Sia is tightening up her social media presence.
The “Chandelier” singer deleted her Twitter account as of Thursday (February 4) following controversy surrounding her Golden Globe-nominated film Music, which features Maddie Ziegler portraying a character with autism.
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The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture -Musical or Comedy and Kate Hudson received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Despite the awards show nominations, there has been backlash on social media regarding the movie’s portrayal of autism, as well as Sia‘s response to the criticism. There is also a clip from the movie that’s gone viral on social media, which features Kate‘s character using a dangerous type of restraint on Maddie‘s character.
“MUSIC doesn’t just promote harmful stereotypes about autistic people ― it shows restraints that have killed members of our community as necessary and loving acts. This film should never have been made, and it shouldn’t be shown,” Zoe Gross, director of advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network said in a press release.
In since-deleted tweets, Sia addressed the response again and said she’s “been listening” to criticism.
“I promise, have been listening. The motion picture MUSIC will, moving forward, have this warning at the head of the movie: MUSIC in no way condones or recommends the use of restraint on autistic people. There are autistic occupational therapists that specialize in sensory processing who can be consulted to explain safe ways to provide proprioceptive, deep-pressure feedback to help w meltdown safety,” she wrote.
She also said she intends to delete the restraint scenes, adding that she listened to the “wrong people” in her research for the film.
Communication First, a group run by and for nonspeaking people with disabilities, stated that Sia’s team “reached out and briefly engaged” with it “before restraint scenes from the film were leaked” on social media, and communication ended after “a committee of nonspeaking and autistic people were invited to screen the film last week,” making additional recommendations.
“MUSIC’s restraint scenes will undoubtedly cause harm to autistic people. Because many autistic people have experienced restraint, some will be traumatized by watching the film” said Tauna Szymanski, executive director of Communication First.
The film will premiere in select Imax theaters for one-night only on February 10, and then be released on premium video-on-demand platforms on February 12.
See the full list of Golden Globe nominations here…
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