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The camp aesthetic isn't dead. It's just doing what it's always done, waiting to be found and appreciated outside the mainstream of year-end lists and algorithms. Below, I've made a list of some prolific creators I see keeping it alive with two camp principles as guidance (apologies to Susan):

"Camp: doing more than is necessary with less than what you need." Zadie Smith, "Mark Bradford's Niagra"

"Decorative, 'amusing,' 'good theater,' witty in the right way, and likely to make heterosexual relationships look ridiculous." J.B. Priestley, "Block Thinking"

Julio Torres: the Salvadorian-American surrealist formerly of SNL

Los Espookys: a friend group uses special effects to fake paranormal activity to help rich people and government officials avoid their problems Problemista: an aspiring toy-maker must work for an art-world outcast played by Tilda Swinton to keep his visa Fantasmas: in a surreal NYC, Julio encounters a bunch of different people as he searches for a lost diamond oyster earring

Jojo Tichakorn: the Thai party-fiend with a love for the 90s and y2k

3 Will Be Free: Throuple escaping the mafia Mama Gogo: former diva inherits a male strip bar and has to make it successful The Warp Effect: High-schooler figures out what happened the night he blacked out when he wakes up ten years in the future Only Friends: Thai redux of Queer as Folk, updated for the current era The Heart Killers: Adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You and Taming of The Shrew but with gay hitmen and BDSM

Nida Manzoor: the Pakistani-British romantic punk feminist

Enterprice: two young entrepreneurs, Kazim and Jeremiah, try to escape the South London hustle and get their business, Speedi-kazz, off the ground We Are Lady Parts: an anxious med-student, Amina, finds herself drawn into an all-muslim punk girl band Polite Society: when her sister decides to give up on her dream and get married, teenager Ria tries to save her, Bollywood action-movie style

Cheewin Thanamin: gender-fluid Thai director making cringe euphoric

Make It Right: the queer messy love stories of a gaggle of highschool boys Secret Crush on You: an underdog friend group helps one member deal with his obsessive habits as he falls for a popular jock Bed Friend: A private guy has a one night stand with a casanova coworker he hates Playboyy: Investigating a missing twin, a pair of friends find themselves sucked off into the sex-work industry

Kunihiko Ikuhara: none of us know what exactly it means

Revolutionary Girl Utena: girl arrives at a mysterious high school and has to sword fight her way to a girlfriend Penguindrum: saved from the brink of death by a spirit in a hat, a girl's brothers must repay their debt by retrieving a 'drum' with the help of some penguins Yurikuma Arashi: Two girl bears disguise themselves as humans and sneak over the city wall to enroll in school Sarazanmai: A musical in which a spirit that sucks souls out of anuses recruits three boys to help stop package theft

Kenny Ortega: gay white American brings camp to the kids on Disney Channel & Netflix Hocus Pocus: the annual favorite about the rebirth of the kid-killing Sanderson sister witches into a 90s suburban neighborhood High School Musical 1, 2, 3: How can a boy possibly like basketball and musical theater at the same time without ruining society? The Descendants 1, 2, 3: Made-for-tv cinemusicals about the children of Disney villains Julie and the Phantoms: lonely teenage girl without a mom forms a band with some gay ghost boys

Manolo Caro: Mexican showrunner who believed telenovelas could be even queerer

House of Flowers: a family reckons with their secrets and a faltering flower shop after the patriarch's passing Someone Has to Die: a conservative family in Franco regime Spain recalls their son from Mexico for an arranged marriage only to find he's brought a male dancer along as his companion Once Upon a Time (Happily Never After): musical comedy about reincarnated lovers who must fall in love to save a town's love lives Holy Family: the bond amongst a group of mothers turns dangerous as someone's past starts to catch up to them

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"Does it still hurt?"

—CAGED AGAIN · Episode 07

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Safe.

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I love one idiot penguin turned human who doesn't understand that constantly talking about going back to being a penguin is hurting Sun because he's leaving him insecure and unsure about them being together and it hurts like the dickens.

But he's also adorable in all ways. Illegal. Absolutely illegal. What a tiny idiot. He just wants to love Sun but he doesn't see what he keeps doing to him with that love.

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this is such a mood when you’re watching characters take forever to decide what to do/get together but you can feel the time running out cuz the show is ending aaaaaa

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I had made my peace with quietly crying during this whole scene about these kids that stole my heart trying to figure out who they are and who they want to be. I was fine. Just a couple of tears. A bit of sobbing about their backgrounds but thats it

And then this motherfucker came in and punched me. I could see it coming, I knew it was going to be this and still I had to sit down and scream for a second

They didn't have to make the penguin and panther show so raw, honest and earnest. But gods they did

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THAME-PO / HEART THAT SKIPS A BEAT | EP 2

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The sour orange tree isn’t dead yet. It even has some fruit. The house is still clean. I don’t think it’s Mick’s doing, though. He doesn’t even do his own tasks. That’s why I think someone is still living there. Perhaps, it isn’t empty like you thought.

THAMEPO | EP2

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I bet you’ve got someone new sharing sandwiches with you. Am I right? No! I don’t have anyone sharing sandwiches with me.

THAMEPO | EP2

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#he's a baby 🤏🏻🤏🏻🤏🏻

JOONG ARCHEN and DUNK NATACHAI in HIDDEN AGENDA (2023) | THE HEART KILLERS (2024)

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i love how kantbison’s dynamic is bison going “do you think i would ever hurt anyone? 🥺” (he would and he does) and kant going “do you think i would ever lie to you? 🥺” (he would and he does)

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Hey, I have a question. What is it? Does the person who leaves others behind feel hurt? What mood are you in, huh? I'm just curious. How could someone who does that feel hurt? And if they feel hurt, why would they do it? I don't know. If you're curious, ask them.

THAMEPO. EP 1: DREAMING WITH A BROKEN HEART

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[ If anyone even tries anything with me, I wouldn't let them walk away free. ] First Kanaphan as Kant (The Heart Killers, 2024-2025)

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Police Captain 'Meow Meow' acting like he's done nothing wrong 😺

SPARE ME YOUR MERCY | 1.06

+ bonus: Doctor Kan judging his boyfriend

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also currently losing it over MDL listing Shakespeare as the creator of THK ksldjnf 😭

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The hell? This ain’t no time to confess your weird feelings.