Grey Gardens

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Grey Gardens

film by Albert and David Maysles [1975]

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camp
The reality of camp
such as the Maysles brothers’ Grey Gardens (1975) and many reality TV series have been embraced as camp. The Real Housewives franchise, introduced on the cable TV network Bravo in 2006, was originally conceived as a documentary series set in Orange county, California, offering an “authentic look” behind the gates…
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such as the Maysles brothers’ Grey Gardens (1975) and many reality TV series have been embraced as camp. The Real Housewives franchise, introduced on the cable TV network Bravo in 2006, was originally conceived as a documentary series set in Orange county, California, offering an “authentic look” behind the gates…
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Albert and David Maysles
…and David’s best-known documentary was Grey Gardens (1975), an examination of the eccentric socialites Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, “Little Edie.” The film inspired a highly acclaimed Broadway musical (2006–07) and a television movie (2009). The brothers earned an Academy Award nomination for Christo’s Valley Curtain (1972), the first…
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…and David’s best-known documentary was Grey Gardens (1975), an examination of the eccentric socialites Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter, “Little Edie.” The film inspired a highly acclaimed Broadway musical (2006–07) and a television movie (2009). The brothers earned an Academy Award nomination for Christo’s Valley Curtain (1972), the first…
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