BLACK DYNAMITE - Audio Review

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1:05biggest goals was to go see a certain movie and I want to go to this festival because it was short early there and I didn't know where it was going to play. I didn't know what was going to have to do the distribution for it. That festival was Sundance and to have a friend over there who we've become friends for a while and I would go to Sundance regularly for about four or five years. But my first memory of Sundance is going over there and seeing at the time but was the holy grill of cinema for me which was this movie right here. Black Dynamite. Never in the history of the game has it been such devastation. The CIA needs black dynamite now more than ever. We need you black dynamite now more than ever. But I told you honkies for the CIA that black dynamite was out of the game. And it's better than shale super fly in the map but together. But when the mob kills his brother, your death will not go on the band and put the dope on the street. It's my left you bucket. He old game. He's back in the game and he's playing for keeps.

2:13Yeah y'all. I want to see this movie so bad because of course I love black cinema, black exploitation cinema because of one particular person that we'll talk about later in this discussion. But this is Michael J. White as a title character black dynamite. You even got to do an interview with him in the director at that time and that was that Comic Con. So that was that was quite an experience man. I enjoyed the movie very much. And watching it again because I haven't seen this movie in this entirety. I've watched it in bits and pieces. Have not seen this movie in this entirety since I saw it as Sundance. Oh wow. Years ago. And I have to say that watching it again man, I was laughing so hard. I enjoyed this movie so much. I know my neighbors are like, shout because I was in the backyard. Uh huh. And watching on my laptop and I was laughing my ass off and I was laughing loud. Yeah loud.

3:14I love this movie even more than than I saw at the first time. And I remember watching the first time. I'm like, well, because I meant I was so excited that, you know, I'd hype myself up too much. And I think I only felt like a smidge maybe let down. But for the most part, I really enjoyed it, man. And I watch it again. I love it. And I'm going to go through talking about why this is a perfect black history movie because we're in black history month right now. Sure. And why it is just one of the best spoof movies out there. Oh absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Did you have y'all seen it? Oh, yeah. I own a blue horse movie. I've seen it a while, but when you sow stuff, it'll come back. Yeah. It'll all come back to you. And coming back to you screaming white man. Oh, we'll see that again. So yeah. What is this? We have a visitor. Somebody's bell ringing bells. Somebody's knocking at the door. Such a name. Somebody's ringing a bell. So excuse me, y'all. Let me see what's going on with this.

4:18Who dares interrupt my black dynamite? Let me see. Who's after the door? I think somebody said they wanted to come by the show. So he came by very late. People love to do that completely late. I want to come in the middle of the show. Yeah. Let me see here. Let me see. Oh, yeah. Somebody come. Oh, this is this is Ebony. Ebony Ebony. Yeah. Yeah. Elijah is open. I believe is Ebony. I don't know. Somebody wear a mask. Excuse me. I was just about to say we get robbed because they are in the house now. So you're with the robberies. Yeah. Well, you don't understand. I was watching black dynamite. All right. So anyway, getting back into it. So yeah, I'm going to talk about why this is one of the best

5:18spoof movies out there a long time. But yeah, I really thought about it because this was your idea. And yes, I said, how many times today? So you can't hold this against me. But when you said it, you said, well, we can talk about the list of black movies and black dynamite is really going on like, oh, don't be silly. And then I thought about it. I'm like, you know what? This really would work out. Yes, the 25th anniversary. Well, I don't know. It might be 2009 was when it was released. Was it 2009? According to IMDb. Okay. Well, yeah, not only is the 25th anniversary quarter of a century, but I was at 15. I don't know. Sorry. I'm at this. Ed is up. So let me see here, man. I think I want to talk about this too, because we just saw a horrible, horrible, terrible, most awful spoof movie out there. What does it take to make the ultimate date movie?

6:19Idiot. Tell me no, I won't marry you. Go on. I was just paying for watching that little part right there. That's date movie. Date movie is crazy. It opens. Yeah. It should is. So you got another hour and 14 minutes of that. And all hurt. Yeah. That's by Friedberg and Selter. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Selter, who that date movie is just a very early entry into the legacy of bullshit right here. And you see games never even heard of that. Good. Keep it that way. You're lucky. I'm going to go near there. But this is Black History Month. And though this is a spoof of a movie, it's a spoof film. At the same time, it honors a very controversial, but also I believe significant part of movie history of cinema, if you will. So this is a spoof of black exploitation. And that's still to this day, a divisive sub genre. And the reason why is because, first of all,

7:27it got his name from a member of the N-A-W-A-C-P. And this I did not know. A guy named, I think the thing was Julius Griffin. He gave it that name black exploitation because and a lot of people wondered like, what is the black exploitation? What are they exploiting? Well, this came in and this is the sub genre. It came in and it actually used it targeted black audiences with what this person believed was stereotypical images, you know, gangsters, pimps, hoes, pimps, pushes and players. There you go. But also some people argue that the genre, they put black people in roles that Hollywood often wouldn't do. You know, like you have the action hero who's also the leading man in some cases, even the leading woman.

