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Notes on 'Camp'
by Susan Sontag
“When something is just bad (rather than Camp), it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition.”
The 'notes on Camp' essay was great, the second essay was less interesting. The reason I decided to read it had nothing to do with the 2019 Met Gala or Harry Styles. At least you can't prove it anyway. Here's one of my favourite quotes from it:
"Camp taste is a kind of love, love for human nature. It relishes, rather than judges, the little triumphs and awkward intensities of 'character'... Camp taste identifies with what it is enjoying. People who share this sensibility are not laughing at the thing they label as 'a camp', they're enjoying it. Camp is a tender feeling."
The 'notes on Camp' essay was great, the second essay was less interesting. The reason I decided to read it had nothing to do with the 2019 Met Gala or Harry Styles. At least you can't prove it anyway. Here's one of my favourite quotes from it:
"Camp taste is a kind of love, love for human nature. It relishes, rather than judges, the little triumphs and awkward intensities of 'character'... Camp taste identifies with what it is enjoying. People who share this sensibility are not laughing at the thing they label as 'a camp', they're enjoying it. Camp is a tender feeling."