attracted to kitsch and campy things. Sustainability is the standard, not a niche thing for Leeann Huang 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z His name appeared only once in Batman history, as co-writer of “The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes,” an episode of the campy 1966 “Batman” TV series. Column: An author tells schoolchildren the real origin story of Batman and is silenced for using the word 'gay' 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Armed with hand-made masks and a campy, DIY aesthetic, My Barbarian’s performances engage audiences through musically driven theatrical works that offer sharp political and artistic critiques. You can see the stars at Mt. Wilson Observatory — and a celestial sci-fi opera 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The closet space was lined with colorful, campy costumes. Colleen Ballinger denies claims of 'grooming' minors — by singing a song 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The influence of Perry appears again on the campy “Coconuts,” a summery ode to her chest. Music Review: Kim Petras makes flirty Eurodance-pop in major-label debut 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s set in the campy and seedy underbelly of Hollywood, and it’s riveting. Riley Keough, Emily Blunt, Kathryn Hahn and more reveal their particular set of skills 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “For some strange reason, it felt campy and part of the bit.” Nothing to see here? Crowds flocking to Horses restaurant despite divorce drama 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Pangina Heals will be performing on the main stage at DragCon this year, and walking the Pink Carpet in a campy yellow look that she promises will surprise fans. DragCon returns to L.A. in celebration as queens fight to keep their culture 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Millions of viewers in Europe and beyond will watch the campy celebration of pop music. A New Round of Middle East Fighting 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z This weekend, millions of viewers in Europe and beyond will be glued to the Eurovision Song Contest, a glitzy, campy celebration of pop music. Your Friday Briefing 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Even late night host Jimmy Fallon dropped a lyric that “Missouri got served by some old Princeton nerds, now you’re busted” in a campy song about the spate of extreme upsets. Princeton Tigers add to their March Madness lore 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Welch’s breakthrough came in 1966’s campy prehistoric flick “One Million Years B.C.,” despite having a grand total of three lines. Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch dies at 82 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z She got compared to a Stephen King monster, a gangster's wife in a mob movie, and, of course, a campy Disney villain: Why do so many Republicans now dress like cartoon supervillains? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The company’s multimedia collages, often blending canonical treasures with campy bric-a-brac, have worked to undo entrenched assumptions of theatrical perception. Review: In Wooster Group's staging of Brecht's 'The Mother,' techno postmodernism turns political 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Sam Smith and Kim Petras won best pop duo/group collaboration for their campy sex melodrama Unholy - which they also performed, with Smith dressed as the devil for good measure. Grammys 2023: Five takeaways from the ceremony 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z In theory this could be entertaining in a campy, so-dumb-it's-fun way; in reality, although the acting is top notch, the rest of "The Core" is too cliché and bloated to be enjoyable. How this laughable sci-fi flick embarrassed Hollywood into doing better science 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The campy and vibrant music video released Friday centers on Ora gearing up for the “big day.” Yes, Rita Ora and director Taika Waititi are married. She's finally singing about it 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s the kind of performance only Goth could pull off, intentionally campy but so fully committed that it tips over the edge into terrifying. Review: Brandon Cronenberg's weird and wonderful 'Infinity Pool' is a unique ride 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “M3GAN” is a horror movie about the shadow side of AI technology, but it’s also campy, even a little ridiculous. How 'M3GAN' turned a 10-year-old David Guetta and Sia hit into spooky killer-robot music 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s not like I sit down and say, “I’m going to write the craziest s— and it’s going to be so campy!” 'It was way gorier': How 'M3GAN' came to life (with a lower body count) 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z A campy romp inspired by 1930s adventure comics, pop music videos and expressionist cinema, it was a hit in Britain and gained an international cult following. ‘Get Carter,’ ‘Flash Gordon’ director Mike Hodges dies at 90 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z His latest, Neon White, is a campy twist on the first-person shooter genre that involves careening across heaven at breakneck speeds to stop a demon invasion. Making ‘indie’ video games gets trickier as industry evolves 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The concert’s solemn notes punctuated a largely joyful event where talented singers belted out Christmas carol medleys, some more campy than others. LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s strictly for kicks — breezy and campy, with some fine voices and even better dancing. Review | Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’ pops with a cheeky supply of snap and crackle 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The show’s obvious scare tactics can get a little campy, but laughter isn’t incompatible with fear. Review: In the Ahmanson's '2:22 - A Ghost Story,' poltergeists are more believable than people 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Still, devotees of Platinum’s brand of campy, high-octane hack-and-slash action won’t be able to resist the siren’s call, especially since this installment promises “a virtual coven of Bayonettas, each more fabulous than the last.” New this week: Scary movies, Lainey Wilson, ‘Call of Duty’ 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z That theatricality did not go unnoticed by reviewers, who were quick to compare Jukebox the Ghost to that other campy pop group. Jukebox the Ghost rediscovers Queen’s magic 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The record, a campy blend of hard rock and Broadway pizzazz, has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the UK, spending 530 weeks in the top 100. Meat Loaf tops chart of biggest-selling debut albums in UK history 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z But they had an undeniable appeal — sharp guitars, shouted choruses, campy wigs — that carried them from underground misfits to Top 10 hits, most memorably the 1989 song “Love Shack.” You’re Being Watched 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z But the B-52’s had an undeniable appeal — sharp guitars, shouted choruses, campy wigs — that transformed them from a cult band to one with multiple Top 10 hits, most memorably the 1989 song “Love Shack.” Your Monday Briefing 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z That song won the campy competition that year and observers have repeatedly chosen it as among the contest’s all-time best entries. Svika Pick, prolific Israeli singer-songwriter, dies at 72 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z I had never seen someone so campy become so powerful. Perspective | How Sinema subverts the radical conventions of queer politics 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z It’s worth noting that Leavel certainly has the ultra-theatrical DNA for Miranda; in the stage version of “The Prom,” she played the campy musical theater star — whom Streep portrayed in the subsequent movie adaptation. Review | New musical version of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ trips on the runway 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Beyond that, “The Little Mermaid” and the beloved, campy Ursula are also a reflection of Disney’s complicated queer canon. How Ursula and 'The Little Mermaid' changed Disney history — in more ways than one 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In making the video, “Silk Chiffon” director Ally Pankiw took inspiration from the campy 1999 rom-com “…But I’m a Cheerleader,” which takes place in a Christian conversion center for gay teens. How queer indie-pop trio Muna made the most of a second chance 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z From the personal, to the artful, to the serious, to the campy — here is the official ranking of our favorites. Say it with your chest. Here are the 19 best Juneteenth T-shirts of the weekend 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Veltkamp shows us the possibilities of transformation through connection, everyday joy and a little bit of campy weirdness. Why these delightful, eccentric quilts at BAM are exactly what we need right now 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine the last few years without the cockeyed corrective of Rainbow’s campy truth-telling. Randy Rainbow reveals the man behind the glitter — and how his father was like Trump 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin quickly became a meme online about “killing chaos,” and it’s become a bit infamous for some campy dialog in a “so bad, it’s good” kind of way. Save up to 40 percent on SteelSeries headsets and mice 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s a little over the top, it’s a little campy, which of course I love, but it’s also extraordinary to have a text written 250 years ago and be so blazing relevant today. With ‘Eden,’ Joyce DiDonato hopes to plant seeds of climate activism 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Take this recent propaganda video from Tucker Carlson and Fox News, an unwittingly campy portrayal of "manhood" as being a matter of throwing tires and drinking raw eggs. Banning math books and attacking libraries: Republicans ramp up their mission to spread ignorance 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z The podcast is hosted by "Warrior Poet Society," which is exactly what you're imagining: An unintentionally campy website rife with forbidden erotic yearning sublimated into gun worship. Madison Cawthorn’s cocaine-and-orgies brouhaha blows up the GOP's QAnon plan 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “People called it campy. Turned out it was just super gay.” 'The Batman' star Zoë Kravitz assembles a team of Catwomen on 'Saturday Night Live' 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Befitting the campy nature of the series, this Riddler alternately donned a jumpsuit and mask and a more dapper suit and bowler hat. 'The Batman' villains, ranked: Who was the best Catwoman, Penguin and Riddler? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z For Halloween that year, the Latin pop star J Balvin gave a campy concert dressed as a green-haired Frankenstein’s monster, backed by dancers in costume as ghosts and zombie Cyclopes. Gaming Giant Behind Fortnite Buys Bandcamp, an Indie Music Haven 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s one of those things that can be campy, so not shooting it directly helps reduce the campiness,” he said. GLIMPSES: Shortened Olympic torch relay passes by Great Wall 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z It retained a following over the decades, however, with its confident female lead and campy mod fashion. Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z And younger people have passed, too, even largely ignoring presumed enticements like Lady Gaga’s committed, campy, accent-forward turn in “House of Gucci.” Why 'Spider-Man' deserves a best picture Oscar nomination in this high-anxiety awards season 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z “I didn’t want him to be a campy caricature of a gay man,” says Bartlett — who’s been out his entire career — by phone from Los Angeles when asked about his Armond approach. How Murray Bartlett avoids camp with his 'White Lotus' hotel manager 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z On paper, at least, the facts have the makings of make an entertaining, if campy yarn. Review | ‘House of Gucci’ sounds like a movie that’s so bad it’s good. That’s only half right. 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z After “The Piano,” Campion made the sexual, somewhat campy “Holy Smoke!” before moving on to an experimental, psychological adaptation of Henry James’s “The Portrait of a Lady.” Inside Jane Campion’s Cinema of Tenderness and Brutality 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z If you pick up on what the film is putting down, the fun of “Malignant” is infectious, from its head-spinning tonal shifts to brutal kills to the campy flourishes that wink from the rafters. Ignore the box office. James Wan's 'Malignant' is the cult horror film of the year 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z It seems impossible that the movies would return to the light, campy tone of the past — particularly given how divided the world feels these days. Analysis | The legacy of Daniel Craig’s James Bond 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z I tell people: “Think of it as a mashup of campy comic books and ‘The Good Place.’ During the pandemic, we discovered a lot of great TV. Here are some shows we think you should binge. 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Despite the film’s campy absurdity, it seems Disney is already working on a Cruella franchise. You can stream Cruella for free on Disney Plus starting tomorrow 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z “We looked for the over-the-top, extra campy stuff, because it’s hysterical,” said Benjamin Jancewicz, social media and design consultant for the health department. Yes, Debra, the Baltimore City Health Department is using memes to promote vaccinations 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Hunter is known for his ordnance-heavy books about sniper Bob Lee Swagger, but this is a departure: a slightly campy — close to self-parody — and highly entertaining World War II espionage thriller. Spring reading: 2 classics from the Golden Age of crime fiction, plus 2 new titles 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z And that is what Fox News is good at, turning politics into a campy wrestling match, devoid of meaningful content but full of stock characters locked in asinine conflicts. Fox News made Matt Gaetz a GOP star. Now he's trying to take Fox News' Tucker Carlson down with him 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Eventually, along came “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men,” harbingers of the current era of glossy abundance, when even campy fare like “You” comes dressed in bookish garb. Novelists are writing for TV more than ever. How it's changing the industry 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z But Censor is far more eerie than campy. Censor finds eerie horror in an ‘80s moral panic 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z They also documented the afternoon with a campy Facebook video of themselves cradling assault weapons and flanking Mr. Stockton, who narrated. 77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z They also documented the afternoon with a campy Facebook video of themselves cradling assault weapons and flanking Stockton, who narrated. 77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z With its campy dialogue, flurries of kicks and punches, a killer ’80s soundtrack and just the right amount of nostalgia, “Cobra Kai” is irresistible. Column: What Netflix's 'Cobra Kai' teaches us about how to deal with Trump 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Throwing a giant switch like what you’d see in a campy horror movie? A Zoom escape button is the holiday gift everyone actually needs 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z I’ve been cautiously excited about Cyberpunk 2077 for years, and it’s almost exactly the game I expected: not terribly memorable, but campy and entertaining. Cyberpunk 2077 is huge, ambitious, and safe 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z In the digital age, such dedication to voice and costume might seem oddly retro, not to mention a bit campy — more Mrs. Doubtfire than Jay Gatsby. How ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Foretold Our Era of Grifting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It’s intentionally campy and outrageous, meant to make viewers recoil while also laughing in shock with friends. What to watch with your kids: ‘Wolfwalkers,’ ‘Come Away’ and more 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But once we rounded the curve, so to speak, the opening Starcourt Mall scene made it clear this was going to be a fittingly campy, nostalgic and fun event for “Stranger Things” nerds. 'Stranger Things' turned a slice of L.A. Upside Down. It's campy, nostalgic fun 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In their living room, George Buff, whose grandfather helped develop the first disposable aluminum pie pan, displays a collection of campy sideshow memorabilia, old toys and a shrunken head. ‘Dripping with money’: A look behind the gated affluence of Trump’s Palm Beach 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z This writer counts herself among the Frankenweenies who would rather mark the holiday this year by watching something campy or cute, with a dash of spookiness. Perspective | For when the world is scarier than Halloween, these 12 streaming movies are simply a treat 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z |
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