8:30This is the end of your rotten life. You don't push her. Got it. Great juice whenever. Because what he was wearing, he like won the full moon care just right there. Yeah, that movie already know it. This is the end of your rotten life. You don't push her. Coffee. That features Pam Greer who was also in Foxy Brown and a few other things. You got to say something, I believe. It's okay. I forgot what it was. Okay, man. You know, what I got you, man. You got me. I know what you I'm wants to pet up you mind. You know, this you talk about how those are stereotypical images, sure, but some of the stuff that Hollywood was doing was even more stereotypical was even worse sometimes. At least black people got to see themselves be the center of the film, the lead of the film, the action hero. A lot of things that they wanted, but did not see Hollywood attempt to do. Hollywood would eventually do with things like Shaft. And of course, years later, we had people like Will Smith who became Mr. Fourth of July. Yeah, yeah. But you know, and Shaft gets lumped in with the black

9:34exploitation movies just because of the time period. It came out. But yeah, having having the black people as the lead characters and in a position of power where they were they were a driving force and not just yeah, they're they're not a pimp, but somebody that the the white buddy cops come to for information and push around. Yeah, also, you know, they were often sticking into the man. A lot of times when they say that this was exploitive, you would actually see them trying to help the community are you would see a lot of black power images in there. Yeah, you know, a lot of black militants are black activists in these movies. So, you know, this as you say, it was just it was very empowering. And a lot of people, even though they might have been a stereotypical image are that was that was what came with the subgenre and had that reputation. A lot of times, you know, like I said, man, they were, they were heroes and take what you can get at that moment. You know, there's also the independent filmmaker aspect of it. A lot of these movies they were made

10:40and being financed and produced on their own very independently and independently, you know, you talk about the independent spirit of filmmaking a lot of times these black exploitation movies very much encompass that. Sure. Because, you know, I think that people when they realized that it did have that independent drive that these people were making these movies for themselves against all odds. I think there's a certain respect that came for black exploitation. Instead of just the stereotypical images that were that were pinned upon it because of the imagery that most people were being sold. You know, I think that there's a lot of things here that made this this subgenre very popular also and that even though it's considered to be a subgenre, those images were so strong, you know, the, you had the style, the hair, the clothes, the music, the way they're

11:40the language. Can you dig it? That's just racist. No, no, no, no. Everything about it, it was very distinct. The iconography was so strong. And like I said, anything from the, like you said, the language to the clothes, the hair, the music that funked that soul as crazy as it got some time. And you love the world, you're flopping around all over there. Even Michael Jackson, look at that thing, like what is that? I mean, half rougher. But some of you got some legitimate music acts. Yeah. Chris Mayfield and the Hughes Corporation in Earth Wind and Fire. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of these bands are a classic legendary funk soul bands now. They got this start doing stuff for black exploitation, low budget movies. Yeah. If you look at what's that movie, sweet, sweet backs, bad

12:47ass song Earth Wind and Fire got this start now before they really blew up. Yeah. Curtis Mayfield is known for the super fly sound track. And guy that y'all probably don't know the name of it, looking up James Ingram. He started out with a Dolomite movie. Oh, that's right. Yeah. So there's a lot of great things that came out of this man. And this is what makes black dynamite so important because I know black dynamite seems like a fun film. People love it. But I do believe that this is somewhat of a very significant film when it comes to what it's spoofing. And I think it's kind of important like that because a lot of people they do spoofs and they're missing something that makes those spoofs terrible. And that is a love and respect. Yeah. And an honor for the thing that this is. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes you make it seem like you're making fun of it. But sometimes you get you get a great parody. You get a great spoof. You get a great comedy when it comes from some people who love the source material that they

