Chris Willman Music WriterSia has not let accusations that she was “ableist” in the making of her upcoming movie, “Music,” go by without comment, and the pop star-turned-filmmaker spent the early hours of Friday tangling with disability activists who took issue with her on several points.
Among the grievances she addressed, sometimes with palpable anger: her use of the term “special abilities” instead of “disabled” for people with autism; casting a non-autistic actor in the lead role of her directorial debut; and whether a person without autism is exercising undue privilege in making a film centered on the subject.Although “Music” isn’t due out till February, a trailer for the film released on Thursday stirred up dissent on Twitter, which.
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