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Some critics bemoan Starship 's grotesque violence and glorification of a "happily fascist world" (Richard Schickel, Time ). Others consider it a witty sendup of action movies, with fabulous special effects and campy characters: "a cheerfully lobotomized, always watchable experience" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). (See the official Starship Troopers site.)
The Met's retrospective of the campy designer's clothing stirs up debate.
Compare this to the dignified and not at all campy duet of Bing Crosby and David Bowie on the infamous Christmas special in the '70s.
South Park abounds in screamingly campy parodies, from the opening ensemble to Terrance and Phillip's peppy rap duet "Shut Your Fucking Face, Uncle-Fucker" to the principal's exhortation to substitute "bum," "poo," and the phlegmatic "M'kay" for, respectively, "ass," "shit," and "fuck" while leading a Busby Berkeley-ish dance line.
Nostalgia reigns for the campy charm of the Japanese original.