kitsch

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Not everything needs to be kitsch, dumbed down, or turned into a competitive status symbol, lest anyone take that as another excuse to care even less about the wrong things.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

As Luis says of his own version of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” playing in his head, “Call it kitsch, call it camp — I don’t care, I love it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

The Robin Hood legend is one that can always stand up to a retelling, though remaking anything like the ’38 “Adventures of Robin Hood”—at least in the same tone of voice—would result in kitsch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At the more exalted level of national politics, cultural stagnation is a dive into tackiness and kitsch.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

The truck stop was a wonderland of Southern kitsch.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner