Meaning of good-bad | Babel Free

Definitions

Enjoyably schlocky, poor in quality but nonetheless compelling.

Examples

“The existence of good bad literature—the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses to take seriously—is a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.”

““Road House” exists right on the edge between the “good-bad movie” and the merely bad. I hesitate to recommend it, because so much depends on the ironic vision of the viewer. This is not a good movie.”

“Touch of Evil is not a good movie, but it is a good bad movie, which is more fun than the mediocre or even the adequate.”

“Is Showgirls good-bad or just bad-bad?”

“The Shoes of the Fisherman is a good-bad film that owes no duty to history or to what were then current affairs.”

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