GBW #88: Specialty Spoofs (Black Dynamite / Your Highness / The Editor)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three spoof comedies that each tackle a niche genre of filmmaking. We start with 2009's laugh-a-minute "Black Dynamite;" a loving tribute to the blaxploitation genre as well as the best spoof since the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker days. And like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," we argue that the gags are so well-constructed that it's still funny even if you have no familiarity with the blaxploitation genre (but it's even funnier if you do). Then, we move into David Gordon Green's infamous 2011 stoner "sword and sorcery" bomb "Your Highness;" a film that admittedly mimics the genre lovingly and knowledgeably, but has no real, what are they called? *Checks notes* Oh yeah, jokes. Finally, we discuss the 2014 microbudget Canadian giallo spoof "The Editor" from Astron-6, which is dead-bang accurate with its skewering of Italian horror films... but likely will only be funny to those with genre familiarity.   You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco. Timecode: 0:00-7:10: Intro 7:10-37:19: Black Dynamite 37:19-1:05:06: Your Highness 1:05:06-01:48:35: The Editor