Paul And Corey Cross The Streams

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... For his first episode, Corey chose the international smash-hit, the Tollywood (India) film, RRR (2022). Directed and written by S. S. Rajamouli, the film is a fictional and fictionalized account of the meeting of two Indian revolutionaries, Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju, during the British Raj. The film is a blast: action-packed, singing and dancing, compelling drama, excellent VFX, brilliant (fight) choreography, and more, as it tells the exciting story of rising up against colonial oppression. But. The film exists in a political and economic context, specifically the current rule of Hindu nationalism and the long-established caste system in India, that international viewers might not know or understand. And for as much fun as it is to root for our protagonists in their fight against