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[David Morris]

Umm.  Maybe we differ on definitions? I concede that camp might also be
pretentious, but skewering pretentiousness is usually camp's main goal.
Look up "Camp" in the dictionary.

Fifth Element was just silly fun, so camp seems apt to me.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=campy

Camp (n.) and Campy
<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Campy> (adj.):
Being so extreme that it has an amusing and sometimes perversely
<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=perversely> sophisticated
appeal. Over the top and farcical, intentionally exaggerated so as not to
be taken seriously. Found primarily in television, theatre and motion
pictures, camp endeavors for satire and, for those who fully understand and
appreciate the risible
<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=risible> nature of its
material, it's not surprising when it develops a cult following.

David Morris
On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 2:41 PM Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
wrote:

> Wrong on both counts. Neither is "The Fifth Element" "pure camp" (if it
> was camp, it would be "deliberate Camp" which Susan Sontag as well as
> me, myself and I find "less satisfying"), nor is camp "the opposite of
> pretentious."
>
> Am 08.12.2019 um 16:30 schrieb David Morris:
> > Fifth Element was pure camp, which is the opposite of pretentious.
>