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An old-fashioned piece of shameless hokum, SiasMusicmight be hilarious if it werent so offensive.
Even if Sia had done everything right cast differently, vetted the procedures being depicted, etc.
What does caring for her actually entail?
The film never really offers us insight into such matters.
(Unbeknownst to Zu, he has HIV.)
MaybeMusicwould have worked in that format.
Everything is drawn with the broad-strokes shorthand of a music video, where narrative depth is rarely the point.
But then there are the musical numbers.
The film is filled with them, and heres where Sia is more assured.
Ziegler is a terrific dancer, to be sure.
And the songs are wonderful, because, well, you know, Sia.
