“Camp sorts through the cultural junkyard with an abjection magnet, seizing upon discarded-but-still-glittering bits of debris.”
J. Bryan Lowder, 2013
The Real Housewives of Orange County
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Camp “salvages material otherwise doomed to oblivion.”
Gillo Dorfles, 1968
The Real Housewives of New York City
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“Camp is a retreat… from the fascism of usefulness.”
J. Bryan Lowder, 2013
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
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Camp is “uncritically affectionate.”
Robert Kiernan, 1990
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
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“Camp aims to transform the ordinary into something more spectacular.”
Jack Babuscio, 1978
The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.
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“Maturity, it infers, must not be taken seriously. ‘Experience is a fraud,’ says the Spirit of Camp, ‘Strive for innocence.'”
Mark Booth, 1983
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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Camp “salvages material otherwise doomed to oblivion.”
Gillo Dorfles, 1968
The Real Housewives of Miami
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“Camp is happiness.”
Christopher Isherwood, 1970
The Real Housewives of Potomac
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“Camp is concerned with what might be called a philosophy of transformations and incongruity.”
Esther Newton, 1972
The Real Housewives of Dallas
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Camp “is the heroism of people not called upon to be heroes.”
Philip Core, 1984
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
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“Camp taste is, above all, a mode of enjoyment, of appreciation – not judgment. Camp is generous. It wants to enjoy.”
Susan Sontag, 1964
…and a Bravo potpourri!
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“CAMP is a lie which tells the truth.”
Philip Core, 1984