From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

Laverne Cox made history as the first transgender person nominated for an acting Emmy for her role in Orange is the New Black.

She's been a vocal advocate for more diversity in Hollywood with a focus on trans people of color.

Now, she's also executive producer of the new film Disclosure, which explores Hollywood's

portrayal of trans people. It has often been negative, but sometimes those film depictions were

perhaps unintentionally inspiring. Cox talks about how she found herself through watching movies,

and possibly not the ones you might expect. I don't know if the filmmakers had a black, you know, trans kid, a non-gender, non-conforming kid in Mobile, Alabama in mind when they conceived of Yantel.

But like the disidentification that happened for me where I saw my story and I saw myself

and this character is something that like LGBTQI people have been doing for a very long time.

Now streaming on Netflix disclosure explores how some on-screen depictions over the years

have stoked fears about gender identity.

Think about the cross-dressing serial killers in Silence of the Lambs and Psycho.

But the movies can still be a home for young trans people who are figuring themselves out.

Cox and director Sam Fader also talk about the controversy over J.K. Rowling's latest remarks.

But first on the news banter, wishing on a star won't make the industry open any faster.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my buddy in banter, Matt Bellany.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

There's a lot of news going on.

Much of it stemming from the industry's desire, deep desire to get back to work, open theaters, open theme parks, which is totally understandable.

Everybody is just tired of the pandemic desperately and needs to work and have a life

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