Rachel Skarsten

The special thing about 'Lost Girl' is it can be campy at times, but the show doesn't take itself too seriously, which is what separates it from other sci-fi TV shows. I love that.

Canadian Actress

Morris Chestnut

This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are.

American Actor

Andy Serkis

You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy, you could fall into so many traps with it.

English Actor

David Spade

It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it.

Joss Whedon

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores.

American Writer

Jonathan Bailey

Well, I feel like the campy, plush spectacle of the Bridgerton' world is only going to get more pronounced in the best way possible.

Shawn Crahan

I don't look at my work as being violent. 'Officer Downe' is more campy than anything. It's a comic book, so it's funny to me.

American Musician

Nicolas Winding Refn

I'm a very funny man, so funny comes natural. And if you want to create horror, you need to be funny or campy.

Danish Director

Diablo Cody

Sweet Valley High' is fantastic, fabulous, a little bit campy, and - dare I say it - cinematic.

Sharon Needles

Campy films almost create real-life cartoons.

American Entertainer

Originates from queer culture and often includes ironic appreciation of low-budget shows or films.

Cultural Roots

Used to describe humor that is self-aware, cheeky, and intentionally flamboyant or gaudy.

Humor Usage

It's a positive or neutral term, not meant to insult but to describe a playful, fun style.

Not Derogatory

 She dreamt up stories from an early age, and was soon scribbling these scenarios on paper. At twelve, she begged her mother for a typewriter after enduring a campy science fiction film called "Devil Girl From Mars." Unimpressed with what she saw, Butler knew she could tell a better story.

Campy

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