Campin' out

TLW bought us the Camp DVD the other day, and I finally sat down to watch it. For those who don't know, Camp is an independent film focusing on a group of talented teens in a summer drama camp (Camp Ovation, loosely based on Stagedoor Manor). The usual teen sturm und drang gets interspersed with some great musical numbers (and a fantastic All About Eve homage sequence), and the occasional actual heartfelt scene. I'm kinda annoyed by the whole "everybody who loves musicals is gay" theme (wonder why?), as well as some of the stereotypes (which are even more exacerbated in one of the deleted scenes, a sports sequence which could've been lifted out of The Broken Hearts Club), but the better parts of the movie more than compensate. The "Ladies Who Lunch" sequence is still the best, funniest, darned thing I've seen in ages, except for maybe Joanna Chilcoat's rendition of "And I'm Telling You". Fave extra: the "making of" sequence, in which we get to see Jerry Mitchell choreographing "Turkey Lurkey" ("Head! Head! No Head!")... ah, much fun; now, back to orgo...