Episode 201: THE LAST DRAGON (1985)

Listening note: Zencastr fucked up Harry’s track at the start of Cody’s Noteys. It was a fun round, so I elected to keep the episode going and truncate Harry’s track where I could. Sorry for the poor listening experience. Produced by Motown founder Berry Gordy, THE LAST DRAGON is a genre mashup of kung fu, blaxploitation, and comedy that clings to its Hero’s Journey trappings only long enough to get a great joke or scene out of it. Leroy seeks the Final Level – a mystical unknowing of the self – while beset by the baddest martial artists in Harlem and distracted by the prettiest girls on TV. It’s badass, it’s goofy, it doesn’t really work, and it doesn’t really have to. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “The Glow” by Willie Hutch from the THE LAST DRAGON soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 201: THE LAST DRAGON (1985) 4:43 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 9:49 - A fish out of water story where the fish can walk just fine tbh 20:42 - Leroy’s self-identification as a black man 33:48 - The expansive plot 51:54 - The Junk Drawer 54:38 - Cody’s Noteys: How to Train Your Trylove (movie dragon trivia)