13:49are making fun of. Definitely. When I was rewatching black dynamite today, there is an authentic admiration for the film in every way. It's just polished like hell and bad. Oh, to make it look like those films. So where someone walking in could easily think, well, is this from the 70s? I'm not quite sure. Yeah. It's not until you see Michael Jay White. You're like, wait, I know he's not that old. Yeah. But you know, this comes on the heel of other successful black exploitation parodies. I'm going to get you sucker undercover brother. Yeah. There was that one movie. I don't think it was so successful, but original gangster that had Jim Brown and Fred Williamson and Pam Greer and it. Yeah. But you have all those. But this one really takes it to the next level. Yeah. You know why it does. I think because I was like, that was a great point because you did have all those others because I know some of you are saying, well, they had I'm going to get you sucker. You know, no, they did. They did. And they had what was the other one that you named

14:52undercover brother? Yeah, undercover brother. You know, you had all of those, man, but I think what really makes this one stand out is that it's it's also honoring sort of the granddaddy of all spoof's out there. You know, it's it's paying honor to a spoof masterpiece. The one that see people say, just the spoof as we know it today, the one that started it all. Peter Graves, you ever seen a grown man naked? Carine? I'm an airline pilot. Leslie Nielsen. This woman has to be got no hospital. Hospital? It's a big building with patients. That's not important right now. It's Lloyd Bridges. Johnny, what do you think of this? This? Well, I can make it out. Yeah. And what black dynamite is doing that a lot of these other movies aren't, undercover brother is great. Love it. We actually talked about that last. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

15:53Well, a couple of black history months ago, I believe. Yeah. Yeah. And I want to get you suck. I saw that in the theater. Man, that movie's one of the funniest comments I've ever seen. But black dynamite for the most part kind of plays it straight. Yeah. Yeah. It does. I mean, that's what makes it work is it plays it straight and everybody's committed to the bit. Yeah. Everybody for the characters in this movie. This is a serious movie for them. Even though the movie gets extremely silly. These characters, this ain't no laughing matter. Right. The movie's not stopping until we get you. Yeah. Exactly. And I would even say that and this is going to be blast on this right here. But I would even say that black dynamite does some things even better than airplane. Oh. And I'm not I'm not saying that it's better than airplane. Airplane is always going to be the one. Airplane is always going to be the go to. But I think that the attention to detail that this movie has is excellent. Because this paid such close attention that so you have

17:00something like airplane, which is making fun of the genre. Yeah. The disaster movie genre. Yeah. What black dynamite did black dynamite came in and they paid such close attention to this genre of movie making a film making of cinema that it went in and also just even have fun with the imperfections of the film making. Not just not not just jokes are are the format of the other genre. This made fun of the filmmaking, man. The imperfections of it here. Because like I said, at the time, these movies were made on small budgets. They were shot quickly. They were not the most professional looking movies. What's a ratio? Yeah. Exactly. Man, you got one shot. You ain't got money for them on film. You're going to take that and do some editing around it or something. Do some magic. Yeah. Black dynamite has fun with it all. The bad camera work. I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to fight. That's a real thing. If you watch some of these movies, man,

18:10those shots were gone forever and they're terribly composed. Who might be the man? There's also the really bad editing. You know, they kind of make fun of when you see the stump man and it's an obvious stump, man. I am. Oh, the fuck? You got fired at me. It's not even close to like that. No, no. And that's another thing, man. The bad stump choreography. And then they had those awkward shots that we're talking about that they had to use because you only had one shot to work with. So whatever went wrong, if you couldn't edit around it, you better keep it then and just hope that people kind of just move on.

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20:28as opposed to paying homage to and this movie is way more make paying homage than making fun of because everybody's taking so seriously. Like you guys said. Yeah. And, you know, doing all these things that paying attention to those things, too, when it's redoing it and making it, you know, even fun you have because they're taking it so seriously. That's why I like said airplane work. You know, that guy that we showed, he was the only one who was out of character. That's true. He was the only one out of character. Everybody else played everything straight. Oh, you're talking about that, that guy. Yeah. He's the only one out of character. That's to make that scene work. Yeah. No, I love spoof movies when they're done right. And as you see, respect and a love for what you're doing. Man, these fools over here that are doing all these these movie movies, date movie, disaster movie. Well, that's a very proper tutter right there. Meet the Spartans. You know, all these movies, man, they just, they don't have a love for that.

