The retro theme borders on kitsch, but when the fish is splashed with vinegar, sprinkled with salt and served in a traditional twist of newspaper (well, a photocopy at least), the experience becomes pilgrimage-worthy.
On the kitsch scale, many are right up there with Elvis paintings on black velvet.
"Get your kitsch on Route 66" might be a better slogan for Arizona's scrubby stretch of Mother Road.
The crowning touch was a statue of Aladdin topping a fanciful Opera House that teetered on the irreversible edge of kitsch.
Since there's no comedy on show, and surprisingly little kitsch, the French title, "L'Ange du Bizarre, " seems closer to the mark.
Events include Elvis cage fighting, confessing sins at the virtual confession box, breakfast aerobics with the nuns, more nuns and priests five-a-side soccer on the beach and the Lovely Lady competition (a homage to the kitsch Irish Rose of Tralee), where girls are tested on their sandwich-making or swiss-rolling skills.
Taylor Kitsch, who plays Tim Riggins on the show, is similarly enthusiastic about the show's second chance.
In the Philippines, jeepneys vie for attention for the loudest design, while Hong Kong taxis often include stick-on solar fans--the ultimate in kitsch climate control.
It was industry during the rise of industrial America and capital of kitsch when American culture doubled over on itself and turned pop quotation into art.
From puckish humor and borderline kitsch, a great and serious notion emerges: modern Europe was built on the foundation of classical music, which, as a result, endures tenaciously there.
On this impressively rejuvenated block just off Times Square, all the company's trademark kitsch has so far been confined to its store at the Seventh Avenue corner.
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