high camp

English

Noun

high camp (uncountable)

1. (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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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.