Campiest musical ever?

[BlueWizard]

Campiest musical ever?#0

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:34pm

With all this talk about Dracula being bad, but not baaad enough, what's the campiest musical you've ever seen?

For me, I guess it's that perennial gem, Rocky Horror.

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[millie_dillmount]

re: Campiest musical ever?#1

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:38pm

I was about to say that, with the cast recording on my desk.

Going by this definition of campy - an affectation or appreciation of manners and tastes commonly thought to be artificial, vulgar, or banal - I would say Little Shop of Horrors and Urinetown.

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Updated On: 8/22/04 at 10:38 PM

[Glebb]

re: Campiest musical ever?#2

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:42pm

I never cared to see ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY a second time, but I'm not sure if it was bad, not bad enough or even camp.

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[MyNameInLights]

re: Campiest musical ever?#3

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:42pm

Rocky Horror Show, most definitely.

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[BlueWizard]

re: Campiest musical ever?#4

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:42pm

What was the Simpsons' definition of campy? "The tragically comic, the comically tragic"? I don't remember.

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[chinkie azn jai]

re: Campiest musical ever?#5

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:43pm

I would say TMM and/or maybe The Producers.

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[LadyGuenevere]

re: Campiest musical ever?#6

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:44pm

Would Fame be considered campy? If not, it's almost there.

[basketcase]

re: Campiest musical ever?#7

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:48pm

Fame's just the CRAPPIEST musical ever. Though, perhaps not the CAMPIEST.

[venticelli]

re: Campiest musical ever?#8

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:50pm

I agree with Rocky Horror - too easy! For the record I believe that Homer Simpson's understanding of "camp" was "you mean like when a clown dies?"

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[morosco]

re: Campiest musical ever?#9

Posted: 8/22/04 at 10:55pm

When done well, RUTHLESS! is deliciously campy.

[Seany]

re: Campiest musical ever?#10

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:01pm

ROCKY HORROR SHOW defines the word "campy".

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[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Campiest musical ever?#11

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:10pm

Rocky Horror
and Urinetown (in its own, quirky way)


I also think The Producers will eventually become a camp-classic.

[ponine24601]

re: Campiest musical ever?#12

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:12pm

i agree. rocky horror and urinetown.

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[nystateomind04]

re: Campiest musical ever?#13

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:47pm

not little shop. little shop isnt supposed to be camp, if it is played for camp then it is being played wrong (or so it says on the script)- though i see what you are saying millie, and i see why it is often played for camp.
id say rockey horror wins that prize.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Campiest musical ever?#14

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:54pm

carrie

[millie_dillmount]

re: Campiest musical ever?#15

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:55pm

Thanks for the clarification.

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[BlueWizard]

re: Campiest musical ever?#16

Posted: 8/22/04 at 11:55pm

Some of Little Shop is camp, but not all.

Hairspray also has some delightful camp. Very tongue-in-cheek, I love it.

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[CurtainUp]

re: Campiest musical ever?#17

Posted: 8/23/04 at 12:23am

I love little shop, but it is camp. That doesnt necessarily mean it should be played that way, it should come naturally. A man eating talking plant? Totally campy, with the dentist, etc. Very surreal and campy.

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[nystateomind04]

re: Campiest musical ever?#18

Posted: 8/23/04 at 12:31am

when i was in the show (high school production- im not trying to sound like a know-it-all pro or anything) my script had a message from the creators which said that it should be played for dark humor, not camp. i think that when it isnt played for camp, it works better, it has more heart. the humor is dark but there is emotion as well.

[BlueWizard]

re: Campiest musical ever?#19

Posted: 8/23/04 at 12:36am

For me, dark humour is something like Sweeney Todd, or even some parts of Cabaret: depends if the focus is the "dark" or the "humour". But Little Shop is neither of those. Considering some of Little Shop's rediculousness - a funny-looking talking female plant with a deep bass voice, conveniently bought from a Chinese man - it's definitely camp.

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Updated On: 8/23/04 at 12:36 AM

[musicalfandukie]

re: Campiest musical ever?#20

Posted: 8/23/04 at 12:56am

i would say bye bye birdie..but it's still a fun show

[StateOfJade]

re: Campiest musical ever?#21

Posted: 8/23/04 at 1:03am

Hairspray. And Fame.

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[wiggum2]

re: Campiest musical ever?#22

Posted: 8/23/04 at 1:39pm

Applause seems very campy.

[once a month]

re: Campiest musical ever?#23

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:20pm

STARMITES,
Rocky Horror,
Andre Heller's Wonderhouse

[VoiceofReason]

re: Campiest musical ever?#24

Posted: 8/23/04 at 2:26pm

Gotta be Bye, Bye, Birdie!
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