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

When the pandemic hit London, director Simon Godwin's National Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet shut down before it could open.

So Godwin shot the play as a movie.

Never mind that he had never even picked up a camera and couldn't film outside the theater.

So there would be no locations, there would be no trips to Italy, there would be no even

natural light. And yet, I remembered a phrase from the Stoics who had the motto, the obstacle

is the way. Even without a trip to fair Verona, Godwin shot his movie, starring Josh O'Connor and Jesse Buckley

in a mere 17 days.

Godwin's version of Romeo and Juliet is now streaming on PBS.

He tells us why he thinks the Bard would love the movies and approve of taking some creative

liberties, including giving Lord Capulet's lines to Lady Capulet.

But first, we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.

Hi there. So we now have been told, as expected,

that HBO Max and Warner Media, they're going to roll out a $10 a month ad-supported subscription,

and you can see HBO Max programming for this $10 a month with ads, and you get HBO programming

not interrupted by ads.

So basically, at least to start out, for $10 a month, you get max with ads, and then the purity

of HBO, as we don't have commercials, is maintained.

And for $10 a month, you know, maybe people will think that's a good deal?

I think they will because, you know, currently HBO Max is the most expensive streaming service

at $15 a month. You're essentially saying to people, subscribe to HBO Max with ads and you're

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