21:28They're just saying, hey, this is popular at the time. Right. This is just this is something that people recognize. Yeah. And so we're going to just, you know, we're just going to do, we're just going to make fun of things that are at the moment. What I hate those movies, man, they don't have any, those guys don't even have any love for the, for the spoof genre itself. No, no, they're just, how many silly jokes can we throw in here? And if we don't got a joke, let's find a reference. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And black dynamite actually understands structure. Yeah. And they said things up really well. Like I forgot that the movie started with a fake commercial for anaconda malt liquor. Yeah. Oh, did you say pay off? Conching. He was too quiet. He let you get all that. Well, speaking of, hey, you know, you brought this up. I didn't. This is your fault. Speaking of

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25:43looked like this. So grab onto your seats and hang on tight. Well, I tell you a story. I won't they even nail that. I love that. The granny film looked that you were talking about how they made it look like the 70s film grain through the whole movie. Yeah. I mean, that just shows like that authenticity comes through and why it is so successful is they are just making a black exploitation film at the end of the day. Yeah. Yeah. They have a they had an editing style that looks very much like the 70s editing at the time. And also 70s, even if it wasn't some sort of black exploitation or Grindhouse movie 70s sometimes he took themselves so seriously that it's just it got silly then because you'd be watching a serious movie or serious action film not a comedy,

26:48not a spoof. Now he's serious as hell, man. And then again to a car chase. And this is something that we even see today, but boy in the 70s, no matter what happened, a car had to explode. Oh yeah. That car didn't have to touch anything. That car would just touch air. Just blow up. Yeah. Yeah, because because sometimes who I was doing the pirate techniques would get it wrong and even blow up before it even made impact. Just one off the cliff. They would start blowing up and they were like, well, we're not shooting it. Yeah. Shout out to you. They use that twice in the movie by the way. They do. Also, you watch that car chase and all the car chase that car is red until it goes off the cliff. Now you know what he called me. It's like a red Porsche. Now you know what he called me Chicago win. Yes, it is. Now you know what he called me Chicago win.

27:53Food. Because I left you as blowing in the breeze. You know why? Because I think that's stop footage. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And they use a twice easy. Yeah. And the funny thing about that scene is he crashes when he actually looks at the road. Like a whole time. He's turning and shit. Oh, like looking back. Oh, yeah. No, that's that's funny. That's very funny, man. Yeah. The whole time he's talking trash while while looking, uh, looking behind it. Now you know what he called me shit. Yeah, I'm going to turn it off because I left you away. Is that bubble gum? Yeah, that shit is. Yeah. You're driving perfect. Yeah, man. Yeah, it's only until you actually start driving responsibly. Yeah. Yeah.

28:57Ran off the road. Yeah, man. Let me see here. I was trying to find some of that editing style that they had here. But yeah, it's a lot of things that they do where I look at this and I say no one will be able to get all this stuff if they didn't have, right, if they didn't have a love for that era of filmmaking, that genre of filmmaking. So that's why I think that this is I think people don't give this movie enough credit for the technical things that they do. Oh, absolutely. And that's almost a compliment within itself because they do it so well that people it doesn't draw attention to itself. Yeah, those two things alone was like, what? Yeah. Car blown up, he ran with it turning gray. I mean, it's driving out looking. That's great. Uh, see here. Michael job white. Michael job white is this is a this is a great role for him because one of the things that went with black action heroes and black exploitation movies, the black people love,

30:02Kung Fu and martial arts movies so much. Yeah. That even if you couldn't do martial arts, it didn't stop you. You did it anyway. But Michael job white, he's the real thing. And you could actually see how his, man, that's one of the things that's probably the most authentic and serious things in movie is his martial arts. And all this all of us put to good use. I mean, he makes sure that he comes in and actually does things that they used to do in these movies like when they would just come in and just kick out of light for no reason. That was straight from a Bruce Lee movie. Really? Yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact, that whole scene is from a Bruce Lee movie. Hey, I don't know why I have a sound down. Oh, let me see here. Let me go back to y'all. Can I love this scene. This is where everybody thought they were talking trash. Yeah. That's good. Yeah, get your black ass punk ass on that ahead. Black ass of my joint. Before we beat you like a new one. That's all y'all feel. Yeah, that's right. You job out.

