Sentence examples for camp elements from inspiring English sources

Generally, these were hosted by young men who had an almost fanatical interest in the camp elements to be found in films like "Showgirls" and in nearly any musical written by the English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

I mean this entirely as praise: Not many movie stars have the wit or the moxie to embrace the camp elements of their own personas, and the character is clearly something of a performer in her own right.

Their album, "D-D-Don't Stop the Beat," falls into any category you can hyphenate -- disco-rock, euro-glam, post-punk -- with camp elements borrowed from the B-52's and the Sweet.

Mr. Cohen said that the creators would give a free hand to directors and producers on most artistic choices, though he added that "keeping out the absurd camp elements is important because we never want 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' version of 'Carrie.' " And he rejected the idea that "Carrie" would have worked better as camp, or at least with winks, saying its creators had a different goal.

Sadly, all the latent camp elements in the book remain unexplored.

Forty years ago, a rock opera was big news on Broadway, and the pop music and camp elements continue to grab the audience's attention.

Jimmy Somerville: We supplied the camp element.

There is a high camp element to Ms. Zambello's production.

My boys, who love the camp element of SpongeBob, called it cute.

"The Orkestrata didn't get hung up on the camp element of the show, but instead takes the title and the lyrics seriously," Mr. Maslon added.

It's typical of the production that the mood of that scene is counterpointed with comedy; the Archbishop of Canterbury is in his fussy, camp element with his fold-out charts and his trainspotter enthusiasm.