Theatre term

[BroadwayBoy2005]

Posted: 3/28/04 at 2:05pm

Ok, I've seen a lot of you use this word on here to describe certain shows, but I never really understood what it meant. So, what does 'camp' mean?

Pardon my stupidity.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 3/28/04 at 3:14pm

It's like over the top, vulgar, affected acting, usually to play up comedy.

[magruder]

Posted: 3/28/04 at 3:31pm

Well, bad camp is vulgar and over the top. Camp, at its best, like with a Little Mary Sunshine or Dames at Sea or the original production of Little Shop of Horrors, can be more of a knowing wink, a certain self-aware quality of a genre being affectionately mocked for laughs. In the best camp, the actors play it straight, and the laughs come from audience recognition of cliches or performance styles represented.

Updated On: 3/28/04 at 03:31 PM

[WestEndBird]

Posted: 3/28/04 at 4:12pm

well my fave form of camp has always been Rocky Horror...dunno why it just was.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 3/28/04 at 5:13pm

A bad movie period