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Ryan Murphy rejects 'camp' label
Ryan Murphy calls 'camp' a lack of awareness in his new interview.
In brief
Ryan Murphy calls 'camp' a lack of awareness in his new interview. Ryan Murphy says his work has awareness, not camp, after critics labeled his show All's Fair as such. Originally reported by AV Club.
Ryan Murphy's definition
Ryan Murphy says camp is a lack of awareness, not his work's sensibility.
“"Camp is a lack of awareness," says the American Horror Story creator.”
Murphy's career
Murphy has worked on diverse projects including Glee, American Horror Story, and The People V. O.J. Simpson.
All's Fair reception
Critics labeled Murphy's All's Fair as camp, but Murphy says his work has awareness.
“First of all, I think the critics are wrong. If you look at my career since I started, which was Popular, almost everything that I have made was never embraced critically”
Murphy's intent
Murphy made All's Fair for fans of 1980s soapy procedurals like Knots Landing or Dynasty.
“I made it for people like me who loved that heightened '80s soapy procedural thing”
Camp definition
Susan Sontag distinguishes between naive camp and deliberate camp with awareness.
“Naive camp would be what Murphy called a lack of awareness, or what Sontag would call 'Pure Camp,' which is 'unintentional' and 'dead serious'”
All's Fair content
All's Fair stars Kim Kardashian as Allura Grant and Sarah Paulson as Carrington Lane who calls her 'cuntburger' and 'Mayor McHeadcheese'.
“Sarah Paulson plays a different lawyer named Carrington Lane who calls Allura things like 'cuntburger' and 'Mayor McHeadcheese'”
Here's the gist
Ryan Murphy says his work has awareness, not camp, after critics labeled his show All's Fair as such.
