… hoped to take Rocketeer to a much higher level of sophistication and avoid the campiness of some of the more recent comics-inspired films. Ron Magid
… a power-mad despot, played with exhilarating campiness by John Malkovich. Steven Rebello
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Recent Examples on the WebGrease was the sort of film — unapologetically nostalgic and campy — that critics tend to deprecate, and many of them savaged it. Charles Hirshberg, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 Johnson worked in another sort of outsider vernacular—at once banal, vulgar, campy, and deeply sophisticated. Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Capturing their life within this room and the beautiful landscape surrounding their ramshackle home, the resulting piece is beautiful and funny thanks to Big and Little Edie’s iconic campy style, but also tragic. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 While each queen in the book differs greatly in style—from Collette LaGrande’s Old Hollywood glamour to Hot Chocolate’s campy wears—the duo says they were all united by one mission: To disrupt. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 May 2022 Raimi is well known for delightful and hilariously campy horror movies like The Evil Dead series, eventually returning to the style with 2009's underrated Drag Me To Hell. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 3 May 2022 As a sleepaway screamer, 1984 is delightfully campy (pun probably intended by the show's powers that be). Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 20 July 2022 That’s until, of course, Belair came off as the unanimous babyface during this promo exchange with a great—though, at times campy—promo. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 19 July 2022 His designs can be elegant or campy; his aesthetic is jubilant. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 See More