{"id":179597,"date":"2021-02-16T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sias-first-film-is-unwatchable-and-offensive\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:49:18","slug":"sias-first-film-is-unwatchable-and-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sias-first-film-is-unwatchable-and-offensive\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sia’s first film is unwatchable and offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sia’s first film is unwatchable and offensive<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n (Zero stars.) Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic content, drug material, brief violence and strong language.) In select theaters and on VOD.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Was Sia wearing a two-toned wig in front of her face while she directed \u201cMusic\u201d?\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only explanation I can muster for this wreck. The reclusive Australian singer, who also co-wrote the script<\/a>, must have not been able to clearly see what she was shooting, given the catastrophic lack of judgment marring every frame of her freshman feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably heard about the controversy surrounding the music-driven movie\u2019s depiction of autism<\/a> (well deserved!). But this is not a case of a few tut-tutters\u2019 finger-wagging tarnishing an otherwise great work of art. \u201cMusic\u201d is totally unwatchable.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the autistic teen girl\u2019s name \u2014 Music (Maddie Ziegler). So subtle. After her grandmother dies of a stroke, Music\u2019s drug-dealing half sister becomes her new caretaker. The sibling\u2019s name? Kazu (Kate Hudson<\/a>). Who was their father? Harpsichord?<\/p>\n

Music cannot speak outside of a few phrases \u2014 she yells \u201cMake you eggs!\u201d when she wants breakfast \u2014 and, as played by Ziegler, who is not autistic, always has her mouth open with a wide grin and exaggerates facial expressions like she\u2019s Marcel Marceau. It\u2019s an uncomfortably heightened imitation that never rings true and verges on mockery.<\/p>\n

At least there was no dancing in \u201cRain Man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sia\u2019s film \u2014 screening in IMAX theaters, so the viewer\u2019s pain will be six times bigger \u2014 includes cringe-worthy song sequences that seek to explain the mindset of an autistic girl who cannot express herself with words. <\/p>\n

The teenager always wears over-the-ear headphones and listens to tunes during her daily walks around New York, where neighbors wave and say hello as though they\u2019ve just arrived from Sesame Street. All of a sudden, reality fades away, and then we experience her thoughts in\u00a0stupid music videos with peppy songs by Sia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each one takes place in a Dylan\u2019s Candy Bar from hell. The walls are mostly hot-pink and Ziegler dons brightly colored tutus with Whoville hair. She runs from a man dressed up as a shaggy dog while performing the angular dances that made her famous. Then she\u2019ll jump with Hudson into a swimming pool filled with foam blocks. Does Sia think that autistic persons see the world like a cokehead Teletubby?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah. Kate Hudson is also in this. Hudson snagged her first Golden Globe nomination since 2001\u2019s \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d for playing a rebel sister whose life is spiraling. She\u2019s not good, but you can see the rationale for the nod. The actress shaved her head and goes to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in one scene, which is more than enough for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (\u201cMusic\u201d also snagged a nod for Best Film \u2014 Musical or Comedy.)<\/p>\n

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Maddie Ziegler (left) and 2021 Golden Globe nominee Kate Hudson star in Sia\u2019s terrible new movie \u201cMusic.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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She also has no chemistry with Leslie Odom Jr., who plays a kind immigrant from Ghana named Ebo who selflessly helps Music and utters upbeat African wisdoms. The \u201cHamilton\u201d actor is stuck with some of the film\u2019s most controversial sections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Using a widely debated method called \u201crestraint,\u201d he attempts to calm Music down during an outburst \u2026 by hurling himself on top of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to crush you now and make you feel safe,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not hurting her?\u201d replies a panicked Kazu.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I am crushing her with my love!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can hardly believe it\u2019s real; that major stars are speaking these words, that editors and post-production artists finessed the appalling scene and IMAX finally said, \u201cYeah, sure.\u201d\u00a0After receiving online backlash she somehow did not anticipate, Sia has vowed to cut those moments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An even better idea: Sia should leave the director\u2019s chair behind and resume swinging from chandeliers ASAP.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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