Paul and Corey Cross the Streams

A bi-monthly podcast in which hosts Paul Pakler and Corey Pepper watch and review streaming content - so you don't have to!

Paul and Corey Cross the Streams is a tv podcast hosted by Fanbase Press, with 149 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S8E11 [SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)]

  Aug 14, 20261h 1m

  Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul wanted to take on another of the movie musical canon: Singin' in the Rain (1952)! Where to begin with Singin' in the Rain ? Arguably the best movie musical, appearing in Sight and Sound polls and AFI lists. Referenced in countless other films, TV shows, and other media. We discuss the careers and styles of co-directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. We discuss producer/musical composer Arthur Freed (asshole!) and the authors of the screenplay Betty Comden and Adolph Green. We discuss the careers and talents of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen, and Cyd Charisse. We discuss the oft-debated topic of who-was-better: Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly? We even discuss why Corey doesn't really love this movie... It's a great episode of a part of cinema history.

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  Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S8E10 [DREAMGIRLS (2006)]

  Jul 21, 20261h 17m

  Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Corey continued discussed of Motown, albeit in a legally-deniable way, with Dreamgirls (2006). The film was adapted and directed by Bill Condon from the 1981 Broadway show, which was originally directed by Michael Bennett, with music by Henry Krieger, and book and lyrics by Tom Eyen. The film was a box office smash and critical success, winning Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Sound Mixing. It's a star-studded cast, including Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, and Jennifer Hudson. And yet. Paul and Corey just did not like this adaptation. Corey, who worked bar at the original Broadway show and saw it hundreds of times, discusses the differences between the two versions and especially the power of seeing the show live. They also discuss why the film could have suffered from trying to satisfy its stars and expanding the story too much. And for as much as they don't agree with the common wisdom about Jennifer Hudson's performance, they were deeply impressed by Eddie Murphy and Beyonce's performances. They also discuss the musical's interrogation of respectability politics and art in the context of the early 1960s America, as well as misogynoir, colorism, and fatphobia. It's a far-reaching conversation. Enjoy!

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  Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S8E09 [THE WIZ (1978)]

  Jun 19, 20261h 31m

  Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams , and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings... This week, Paul continued along, and is now easing down, the Yellow Brick Road as he and Corey discuss The Wiz (1978). It's another example of a film adaptation of a hit Broadway show that radically reimagines the book and premise - for good or for ill. Paul and Corey discuss the historic exclusion of Black musicals from Broadway, as well as the conditions that led to a welcome influx of them in the early 1970s. They talk about the somewhat fraught pre-production, and the people (Geoffrey Holder, Stephanie Mills) and events that led to its rousing success. They also talk about how Motown Productions came to produce the film, some of the history of the company, and most especially the involvement of Diana Ross behind and in front of the camera. The Wiz (the film) was a critical and box-office failure at the time of its release; however, it found its audience and has become its own cultural institution. Paul and Corey discuss what works and what doesn't and how much of the blame can and should be attributed to having the film directed by Sydney Lumet(!) and written by Joel Schumacher(!!).

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  Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S8E08 [MOULIN ROUGE (2001)]

  Jun 4, 20261h 5mS0

  <p></p> <p>Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams, and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings...</p> <p> </p> <p>This week, Corey chose Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001). This is the first instance where both hosts could not bring themselves finish the film in question. But not to worry they both had seen it when it came out (Corey liked it then, Paul hated it).</p> <p> </p> <p>And although they strongly...

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  Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S8E07 [THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)]

  May 19, 20261h 15mS0

  <p></p> <p>Let's put on a show! It's season 8 for Paul and Corey Cross the Streams, and this season we're watching musicals. It's a singular art form with a dynamic history, and we get to listen to a lot of cast recordings...</p> <p> </p> <p>This week, Paul chose perhaps the most influential American film - The Wizard of Oz (1939). A film so omnipresent in everyone's life that Corey couldn't even watch it. A film so ingrained in our consciousnesses that Paul and Corey don't even recount the plot of the film during the course of the episode!<...

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