After begging critics to give her directorial debut "Music" a chance before criticizing it, Sia disclosed her decision to include long-time music dancer Maddie...
After begging critics to give her a chance before criticizing her directorial debut music, Sia disclosed her decision to let long-time music dancer Maddie Ziegler play the leading role in the film—not an actor of the autism spectrum.
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In an interview with Australia’s “Project Sunday”, the singer said that the strong opposition following the release of the movie trailer in November disappointed her, although she thought it was a bit misplaced.
"I realize this is not capableism," she said when she said that she decided to let the neurotypical Ziegler play the title role (music) of a nonverbal teenager, who suddenly became with her half-sister (grand, (Played by Kate) has a relationship. Hudson), she has been described as a "newly sober drug dealer and self-saboteur", struggling with her new role in helping teenagers with special needs.
"I mean, I guess it's also competency, but it's actually nepotism, because I can't complete the project without her (Ziegler)," Sai said. "I don't want to. Without her, I wouldn't be able to create art."
Sia said that on the first day of rehearsal, Ziegler was very worried that the audience would think she was "making fun" in the autism community. Sia replied, "I won't let this happen. I realized last week that I can't really protect her. Avoid this kind of harm. I thought I could."
The singer said that they sent a preview of the film to the non-profit educational organization Child Mind Institute, which gave Ziegler a rating of "100% performance accuracy."
"I realized that there are some things I can't protect her," she said of the 18-year-old former Dance Moms star, who has been the avatar/muse of the shy propaganda singer for more than six years and starred in many of Sia’s most popular singers. Welcome video and appeared in many live performances. She even called herself Maddie's "Bonus Mom", a term she recently discovered, which quickly became the "1000 T-shirts" she has been wearing now.
Although the film produced seemed to have all the characteristics of a film musical, Sia told the show that she "really hates musicals" and explained that it should have been a direct narrative film at first. "I turned it into a musical that I thought could be watched or tolerated," she said. "Because the musical has something I can't reconcile."
Sia reacted strongly to the criticism of the first trailer of this long-awaited movie, urging her critics to look at it first and then judge her work. "Glululululu. F-kity fk, why don't you watch my movie first and then judge it? FURY," the singer tweeted after giving up a one-minute preview of Ziegler's nonverbal character in November , He communicates with the world through singing and dancing.
When Irish actress Bronagh Waugh tweeted: "Hi, Sia, can I ask why you didn’t choose a disabled actor for this part? The way you chose to portray this character is very offensive. The disabled were not injured, and No need to repair. Many of my friends have different disabilities, they are the coolest, most talented, funniest, kindest, and smartest people I know. They are also underrepresented and underrepresented in our society The most inaccurate group. Such inaccurate and offensive statements can cause so much pain."
Sia replied: "I agree. I have never called music a disabled person. Special ability is what I have always said. Choosing a person at her functional level is cruel, not kind, so I made an administrative Decided that we will do our best to represent the community."
Sia wrote the script and 10 original songs for the accompanying album, and told reviewers that she spent three years researching and revealed that the music was based on an unnamed friend in the spectrum "found too much pressure not to speak , So I made this movie. There is nothing else but love for him and his mother.” She also said that there are 13 people in this movie, two of whom have been advising her, calling this movie The movie is "a love letter to caregivers and the autistic community".
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