high camp
English
Noun
high camp (uncountable)
- (art, often attributively) A sophisticated form of camp.
- Coordinate term: low camp
- 2008 September 19, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting Alyssa Rosenberg, “Why is Hollywood ignoring She-Hulk?”, in The Atlantic:
- But rather than drawing on extant rich stories about female superheroes, contemporary comic-based movies either downplay their powers and their personalities or rewrite them as trashy high camp.
- 2019 May 25, Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão’”, in Variety:
- A “tropical melodrama” is how the marketing materials bill “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.” If that sounds about the most high-camp subgenre ever devised, Karim Aïnouz’s ravishing period saga lives up to the description […]
Further reading
- “high camp”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “high camp”, in Collins English Dictionary.