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Despite a pair of Golden Globe nominations, “Music” has had about as bad a launch as a movie can get. Not only does Sia’s directorial debut, which began streaming Friday, have a 12% percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has been condemned by autism experts and is the target of a Change.org campaign a
Sia's 'Music' angers the autism community: 'I don't even know where to start' David Oliver, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Sia's new movie "Music" has outraged the autism community, for both the casting of a neurotypical actress in the role of an autistic character as well as for showing scenes where the character is being restrained. And the criticisms don't end there. In the film (now streaming), Music (played by Maddie Ziegler) is a young autistic woman who falls under the care of her half-sister Zu (Kate Hudson) after her grandmother dies (Mary Kay Place). Zu learns all ...
Sia's 'Music' angers the autism community: 'I don't even know where to start' David Oliver, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Sia's new movie "Music" has outraged the autism community, for both the casting of a neurotypical actress in the role of an autistic character as well as for showing scenes where the character is being restrained. And the criticisms don't end there. In the film (now streaming), Music (played by Maddie Ziegler) is a young autistic woman who falls under the care of her half-sister Zu (Kate Hudson) after her grandmother dies (Mary Kay Place). Zu learns all ...
One plea came in a private email from the mother of an autistic child who died after being held down in school.