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2015: 12th edition
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06/09/2015
The original comic vein of singer-songwriter Sia and actress-comedian Whitney Cummings steals the show at the third and final talk on the Miu Miu Women's Tales program.
The originality of being oneself
by Fabio Patrassi
The original comic vein of singer-songwriter Sia and actress-comedian Whitney Cummings steals the show at the third and final talk on the Miu Miu Women's Tales program.
The Singer of the Year at the APRA Music Awards serves up a Pirandello moment when she covers her face with a mask: "When I'm an artist it's different. When I'm appearing as a writer I take off the mask."
Alternately hiding and showing herself and playfully entertaining the audience at the Sala Tropicana at the Hotel Excelsior, Sia reveals her true face when she shares unknown aspects of her life and career.
A drinking problem, in fact, kept her out of the spotlight for several years, until her impressive comeback with her song Chandelier in 2014, which sold over twelve million copies and secured her reputation on the music scene.
The American singer has more than one connection to film. Married to director Erik Anders Lang, she tried her hand at directing the video of her own song Chandelier (Best Video 2014 at the ARIA Music Awards), and revealed that she'd soon be directing her first feature film. "As a singer-songwriter I know what I'm doing. As a director, I don't know yet. I'm not a techie; I like to create processes more than sit in front of a computer screen."
"This is characteristic of women filmmakers," says Sia's friend, actress Whitney Cummings, edging into the conversation. "A male director, even if he's not totally sure, prefers to pretend that the situation is under control. A female director, by contrast, is always looking for advice."
The words of the creator of the American sitcom Whitney, who has a TV series for HBO in the works, are perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the Women's Tales talks, moderated by Penny Martin.
"Things are changing fast in television. With the advent of platforms like Amazon and Netflix, television has had to adapt non-stop to viewers' new tastes," Cummings observed.
But changing oneself to please someone else is not part of Sia's vocabulary: "Anyone can dream of becoming famous when they're young. The true artist is the one who, once the long-desired celebrity has arrived, realizes that she's still the same person she was when she was young, with the same fears and hopes."
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