31:12Don't be coming to the hip pocket talking that shit you did. That's right. Nigga, don't ever, ever come Yeah. Damn that dude fell right on his face. Yeah. I'm doing cordon. That's his signature sound. Nunchucks man. I think Michael J. White, he's like a martial arts expert. Yeah, he would have to be because you launch these scenes. That's like, that's not a stunt man. That's him. Yeah. I can do a dance. So black dynamite. Another thing that shows that it really does have a love for

32:18black exploitation is that it does pull from very specific things. It pulls directly from some movies. A lot of this is actually being pulled from Rudy Ray Moore. Right. I mean, Michael J. White almost kind of looks like him too. Yeah. Yeah, with the yeah, the sideburns. Yeah, yeah. It certainly opens like a direct copy from Dolomite. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then and then what later the character bullhorn comes in. Oh, yeah. No, this is so it makes these direct references. But so here's another thing that people who if you know how to if you're if you're a spoof expert, if you come in and you know how to do it, exactly right. Then you know that you can make these references so that the people who are in the know they get it. But also is done well enough to where it's not going over certain people's heads. Everybody can enjoy it doesn't isolate certain audience members from the joke. So if you're a fan of that genre and you

33:22know these movies that they're referencing, that's great. And and as I said, there's a lot that's taken here from Rudy Ray Moore movies. Some of my favorites. There's a direct line in here that I forgot that they did that was taken straight from a Rudy Ray Moore movie. Disco Godfather. One of the most portable lines from the movie. Where is Bucket and what has he had? Andrew that. That's a portable line. Where's Bucket and what has he had? And they were they they do that exact line in this movie here. Right down the mic. I got to go to the hospital. It's my little nephew Bucket. He OD. Where is Bucket and what has he had? And I like to play either. It's probably the worst delivery in the movie. Oh, and that character that you see the one the nephew right there. The actress can't wait. Yeah. And she she plays a character called Honey Bee. That's a direct

34:27reference to a Dolomite character named Queen Bee. Queen what's happening? What in the world are you doing in a joint like this? Honey, shit. I'm got heavy. Cavaliers and some of his apes down. Beat me like a dog. And kidnapped. He see him job. He kidnapped her girl. So it dances at the club. Yeah, it was always girls who danced at the club. Girlfriends, a Dolomite. Some of his holes can kidnap them. You always had to go rescue them and I had to rescue a club. Say the club. Always a rival club that they that didn't like them was trying to kill them. Right. Yeah. Got them club wars. Yeah. But they did beat her as to say if I can find this. Yeah. And they Queen Bee. The Queen Bee. And they beat her as good. Let me see. Yeah, this dude came over. They tore up a club and then they walked around and beat her. She said beat her like a dog. No, he beat the shit out of her. She's getting a beat down by Bert Reynolds.

35:40Wait a minute. Wait for it. Oh. It's funny that you know that guy's like kicking the bar and she's just like, oh, that's what it's about. Because you know she's going to grab. There's also that character you were talking about. Bullhorn. Bullhorn, man, if you don't know Dolomite or Rudy Remor, you already saw I played some clips from him. That dude does an amazing Rudy Remor impression. And the actor's name is Byron Minnes. And he yeah, he's listed as one of the writers, which could be just because he wrote all his own dialogue. Man, I would not doubt that because he's spot on. Man, he's perfect. Well, honey, could I get you anything? Yeah. So I would like some of that ass. Oh, I'll be sure to set it to the waitress.

36:41Yeah, I'd like some of that ass. I would like some of that ass. It might be the last thing you said in your way to jail. It would be more good. Except they'd be saying that to you in prison too. See how I'm full-sighted? Oh, man. Oh, man, anyway. Yeah, man, we got too bad we don't do, uh, can you pay me a little bit more time? Yeah. Let me see. Well, honey, could I get you anything?

37:44Yeah, so I would like some of that ass. So matter of fact, like you just ask a foreign drink. Yes, I would like some water and some ass. Oh, man. Yes, I'll take a cocktail and some ass. Oh, I would then need her on the rocks. Take my ass and eat. Oh, also outside of Dola, Mike, there's some other famous scenes from here. There's a famous Pimp Council scene in this movie. Some dudes got big statements. Is that gonna be a new push? Convent around is the world's dark turning. There's gonna be right on turn it right now.

38:44Yeah, until this little planet rotates on this axis as a result of its core overheating and explodes into cosmic dust. That's about to happen in about 15 minutes or so. Uh, but yeah, I forgot his name. Cedriggy Arbro. Yeah, Cedrigy Arbro. He has one of the most courtable lines in the movie. But Black Dola might also draw his community. But that's a, is that from the Mac? No, it could be from the Mac. I know there's a scene of saying, Hey, man, you know, he's like, we trying to clean up the neighborhood. He's like, you ain't putting me out of my business. Yeah, well, it could be a combination of that. And also, it's a lot like Willie Dynamite. Oh, you mean Willie Dynamite? Barely. Had to do from Sesame Street, Gordon from Sesame Street. Oh, right, right, right, right. Yeah, there's a big Pimp Council scene in there too. You remember that? Yes, yes, I was thinking. I mean, in all respect to your idea, Bill.

39:48Some dudes got big stables. Does that mean they get more turf? The organization will see that everyone. I said. Yeah. Yeah. Goodness. There is no problem. My bitches. You saying you can't control your bitch here? Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. Oh, my God. He's like, what? Ah. I'm like, I'm like, I'm skinning to the hood right there. You're telling me, you're kind of trying to convince me. Yes. Someone better serve a hype tray with that. That's what I'm saying. Oh, man. That's one of my favorite lines. Yeah. Yeah. All those rigs. Man, we got to start saying this stuff. Oh, just talking to people. Yes, I'll have some more ass. And you can control my juice. You're right. It does seem like he came from this. Yeah, I think it did.

40:53Now, if you know those things, it's great. But if you don't, it doesn't leave you confused. The comedy still works. That is something that really needs to be known about making a great spoof movie, man, because the reason why that's so important is because if you're not aware of that, not only do you run the risk of alienating some of the audiences who don't get the reference, but also you're probably going to date your movie to where those jokes just are simple two or three years later. Those jokes are going to be still and they're not going to work. Hence, a free-burgen self-sum movie. But I only have a team of both sidekick. You can borrow my Drio 650. Now, we don't know what that shit is now. Where are those? And I was around when those came and I'm like, what? I remember that shit. And most importantly, man, the most important thing is just be funny. Just, I mean, yeah, she's hard, though. It isn't it, though, this is easy sense.

41:54To most of that's all I think. That's all I think. That's all I think. Well, I said, you can't control your pictures. Yeah, it is harder, it is easier said than done because that's one of the main rules that people forget, just be funny and not just anything for a laugh. Right. You can, if you, if you can actually do a lot of cleverness, you can actually make something that's good. Put something together that had that, that everything we complimented, if you can do that, then you can afford to be silly. You can have those moments. That's stupidity in there and not be seen as a stupid comedy. I'm looking for nipsy. There's no nipsy here. That's a one for one.

42:58I guess it's why I got to proud of him more than way sometimes because he's pretty easy to put in me of anything for a laugh. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of these movies, it's just not free-burgen Celsius, it's just not the wins. A lot of people don't know the art of the spoof and hopefully you realize that by watching something like Black Dynamite and everything that we pointed out because to do it, not just well, to do it in a way that is excellent. It has to, it has to do everything we said, man. You can't just do silly shit for a little bit. You can't do just silly shit for a laugh. Go things in there that just pop up at the moment. Like we said, man, you have to have a love for the thing that you're talking about. You have to go in and be, you have to be observant. Yeah, that's the thing. Yeah, you have to be sharp and realize that a lot of this stuff it works because of things that weren't even in the forefront.

43:58Some things that worked in the background, you gotta pay attention to. Yeah, man. And if you can do that, you can have your silly moment in there. You can do just something stupid for a laugh. Especially when you hire talented actors like this, like I forgot that during the credits, they had like some, like, some stuff they didn't use. And they had a line from Cedric, him talking about like a short prostitute. Did you hear that? He was joking with another Pimp. Like, you know, they say about that midget prostitute always coming up short. That's what I was talking about. Yeah, like the moment's like that of Grace. Yeah. Yeah, I saw this in its entirety during Sundance and I laughed hard at this time watching this than I did at that time. I think the last time I saw it, because I saw it whenever it first got released. And then when adult swim was about to release the cartoon series, they replayed it and I watched it again right before that. Yeah. If you got about that, yeah, the cartoon series. And I'm talking about from the moment the movie opened.

45:00I said, man, maybe I wasn't, maybe I was looking for something more at the time. Maybe I was hyping myself up too much because I just remember laughing a lot harder at this time than I did last time. From the moment this movie opened up, my stomach was already kind of hurting from laughing so hard. This is black, this opens up a black dynamite's brother. Oh, yeah. Who's a undercover cop and just manages, even when I'm not saying anything, just starts bringing attention on himself. It's like brother, how do you even get this far undercover? You're so bad. One of us here is not who you appears to be. Come on, you giant turkeys. What kind of run down is this? Look, man, I've got to get back to the streets where I come from. I told you, job chops.

