Deriv om the French gay muny's slang term se mper, meang "to pose an exaggerated fashn." The term "Camp" morphed to referrg to a …
Contents:
- WHERE DO BISEXUAL CHARACTERS F WHEN TO CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT?
- THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT
WHERE DO BISEXUAL CHARACTERS F WHEN TO CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT?
A page for scribg PlaygWh: Camp Gay. Basic Trope: A homosexual male wh stereotypilly girlish tras. Straight: Bob is gay. He is also well- … * camp gay trope *
Basic Trope: A homosexual male wh stereotypilly girlish tras. Macho Camp Jtified: Bob is gay and fs all the stereotyp, but for different reasons: he lisps bee of a ntal problem, lov mils bee his grandma ed to take him to them, etc. Parodied: Bob is shown gog to a "gay mp" where they teach proper lispg techniqu, what nstut a tly "fabulo" mil, etc.
Zig Zagged: Bob acts like a stereotypil gay, but then reveals that he's straight. Averted: Bob is neher gay nor effemate, he's a Ridiculoly Average Guy whether he is gay or not.
Enforced: "I know 's stereotypil, but we need to nvey that Bob is gay. " Invoked: Bob wants to live wh two girls, so he acts flamboyant and effemate so his landlord will thk he's gay and let him.
THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT
A page for scribg Quot: Camp Gay. * camp gay trope *
Exploed: See Invoked, where through his act, the landlord would mistake him as gay and Bob n have all the fun secret. Defied: Bob is gay but go out of his way to make sure he don't f any of the stereotyp. Discsed: "Of urse, you're gay, Bob!
" Conversed: "I'm really sick of all the portrayals of gay men on this show beg credibly mp. Denstcted: Bob is gay and fs the stereotype, but this is jt a fa he puts up bee no one will accept him as a gay man any other way.
* camp gay trope *
Alternatively, Bob's extreme effemacy mak other people thk all gay people act like Bob, and th ntribut to discrimatn and stereotypg of all homosexual mal. Renstcted: Bob eventually is accepted for who he is and drops the fa, but then realiz that he actually enjoyed beg Camp Gay.
And he jt happens to be a fabulo gay man wh a flair for fashn, mils, and okg. After he figured out that he is gay and effemate, he mt face-to-face al wh his parents who won't accept who he is.
Due to his flamboyant appearance and behavrs, Bob go outsi, and gets beaten up, or maybe even murred, by Heteronormative to Camp Gay, darlg! Bon pot if they're French or have some sort of accent, double bon if they are Camp Gay (they tend to be at least Ambiguoly Gay), and if they say "I am not an X, I am an artist", oh boy do you have a wner. It leads to some humoro moments bee the servant of the groom has been terrified that he is gay, and is SO happy that he is marryg a woman, that she practilly beats up the weddg planner to keep him away.
Deriv om the French gay muny's slang term se mper, meang "to pose an exaggerated fashn". The term "Camp" morphed to referrg to a sensibily that revels artifice, stylizatn, theatrily, irony, playfulns, and exaggeratn rather than ntent, as San Sontag... * camp gay trope *
In orr to make them feel more fortable and prevent them om moltg him, he plays up mpyns, cludg a fake French accent, and implied homosexualy. But probably gay, nohels.
Intertg that he b Camp Gay mannerisms and drs wh Manly Gay physique and ary background. Although the sus (heh) gave him a girliend (Ziyal, the half-Bajoran dghter of Gul Dat) to quell the gay mors. Bashir) have stated terviews that they were well aware of the gay/bisexual subtext between their characters, and that they and the scriptwrers liberately played wh that subtext.
See also this say: The Queer Cardassian: The Case for a Gay Garak by The Plaid Adr.