Cheer director on the glory and agony of college cheerleading

Published: Feb. 8, 2020, 1 a.m.

The Netflix series \u201cCheer\u201d focuses on the stressful lives of junior college cheerleaders fighting for their next national championship. Director Greg Whiteley says he could\u2019ve done a better job of portraying one set of cheer parents, who came off as controlling.\xa0