GBW #102: Flop Sweat (Showgirls / Southland Tales / Dune [1984])

<p>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 &quot;good,&quot; &quot;bad,&quot; or &quot;what!?&quot; within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor&#39;s filmography, and more!</p> <p>This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three high-profile critical and commercial disasters (at the time of their respective releases) by notable filmmakers that have gone on to garner critical re-appraisal in the last decade or more. We start with 1995&#39;s &quot;Showgirls,&quot; Paul Verhoeven&#39;s great American showbiz satire that garnered notoriety upon its release for being the first wide release NC-17 film. It was not perceived as the masterpiece it is at the time, but in the years since, viewers have quickly caught on. Then, we move into 2006&#39;s &quot;Southland Tales,&quot; Richard Kelly&#39;s anticipated-at-the-time follow-up to &quot;Donnie Darko.&quot; The film is packed with ideas and is rightfully angry at the sociopolitical climate circa 2006 (and has become somewhat prophetic), but none of them cohere in a satisfying way (at least to us, but it&#39;s got its fans). Finally, we move into David Lynch&#39;s 1984 adaptation of &quot;Dune,&quot; a film that Lynch has disowned entirely but has a ton of merit, most specifically the rockin&#39; Toto score, the Carlo Rambaldi effects, beautiful big sets and locales, and some of that Lynchian trademark absurdism that wasn&#39;t sanded off entirely.</p> <p>You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what/id1554493814">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RcsQUeNROydClA6p6P9ht">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/78028350/">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80Nzg1Y2NmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==">Google Podcasts</a>,