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Entertainment in the `80s, Novak says, was over-produced and rigidly non-spontaneous-"only valuable as kitsch, kitsch I love." The `90s began a backlash against inauthentic entertainment, where people turned their dials to real tragedy and spectacle: the O.J. trial, Princess Diana, the Clinton scandal...
...tacky old sheeting product has also been refashioned into modern "linoleum rugs." They were born in L.A. a few years back, when abstract painter Christopher Stearns decided to cover up his apartment's ugly kitchen with portable mats rather than install permanent flooring. He chose linoleum for its high kitsch factor as well as its unique feel...
...STARTED The '50s-design rage spurred inventive young artists in California to kitsch...
Nothing is more adored by cubicle-dwelling Gen-Xers than geek kitsch. And nothing is geekier or kitschier than Japanese video games of the 1980s, back when efficient translation was not considered essential. The dialogue of Zero Wing contains such gems as "Somebody set us up the bomb," "Take off every Zig for great justice" and a chilling warning from a villain known only as Cats: "All your base are belong to us." Late last year, fans with too much time on their hands started doctoring photos to show this last phrase cropping up everywhere from George W. Bush billboards...
...album sales charts. The thing about compiling an album comprised solely of chart-toppers is that it ignores perfectly good songs that missed the number one spot... for instance, "Penny Lane" may have been an American number one, but it was ignominiously beaten in Britain by, of all people, kitsch crooner Engelbert Humperdinck ("Release...