From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

The Netflix series Cheer focuses on the stressful lives of junior college cheerleaders

fighting for a national championship.

Fans of the series will know without being told which set of parents doesn't come across too well.

Series creator Greg Whiteley feels kind of bad about that.

I truly enjoy their company.

I think they're crazy.

Are they mad at you?

Yeah, I think they are.

I've had enough conversations with them since it's come out.

And I called them right after I started reading online what people were saying about them.

And I just asked, are you all right?

White Lee, who also created

Last Chance You for Netflix, tells us about the drama on and off screen as he set out to

document the glory and agony of competitive college cheerleading. But first on the news banter,

Oscars so male and so white forever. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I am joined by my colleague

and banter, Matt Bellany, of the Hollywood reporter. Hello, Matt. Hi there. So the Academy Awards are

upon us. And once again, we have this controversy, which is the mailness and whiteness of the nominees.

You know, if it weren't for director Bong Joon Ho, we wouldn't have anything but white men in the director's category.

We've mentioned, I think, in the past, that Greta Gerwig got six nominations, including Best Picture, and was not recognized in the directing category.

So this issue prompted a Hollywood reporter to do, I think, a really outstanding piece, Rebecca Kagan on our staff,

with data analyst Ben Zossmer. And the results are kind of shocking. The basic premise here is

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