“Beef Jerky in a Ball Gown”: The Camp Excesses of Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

In this essay, we look at Titus Andromedon from the Netflix-sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2014-) as a singular phenomenon in contemporary TV: a black queen whose use of camp distances him from stereotypes, but connects him with audiences. Titus thus not only adds to a more diverse representation...

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Main Authors: Dexl Carmen, Horn Katrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-12-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0041