46:01I ain't no snitch. Should you work? I think it's supposed to be making fun of like some of the actors in the black exploitation movies who actually, you know, Shakespearean stage actors like William Marsh was a milk, William Marshall. We were played black, you know, yeah, yeah, you know, trying to do that. Excellent. That reminds me, jive chumps. Yeah. How it was shuffling, it reminds me of the old one. Oh, they were doing it. Hello, I'm Robert Townsend. I'm a graduate of black acting school before they were like, mass abuse, it's all stupid. It's all weird, I don't know. I don't know, I don't know. Hello. Oh, man. The way he looked nervous from the beginning. So, man, let's go back to the scene. Kind of. Yeah. My boss here is not who he appears to be.

47:05Oh, you are already sunk. Come on, you jive turkeys. What kind of run down is this? What kind of run down is this? You know what? I think that makes perfect sense, then. Because you had that dude, William Marshall playing black. I think he was very dignified. I am broccoli. Yeah. I think maybe it started to lose his novelty and creative grip for me near the very end. There's a part near the end, they go to the White House and that stuff is probably, it's stuff that goes a little too overboard. It doesn't really stick to what was going on before. For me, but I still, yeah, you have to escalate. I mean, I thought it, you know, it was a little looser, didn't have quite the grip, but I still enjoyed it. I still thought it was pretty fun. Yeah. Now, that I remember at the very end, they did some stuff in the White House.

48:07And I don't want to ruin it for anybody, but Dolomite comes in to fight the president. And that stuff actually is, it's like Martin said, they're playing a lot looser with that. Then they are with the rest of the movie. I think the rest of the movie is tighter. I think the rest of the movie really is sticking to the format more than the end is, but I still have a good time. I still have. I remember I didn't like that at all when I first saw it. This time, I was like, that's kind of funny. Yeah, well, you know, it's, when they get to this part, they're doing what the original movies didn't have the budget to do. Yeah. Only what they hope to do. Yeah. Yeah. I can see that. Okay. That's when the end kind of gets more modern. It does, yeah, it really does, man. Now, that's where they, I think what doesn't work for me is, that's where they start to actually, not take it seriously. Right, yeah. It actually does become sort of more self-aware comedy,

49:07where before they were playing it straighter. So yeah, I'd still laughed, but because only because it's the very end, really. Yeah, as it goes on, they do start making references and doing stuff that is more modern. Like at one point, they have that aquatine hunger-force fire. You know, that one flame, that's clearly CGI. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And well, even like most of the movies didn't go this far, except for three the hard way, where they were trying to stop somebody from poisoning the water supply. Oh, really? So they do some James Bond shit at that time. And I had missed a clip early, but here's something I'll show you the editing that I was talking about, that 70s editing style. This is not just black exploitation, like they did this kind of editing. And it's very stylish. Even today, some people might even not like it. They're probably saying, that's way too choppy, but it was normal back in the 70s to edit things in the way that you're about to see. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Brewing Company. No matter how you do a game day, on the couch, in the crowd, or manning the snack table,

50:07Athletic Brewing fits right in. With a full lineup of non-alcoholic beer styles, you can enjoy bold flavors all game-long. No hangovers, no buzz, no subbing out for water in the second half. Stuck the fridge for tip-off with a variety of non-alcoholic craft styles available at your local grocery store or online at AthleticBrewing.com. Near beer, fit for all times. To the beat, man, that is not a spoof, no. That actually did that to the beat. Yeah, to the beat, that's right. Yeah, over there. You up and running. What? Get up at it. Yeah, I really want to thank you for giving me the watch just to give, man. I, because I love this. I hadn't seen it in this entirety, as I said. And I, yeah, I don't know why I never appreciated

51:10as much as I'm loving it right now. But if you want to watch something fun that also honors part of black cinematic history, this is an excellent watch. This is so entertaining, at least for me. I don't know what the hell was wrong with me. I love this movie, man. It happens. A lot of times we see movies and we have a certain expectation. We're like, yeah, well, it could have been, and then later you see it without any of that. And just like, oh my God, this movie's brilliant. What were you thinking? And I really liked it before, but I love this movie now. I'm sure at the time you've been talking about the trailer and you're like, all right, I don't want to come in and it seemed so biased, you know? Yeah, maybe that could have been it. Maybe it was that Sundance, but so much a hype for it. Yeah, well, I was hyped up before Sundance. I was talking about, that's why this guy invited me because I was talking about on spill at the time. How much I wanted to go to Sundance. I didn't know if I was gonna go enough, but I said, man, it's just showing that Sundance. I really want to see this movie. And yeah, he had a ticket, man.

