Sia apologized to the autistic community after her controversial film Music received two Golden Globe nominations yesterday. The debut in the direction of the Australian pop star is starring her longtime collaborator Maddie Zigler as Music, a non-verbal autistic girl, and Kate Hudson as her sister and caretaker. The film was widely criticized for casting a neuroatypical actor for the title role and for his offensive and infantilizing portrayal of autism.
“I promise, I have heard,” Sia tweeted. “The film Music go ahead, have this warning at the beginning of the film … Music it in no way tolerates or recommends the use of restraint in autistic people. There are autistic occupational therapists who specialize in sensory processing who can be consulted to explain safe ways to provide deep and proprioceptive pressure feedback to help with the security of collapse.
“I’m sorry,” added Sia. “I plan to remove the restriction scenes from all future prints. I heard the wrong people and that is my responsibility, my research was clearly not complete enough, it was not broad enough. ”Shortly after making the statement, the BBC reported, Sia completely deleted her Twitter account.
Music was nominated for two Golden Globes on Wednesday, Best Film – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress by Kate Hudson. Sia replied defensively when the film has faced a scandal in the past, at one point by tweeting, “Grrrrrrrrrr. Fuck, fuck, why don’t you watch my movie before you judge it? FURY ”, and suggesting that an autistic actress was“ a bad actress ”.