Sia Deletes Twitter Amid Backlash Over Upcoming Film 'Music'

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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.

Kate Hudson on Friday dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! where she discussed the criticism of her latest film, Music. The drama written anddirected by singer-songwriterSia has been under fire for its casting and portrayal of autism.

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

Kate Hudson has addressed the recent criticism of her movie Music for its portrayal of autism. Hudson, who stars in the musical drama directed by Sia, talked to Jimmy Kimmel about the backlash and petition from viewers who call the movie 'severely ableist' and contributing to 'harmful stereotypes of autistic people'.

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.

Kate Hudson is speaking out in response to the backlash her movie Music, directed by Sia, has received for its portrayal of autism.

Kate Hudson visited “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Friday via Zoom, revealing she was doing the interview in the bedroom of her parents, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and that viewers had been mere minutes away from seeing her stepfater Kurt Russell napping in the background.

by critics and otherwise concerned viewers, but that hasn’t stopped the masses from rushing to sign a petition to have the film officially condemned by the industry — by way of removing the its two 2021 Golden Globe award nominations. The Change.org campaign has already amassed 55,000 signatures since the petition was launched by allies of the autism community last week — 50,000 of which came only in the last 24 hours.

controversy surrounding the music-driven movie’s depiction of autism (well deserved!). But this is not a case of a few tut-tutters’ finger-wagging tarnishing an otherwise great work of art.

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.

Australian pop star Sia has come under fire for her depiction of people with autism in her new movie Music.

Sia has deleted her Twitter account following controversy over her new film “Music”, following backlash over scenes which depict the use of restraints on an autistic character. The move comes after a series of tweets apologizing for the scenes.

Sia’s foray into the film world has been a bit of a rollercoaster, and it looks like she’s ready to get off! Or at least dodge all the social commentary she’s received in droves.

When the Golden Globe nominations were announced on Wednesday morning, there were the usual upsets, snubs and surprises but one film stood out in particular, largely because not many had even heard of it. The feature film Music earned a nod for best picture—musical or comedy, while its star Kate Hudson also picked up a best actress nomination.

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.