Sia adds warning to controversial film 'Music' after complaints over restraint scenes

Kate Hudson addressed the criticism her recent movie, "Music," is receiving for its portrayal of autistic people.  "Music," co-written by musician Sia, sees Hudson play a recently sober drug dealer who finds herself charged with taking care of her younger sister, a special-needs teen named Music played by Maddie Ziegler.

Alright, as we said in our previous coverage, this whole Music controversy is SUPER messy.

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Sia casting a non-autistic actor to play an autistic role in her film Music.Maddie Ziegler plays Music, a young autistic woman, in the movie, whose guardian is her half-sister Zu (played by Hudson).Director Sia has faced a huge backlash for her casting choices in the film, which many have criticised as ableist and said could perpetuate harmful stereotypes about autistic people.

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Sia‘s controversial new film Music has landed a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than panned 2019 movie Cats.The singer’s film received backlash before its release this month, notably over the casting of neurotypical actor Maddie Ziegler as a nonverbal autistic character.Sia has also faced a backlash for how she has responded to criticism over the project, and a petition from Autism rights activists to have the film cancelled has received over 20,000 signatures.Reviews have slated Music on the whole,

It’s difficult to even pick a starting point on the many misfires that are musician-turned-filmmaker Sia’s misguided directorial debut, “Music.” So much of it is bad and ill-conceived, all of it worth criticizing in various ways. There’s the infantilizing use of an autistic character, who the film portrays as nonverbal but never has the bravery to explicitly identify as autistic, who ends up being the magic push an adult screwup needs to get her life in order.

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Sia is adding a new warning label to her controversial movie, “Music”, following backlash over scenes which depict the use of restraints on an autistic character. 

Australian recording artist Sia has apologized for the depiction of autism in her directorial feature debut, Music, after the movie surprisingly snagged two Golden Globe nominations.

Music, and has added a warning label to the movie.In a series of now-deleted tweets posted in the wake of the film’s Golden Globe nominations last night, the musician and director apologised to the Autism community and explained the disclaimer that would appear before screenings of the film.“I promise, have been listening,” Sia began, per Variety.

Ellise Shafer administratorSia is addressing the controversy surrounding her directorial feature debut, “Music,” after the film earned two Golden Globes nominations Tuesday morning.In a succession of tweets Tuesday night, the singer wrote that she has “been listening” to the criticism surrounding the film’s portrayal of a non-verbal autistic person by a non-autistic actor, Maddie Ziegler.

Sia is breaking her silence about the controversies surrounding her upcoming movie, Music.

The 2021 Golden Globe nominations raised a number of eyebrows with unexpected inclusions and omissions among this year's nominees. In terms of surprises, Sia's yet to be released Music, which has already generated controversy as the musician chose to cast Maddie Ziegler as an autistic girl instead of an actor on the spectrum, snagged an unexpected two nominations for best motion picture, musical or comedy and for actress Kate Hudson.