So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2
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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Organization for Transformative Works
2013-09-01
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| title | So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2 |
| title_full | So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2 |
| title_fullStr | So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2 |
| title_short | So bad it's good: The kuso aesthetic in Troll 2 |
| title_sort | so bad it s good the kuso aesthetic in troll 2 |
| topic | Antifan B movie Camp Cult film Parody Satire |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0480 |
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