You probably haven’t heard of “Black Dynamite” (we didn’t until today) but the film is a send up of 70’s blaxploitation films like “Shaft,” “Superfly,” or “Foxy Brown.” The trailer even references by name some of them too, but the film that gets visually referenced throughout the trailer alone is “Dolemite.” Made on a low budget, “Dolemite” is a perfect example of a “so bad its good” movie. The film’s unintentional hilarity makes it ripe for parody, which is what ‘Dynamite’ has done to “Dolemite.” The trailer uses the same sort of rhyming scheme used in both the trailer for “Dolemite” and its over the top sequel, “The Human Tornado.” At least one of the phrases from the ‘Dynamite’ trailer is taken verbatim from the “Dolemite” trailer.
Blaxploitation Spoof ‘Black Dynamite’ Apes Dolemite Without Paying Credit
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