Pick your favorite. I selected what seemed to be the gayest, campiest release of each year, that have held up in the zeitgeist the best. The selections are up for debate: Addams Family Values was chosen for its amazing performances, especially Joan Cusack, and meme worthiness over the dreadful Hocus Pocus, which has higher stature currently but is dreck.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 10, 2023 6:58 AM |
Original Thread title was ‘Sophie’s Choice for Fags’
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 9, 2023 11:58 PM |
The Parent Trap wasn't campy. It was the usual bloated, overlong vanilla rom-com from the twisted rich mind of Nancy Meyers. She and her talentless nepo baby daughter can both go and fuck themselves.
I voted for Drop Dead Gorgeous. One of only two movies I can quote from beginning to end (the other one being The Sound of Music, of course).
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 10, 2023 12:00 AM |
1990 - Paris is Burning
1991 - My Own Private Idaho
1992 - The Crying Game
1993 - Philadelphia
1994 - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1995 - Showgirls (this one I agree with you on)
1996 - The Birdcage
1997 - Love! Valour! Compassion!
1998 - Gods and Monsters
1999 - The Talented Mr. Ripley
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 10, 2023 12:13 AM |
Talented Mr Ripley? Didn't Matt Damon play a Fag in that one?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 10, 2023 12:23 AM |
1999: Blast From The Past
1997: House of Yes
1995: Party Girl
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 10, 2023 12:33 AM |
R7 good catch. Sister Act is pretty popular with POC Kweens. So tough call.
R2 that was on there and swapped for FWClub at the last minute.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 10, 2023 12:55 AM |
1991: Vegas in Space
1994: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1995: To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 10, 2023 1:08 AM |
Sontag would tell us that proper camp doesn't know it's camp. It thinks it's legitimate art.
OP was right not to add movies like "Priscilla" or "The Birdcage." Those movies set out to be on-the-nose, self-referential, and very GAY.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 10, 2023 1:18 AM |
Most of the movies on OP’s list don’t even have any gay characters.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 10, 2023 6:46 AM |
Most gay characters are written to appeal to a straight audience - hence camp.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 10, 2023 6:58 AM |
