Real Housewives

“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

Camp “salvages material otherwise doomed to oblivion.”

Gillo Dorfles, 1968

The Real Housewives of New York City

“Camp is a retreat… from the fascism of usefulness.”

J. Bryan Lowder, 2013

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Camp is “uncritically affectionate.”

Robert Kiernan, 1990

The Real Housewives of New Jersey

“Camp aims to transform the ordinary into something more spectacular.”

Jack Babuscio, 1978

The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.

“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

Camp “salvages material otherwise doomed to oblivion.”

Gillo Dorfles, 1968

The Real Housewives of Miami

“Camp is happiness.”

Christopher Isherwood, 1970

The Real Housewives of Potomac

“Camp is concerned with what might be called a philosophy of transformations and incongruity.”

Esther Newton, 1972

The Real Housewives of Dallas

Camp “is the heroism of people not called upon to be heroes.”

Philip Core, 1984

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

“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!

“CAMP is a lie which tells the truth.”

Philip Core, 1984