"Dear Kazu, there's no money... there is however, a magical little girl, your sister... all she's got now is you."
I'm appalled by Music. I'm appalled how it got two Globe nominations, how all these celebrities were apart of the project, and just how it was even made. For those who don't know what it's about, Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The movie explores two of Sia's favorite themes: finding your voice and creating family. The controversy around this is touchy with some so I'll get into that later. Ignoring all of that, this is just a really bad movie in general. I can understand what Sia was trying to do, but this is just a bad movie. The plot is overly predictable and poorly written. Some of the lines are laughable. Laughable is just a good way to describe Music. Randomly throughout, Sia puts music videos as a perspective from the character Music. The music videos are kind of laughable as well. The placement of them don't make much sense. Every time one would come on, I groaned. Maybe if they figured out when to put them, then it might've been fine. I could've cared less what happened to the characters. Kate Hudson who plays Kazu (yes that's her name) is a stereotypical character that doesn't care much about her decisions because she doesn't want to get sober. Of course, she learns to love herself and others because she has to take care of Music. She's really annoying and a horribly written character. Leslie Aidan Jr. plays Ebo who is there to basically teach Kazu to be strong - he's literally a boxing coach - and brings them together. We have many cameos throughout. This is a failed attempt to be something special. I would rather the the abomination that is Cats over this. If you don't want to hear my take on the touchy subjects, just leave it here. Music is an utter disaster.
As most know, Maddie Ziegler plays Music who is on the autism spectrum. Her autism doesn't allow her to function independently which is fine. The problem comes with Maddie Ziegler, someone who isn't on the autism spectrum, playing that character. Ziegler's performance is offensive. Many will argue that other people have played characters with disabilities in the past and haven't received backlash. Because we've progressed to know what's an interpretation that is right and wrong, we've helped eliminate these interpretations deemed incorrect. The interpretation here is totally offensive. If they had someone on the autism spectrum who might have been able to act in this case, maybe there could have been a better understanding of the character. That's not the solution, though. The movie is glorifying disabilities. Right there is the main issue. Sia was not the one who should've written this story or make the movie. It's a superficial view on disabilities that's trying too hard to make it seem something special, but the way it's done is just wrong. Another issue I'd like to point out is in the first music video I believe Ziegler is in blackface. Everyone knows by now that's not acceptable so I don't need to go into further detail. Once again, I cannot believe Music was made. Despite the Golden Globe nominations for comedy/musical film and comedy/musical actress for Kate Hudson, this will definitely be regarded as one of the worst movies in recent years (or all-time) and win some Razzie. I don't see how anyone can support the movie after watching. If you are defending it before watching, you need to take time to see what you're defending.
I'm appalled by Music. I'm appalled how it got two Globe nominations, how all these celebrities were apart of the project, and just how it was even made. For those who don't know what it's about, Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The movie explores two of Sia's favorite themes: finding your voice and creating family. The controversy around this is touchy with some so I'll get into that later. Ignoring all of that, this is just a really bad movie in general. I can understand what Sia was trying to do, but this is just a bad movie. The plot is overly predictable and poorly written. Some of the lines are laughable. Laughable is just a good way to describe Music. Randomly throughout, Sia puts music videos as a perspective from the character Music. The music videos are kind of laughable as well. The placement of them don't make much sense. Every time one would come on, I groaned. Maybe if they figured out when to put them, then it might've been fine. I could've cared less what happened to the characters. Kate Hudson who plays Kazu (yes that's her name) is a stereotypical character that doesn't care much about her decisions because she doesn't want to get sober. Of course, she learns to love herself and others because she has to take care of Music. She's really annoying and a horribly written character. Leslie Aidan Jr. plays Ebo who is there to basically teach Kazu to be strong - he's literally a boxing coach - and brings them together. We have many cameos throughout. This is a failed attempt to be something special. I would rather the the abomination that is Cats over this. If you don't want to hear my take on the touchy subjects, just leave it here. Music is an utter disaster.
As most know, Maddie Ziegler plays Music who is on the autism spectrum. Her autism doesn't allow her to function independently which is fine. The problem comes with Maddie Ziegler, someone who isn't on the autism spectrum, playing that character. Ziegler's performance is offensive. Many will argue that other people have played characters with disabilities in the past and haven't received backlash. Because we've progressed to know what's an interpretation that is right and wrong, we've helped eliminate these interpretations deemed incorrect. The interpretation here is totally offensive. If they had someone on the autism spectrum who might have been able to act in this case, maybe there could have been a better understanding of the character. That's not the solution, though. The movie is glorifying disabilities. Right there is the main issue. Sia was not the one who should've written this story or make the movie. It's a superficial view on disabilities that's trying too hard to make it seem something special, but the way it's done is just wrong. Another issue I'd like to point out is in the first music video I believe Ziegler is in blackface. Everyone knows by now that's not acceptable so I don't need to go into further detail. Once again, I cannot believe Music was made. Despite the Golden Globe nominations for comedy/musical film and comedy/musical actress for Kate Hudson, this will definitely be regarded as one of the worst movies in recent years (or all-time) and win some Razzie. I don't see how anyone can support the movie after watching. If you are defending it before watching, you need to take time to see what you're defending.