More (Talk About) Pop Musik.

 

 Just watched Sia's Power of Women conversation for Variety magazine and have to say it's possibly one of THE most horribly uncomfortable things I've ever sat thru.

And as anyone here who reads my film blog will know I have a pretty high tolerance for crap.

From the comments about the issues with using a non-verbal character:
 

"...There's this person who can't speak, she might as well be an inanimate object like a wig..."

To making up utter shite like:

 
"They’re called special abilities now not special needs."

 

Part of me wants to think this is some massive Producers/Mel Brooks style exercise in bad taste and and some point she's gonna pop out and go "GOTCHA!" but I know that's not going to happen.

Scarier still tho' was how Sia - after she announced how much respect she has for the 'autistic community' and how it would be 'cruel to talk about autistic people as if they’re not in the room reacted to criticism from that very community.

And that was before she changed her Twitter profile to this:

And posting:*

 

Before leaving her well educated and cool headed followers take over addressing the criticism and worry for us.

 

I'll leave the last word - for now - to Sia herself:

Actually Sia you won't, our community will.

*By the way the answer to her question is: