Rerun: ‘CODA’ filmmakers on growth of Deaf representation

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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“CODA” won three Oscars this year: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Writing (Adapted Screenplay). When making “CODA,” Marlee Matlin, who won an Oscar in 1987 for “Children of a Lesser God,” realized she was usually the only Deaf person on a set. She told KCRW in January: “I’m the one typically going to my trailer by myself, and it’s just me and my interpreter. But in all honesty, I never thought of it until I got on the set of ‘CODA’ and realized there’s a whole different world out there I’ve been missing all this time. Realizing that here I am, on the set of ‘CODA,’ in my element at lunch time, because everybody is signing. The hearing crew — they’re signing, there’s Deaf cast members, and most importantly, our director learned sign language.” KCRW reairs its conversation with director Siân Heder and Matlin. Also in a new Banter, Matt Belloni talks to Lucas Shaw about what happens now as the WarnerMedia Discovery merger is imminent.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.0	One of the more moving scenes from a very memorable Oscar ceremony this year
0:09.5	was the quiet standing ovation when the Best Picture winners for Cota took the stage.
0:14.9	Many in the audience used sign language to applaud for the deaf cast members.
0:19.6	Cota also brought a best supporting actor
0:21.6	trophy for Troy Kotzer and best adapted screenplay for writer and director Sean Hater.
0:27.0	This week we're revisiting our interview with Hater and actress Marley Matlin. Usually the only
0:31.9	deaf person on a set, Matlin, speaking through her interpreter, Jack Jason, says she realized
0:37.2	what she's been missing when she made this film.
0:39.4	I mean, listen, I'm the one typically going to my trailer by myself, and it's just me and my interpreter.
0:44.4	But in all honesty, I never thought of it until I got in the set of Coda.
0:49.5	And I realized, oh, wait a minute, there's a whole different world out there.
0:52.2	I've been missing all this time.
0:53.7	Here I am on the set of Coda in my element at lunchtime, because everybody is
0:59.5	signing. The hearing crew, they're signing, there's deaf cast members, and most importantly,
1:04.3	our director, learned sign language. That director, Sean Hater and Marley Matlin, tell us about
1:09.7	making the breakthrough film Coda.
1:11.9	But first, some banter with Matt Bellany and Lucas Shaw.
1:15.7	Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.
1:21.9	I'm here with Lucas Shaw.
1:23.6	Lucas is the head of the Media and Entertainment Group at Bloomberg.
1:26.9	And Lucas, this week, it's been 11 months in the making.
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