Good-bad
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Good-bad is an adjective meaning (film, literature) Enjoyably schlocky, poor in quality but nonetheless compelling.
Meaning
(film, literature) Enjoyably schlocky, poor in quality but nonetheless compelling.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include schlocky, baddish, trashy, low-rent, pulpy, fine.
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