Oh, cool, Sia's committed to making everything about this Music casting even worse

Trebling—possibly quadrupling?—down on her commitment to making the controversy surrounding her casting choices for her upcoming film Music even more upsetting (and just generally worse), Sia gave an interview this week once again asserting, not just her right, but the moral good of her casting neurotypical performer Maddie Ziegler as an autistic person in the movie. This is per IndieWire, which reports on an interview the musician and first-time film director gave to Australia’s 10 News First, stating that “There is no way I could have used someone” of the character’s “level of functioning to play” the part that Ziegler plays, due to needing an accomplished dancer to play the version that exists in the character’s fantasy world. (Dear Sia: You’re aware neuroatypical people can still dance, right? Your pals, The A.V. Club.)