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Notes on "Camp"

Notes on "Camp"

Essay by Susan SontagWikipedia

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Sep 21, 2026

Daniel Hay-GordonGUEST
0:57
So many people have tried to define camp.
Daniel Hay-GordonGUEST
0:59
I think famously the first one was Susan Sontag, who wrote Notes on Camp.
Daniel Hay-GordonGUEST
1:05
And then there's been lots of other people who have tried it, like Bruce LaBruce.
Daniel Hay-GordonGUEST
1:10
And there's good camp, there's bad camp, there's high camp, there's low camp.
Evie PsarrasGUEST
30:02
So that's where the camping comes in.
Evie PsarrasGUEST
30:04
OK, so camping comes from Susan Sontag, who wrote Notes on Camp.
Evie PsarrasGUEST
30:11
And I think everybody's most familiar with like Rocky Horror Picture Show, right? That movie is essentially camp.
Evie PsarrasGUEST
30:18
I also use in the book as an example, the movie Showgirls.

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