52:10He said, yeah, I got an opportunity to go see Black Dynamite. And yeah, I went there and enjoyed it. Thought it was great, but it's, I don't know, man. I don't, I just don't think I had the same enthusiasm as I have now. I love this. That's your favorite part in a movie. Like what made you laugh the hardest? What made me laugh the hardest? What do you see here? What made me laugh the hardest? Well, hard. I didn't get you anything. Yeah, so I would like some of that. Yeah. That's just a great line. I love that. I enjoyed it with you guys. Yeah. You know, you're gonna be here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me say that. Yeah, man, can I get you something? Yes, I'll have some of that. Yes. But are you sorry you're going to be here to learn it now? I bet you're going to watch it before you leave. Yeah. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's done. Oh, man. Oh, he didn't ask with my favorite bit.

53:12This one. He gouges up like a size. He's like, I told you, I get you. I get you. I get you. I get you. I get you. Oh, yeah. That was in the, that was in the trailer, man. No, that's, no, that's a, that's a fight with two. That's one of, you know what? I'm glad you brought that up. That's one of the lines that actually sold me on one to watch the movie. I mean, besides my lover, Rudy Ray Moore in black exploitation anyway, but yeah, that, that line was in the, I think it was at the end of the, of the trailer, of the red band trailer. You see, yeah, when he was fighting the Asian, dude, yeah, man, that's so funny, too, because I felt bad for that guy because that's a funny line. I don't want to show the idea. He didn't want to go out there. No, man. We got one. He's just doing right. This is Asian dude. He's just getting abused. No, man. We had him whenever Dr. Wu whoever he was doing his formula, he's standing over and he's like, what the fuck? Yeah. What the fuck? Go get backed out of my chin. And he did that dude and I want to go. That's why he was saying the next thing. Yeah. I feel bad for that guy.

54:12Let me see here. Oh, yeah. This is it. What the fuck? Shit, your eye on fucking him. She's like this. But look, I scared this dude is me. I feel bad for him. Oh, yeah. This is it. Right behind him. What the fuck? Shit, your eye on fucking him. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Dude, I scared this dude. Yeah. But look, I scared this dude. It is me. I feel bad for him. Oh, shoot. He was defeated already. Too close to the camera and shit. I can't watch it. You can't see where I'm coming from. That face.

55:13Yeah. So this was written, this is co-written by a lot of people. But this was Michael J. White's idea. He said he got this idea from listening to James Brown. Super bad. And yeah, Michael J. White said, Gene is becoming up at this far. Yeah. Yeah, this is excellent. Excellent. I love it. Yeah. I'd give it a very high full price. It's a classic. Yeah, it is a classic. Yeah. Yeah. Very big. I mean, I was close to giving it better than sex. But it was just that last two minutes that that that shaves that off. But extremely high full price for me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was a real fun rewatch. Yeah. Yeah. I guess we didn't talk about that tiny cashew penis that they show. Now we can't even, we don't want to tell everybody. That's funny. We'll be opening. I was like, there's so much of this that we can't show it off. And we want to say some of y'all out there too. If you haven't seen it. So, yeah. Yeah. Go watch this, man. Go watch it. Especially if you are a fan of black exploitation or even movies that make fun of black exploitation.

56:17If you just know some of the images of black exploitation. Go watch this. And as I said, keep in mind the whole time. Keep in mind how this is something that actually does spoof movies very well. Excellent. It does spoof movies as well. It's something I thought interesting. Also just an observation. I made that the love interest was played by Sally Richardson in his movie. She looks a lot like some actresses from who used to be in movies back in the day. Two in particular. Vanetta McGee and Lanetta McGee. And in fact, you look up a Lanette McGee and you're like, and it could be sisters. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just got a little Pam Greer in there too. Yeah. Yeah. I thought she looked like the woman in the clip that you showed before. Coffee. Yeah. Pam Greer. Yeah. Especially if we put that app around her. But also keep in mind that since it is paying such great homage to black cinema and black exploitation is an important part of black cinematic history. Black is an important part of a cinema history no matter what.

57:18You just keep in mind how well it does that which in a way makes this a movie that's important that way. So yeah. I love this film. Get to watch. You haven't seen it yet. You haven't seen it in a while. Go give it a rewatch. Early Birds always rise to the occasion for summer vacation planning because early gets you closer to the action. So don't feel it. Book your next vacation early on Verbo and save over $120. Rise and shine. Ever savings $141 select homes only.