From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. A year ago, we checked in with people who

had lost their jobs when coronavirus shut down Hollywood. Now, with the world starting to open up,

we talk to those folks about how they made it through and how working in the entertainment

industry may have changed for good. Now, it's funny is that, like, since COVID happened, the pace on set has changed dramatically.

And, like, you physically cannot be in the same space as someone else.

And I think we have a greater respect for our crew and the craft and understanding that quality takes time.

Cinematographer Mario Contini and others,

a costumer, a showrunner's assistant,

an actor, and a filmmaking team,

reflect on the strange year that was in the industry

and tell us what their jobs look like now.

But first on the news banter,

Disney deals, theater owners, another blow.

Stick around. It's the business from

KCRW. I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt. Hi there. So let me

just start out by addressing a confusing situation. We talked about Chloe Jahl, the director of Nomad Land last week and blowback and shine at a certain remarks that had been attributed to her.

We had read and an Australian publication had reported that she had said America is now my country.

That was subsequently corrected. She said America is not my country, big difference.

So I want to make it clear that apparently the Chinese government objected to that, but maybe that's

not what she said. And there was another quote that was attributed to her of her saying that in China,

there are lies everywhere. That was to a small film quarterly. That article where she

reportedly said that had been changed. Those remarks somehow were not there anymore.

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