low toxicity, high drama

At breakfast, I asked the VC of Hemlock why he was wearing thick rubber gloves. He didn't answer in words. Instead he put on the face of a hazmat worker or toxicity lab technician and proceeded to treat a cup of coffee as if it needed testing or else the world would end. I asked my question and got an answer - dramatic, hilariously offbeat, nonsensical, brilliant. That's camp.