So bad it's good: The "kuso" aesthetic in "Troll 2"

Authors

  • Whitney Phillips New York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0480

Keywords:

Antifan, B movie, Camp, Cult film, Parody, Satire

Abstract

The kuso (shitty games) aesthetic draws from and complicates notions of camp and antifandom to provide a way to understand the emotional appeal of bad content.

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Published

2013-09-15

Issue

Vol. 14 (2013)

Section

Symposium

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