A chat with the directors of ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’; Why Disney is dialing back on DEI
The Business · KCRW
February 14, 202530m 1s
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Show Notes
<p dir="ltr">The Trump administration’s hostility toward DEI initiatives has led companies like <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-dei-efforts-trump-1236133132/">Disney</a> and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/pbs-closes-dei-office-trump-executive-order-1236132553/">PBS</a> to reevaluate their stance on advocating for these principles. How will the pendulum swing affect Hollywood under the new presidential administration? Kim Masters and Matt Belloni investigate. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">Plus, Masters speaks to Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, the co-directors of Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Park and Crossingham share how they balanced claymation, a notoriously time-consuming medium, with modern filmmaking tools in the latest Wallace and Gromit adventure. And the pair explains why animating even a mostly motionless character — like the menacing criminal mastermind Feathers Mcgraw — is surprisingly difficult.</p>
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