Met Gala: Men

[+ WilliamM]

 

Jordan Roth, Major Broadway Producer

[+ nycman]

Striking?.....yes.

 

Camp?.....no.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

95% of the attendees clearly had no clue what 'camp' means

[+ WilliamM]

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Met Gala Richard Madden and Darren Criss

[bendable2019]

Camp? ?

[RyanDean]

To be fair/er to Roth's ensemble, it is remarkable in action.

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And for the creative context of its conception and design:

https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-jordan-roth-iris-van-herpen-glitch

[+ nycman]

To be fair/er to Roth's ensemble, it is remarkable in action.

But is it camp?

[RyanDean]

Camp is in the eye of the beholder and, while I don't know that I see camp in Roth's concoction, it seems to be reckoning with the idea of camp more than many of the MetGala attempts. As a wise friend of mine insists, camp is found not made -- hence the many misfires of the MetGala. (For me, camp has to evince both humor and heart and, while I see the heart in Roth's ensemble, I don't see the humor.)

[+ nycman]

As a wise friend of mine insists, camp is found not made

I’d bet the legions of drag queens who work their asses off at being camp would disagree.

 

Nonetheless, I agree that it’s incredibly difficult to be or create camp.

I thought it was a dumb and frankly near impossible concept to pull

off the minute they announced this years Met Gala theme. When 99%

of the guests at a “costume ball” miss the mark....it’s an unmitigated failure.

 

This may well go down in history as the year Ms. Wintour’s fabulous party....jumped the shark.

[RyanDean]

I’d bet the legions of drag queens who work their asses off at being camp would disagree.

 

It's neither here nor there, but my wise friend happens to be a fairly legendary drag queen, albeit from the old school (ie. that 90s NYMag cover).

[+ WilliamM]

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Shawn Mendez 2018 Gala

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

http://www.umusic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Shawn-cover.jpg

Shawn Mendez 2018 Gala

 

For some reason, every time I see pictures of this young guy, I feel sad for him.

[+ keroscenefire]

You have to give it to Ezra Miller and his makeup artist Mimi Choi: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2019/may/08/another-pair-of-eyes-how-makeup-artist-mimi-choi-created-ezra-millers-met-gala-look

[bostonman]

At first, I thought - wait - the "Met Gala" is always on New Year's Eve. But of course that's the Met OPERA.

[MaleFun]

To be fair/er to Roth's ensemble, it is remarkable in action.

[MEDIA=twitter]1125560747398959104[/MEDIA]

 

And for the creative context of its conception and design:

https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-jordan-roth-iris-van-herpen-glitch

Thanks for the background on this. Interesting slide show in the NYTimes of all the glitz and glamour. I just thought folks were clueless as to Sontag's manifesto.

[+ WilliamM]

 

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