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Dilay1985 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

High camp

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What does "high camp" mean here?

The stunt by the art collective known as Asco had the hallmarks of the group’s style: angry, illicit, deftly and economically conceptual, and shot through with the high camp of Hollywood, whose sign they could see in the distance from East Los Angeles.
  

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"high camp"--kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

  • "high camp"--kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences.
  • org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29
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"high camp"--kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences.

Here is the Wikipedia article on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

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