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campness - definition and meaning
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noun art The quality of being camp
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camp + -ness
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One of the most notable changes from the previous decade is a shift from angsty aggression into self-aware campness , which is not unwanted in a performance as the songs, and that voice, speak for themselves.
Queer Sighted 2009
One of the most notable changes from the previous decade is a shift from angsty aggression into self-aware campness , which is not unwanted in a performance as the songs, and that voice, speak for themselves.
Queer Sighted 2009
I supose most Eastenders' fans like the campness to its drama, why everyone loves Janine's dastardly plots or when the pastor went around killing people and then managing to to bury, dig up and rebury the corpses in the middle of the square.
Charlie Brooker | Complaining about the lack of realism in EastEnders is like moaning that Monster Munch crisps don't taste of monsters 2011
If you can't get a ticket, there's always next Sunday's study of campness in musicals, Oklahomo!
This week's new film events 2011
In the last six months or so, the wearing of make-up and general campness seems to have been all but encouraged.
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
We had been introduced at various do's before this meeting, and the overriding impression he conveyed was of slightly bibulous campness .
Ginny Dougary: Even Lloyd Webber isn't sure why Phantom of the Opera is his biggest hit 2010
The former's campness and the latter's 1980s-referencing electropop comprise the essence of Love Harder, though Love lacks their distinctiveness.
Ali Love: Love Harder 2010
We had been introduced at various do's before this meeting, and the overriding impression he conveyed was of slightly bibulous campness .
Ginny Dougary: Even Lloyd Webber isn't sure why Phantom of the Opera is his biggest hit Ginny Dougary 2010
Rickman went at that part with full gusto and no fear, knowing the material was camp stuff, and he performed it in such a fashion that the campness was both disguised and made fun of.
Matthew Macfadyen cast as The Sheriff of Nottingham | Obsessed With Film 2009
In the film, the campness was very much toned down and the character though flamboyant and flawed he presented a very likeable old dodder-er
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince - Film Review | miscellani.org 2009
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