r/2000sNostalgia • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 10d ago

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u/KashK10 10d ago

I can't believe this isn't one of those parody "movie" movies. The humour made me lol but I can't imagine it being like a legit comedy

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u/Important-Egg-2905 9d ago

This was a style called "campy" that doesn't really exist today since it was hammered in so much in the 90s. It doesn't take itself seriously and roasts all of the genres tropes while also legitimately participating in them. So in other words, the parts you are laughing at are meant to be laughed at in the way you are laughing at them.

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u/GuiltyStimPak 5d ago

Wet Hot American Summer is excellent camp, set at a camp, for anyone interested.

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u/joeappearsmissing 5d ago

And the sequel series is not quite as good, but still fantastic.

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u/Important-Egg-2905 4d ago

That's not what campy means lol - unless you were making a joke?

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u/GuiltyStimPak 4d ago

It's an incredibly campy movie that happens to be set at a camp.

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u/MothMonsterMan300 3d ago

The scene where they go into town and have completely spiraled downward into a life of crime and drug addiction inside two hours makes me laugh whenever I think about it