With a few exceptions, sci-fi seems to be pretty devoid of humor, unless the audience is laughing at campy set design or bad alien prosthetics.
And, because Mr. Trump has proved himself a diligent fund-raiser, there was also Mrs. Romney's birthday party, notable not only for its $600,000 haul, according to a Trump spokesman, but for its campy cake — designed by Buddy Valastro, the star of TLC's "Cake Boss" — that featured an edible replica of Ann Romney sitting astride a horse.
A host of other surreal elements think toothy teleporters, tiny baby hands, and strange ritualistic dance numbers are all rendered in a mixture of stop-motion, ace make-up design, campy but believable costumes, and other briliant practical effects.
Koestenbaum sees both continuity and discontinuity here: even as the Factory "extended the apartment philosophy Warhol first learned from decor-conscious gays", it diverged from the campy sensibility of his design studio.
But to keep the mood upbeat and inviting an illustrator had designed a campy poster of a voluptuous splay-legged girl riding bareback on a bull shark.
ALL MY CHILDREN The Web site has pictures, shot by Theo Wenner, of Mr. Pigozzi's famous friends wearing his designs in almost campy fashion; best is Simon de Pury, splayed on a steel desk, a red, orange, yellow and blue windbreaker over his suit.
Worse yet, Internet porn sites are still ideologically stuck in a decade past: From top to bottom, they're designed for a campy male viewership – specifically, for a macho-man ideal of a male that reacts gleefully toward misogyny and sexual buzzwords.
The imaginatively staged piece, he writes, is "at once austere and flamboyant, campy and menacing," but "the febrile design team sets up a theatrical promise that is never fulfilled".
Mr. Barbe also designed the beautifully colorful, campy costumes worn by the debauched Alexandrians, a vivid contrast with the austere robes of the nuns and monks.
Just as Google has streamlined its logo for speed, Clifton's campy retro cafeteria hides subtle efficiencies within its design.
The robot helmets, designed by French artist friends, originally featured campy brown wigs – curly for Bangalter, flowing for de Homem-Christo.
