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August 22, 2004

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The troubled relationship between desis and camp:

Given the number of desi engineers, you’d think the Trekkie quotient would be through the roof, but desis have never been strong with knowing campiness. Irony is the forte of post-materialist, post-sexual revolution societies… Unintentionally camp, now, that’s different: guys with bad haircuts and thick plastic civil service specs; aging, tubby icons romancing young lovelies; Indian Superman. The legion of desi camp could overrun a big tent party and still leave badly-shirted henchmen mewling at the gates.

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manish on August 22, 2004 06:15 PM in Film · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



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