{"id":68171,"date":"2020-11-07T01:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T01:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=68171"},"modified":"2020-11-07T01:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T01:54:53","slug":"anne-hathaway-apologizes-witches-disability-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=68171","title":{"rendered":"Anne Hathaway apologizes for &#8216;The Witches&#8217; disability controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Hathaway has apologized\u00a0following criticism\u00a0surrounding her HBO movie \u201cThe Witches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the film, an adaption of the Roald Dahl classic book, the 37-year-old actress plays an evil witch who has three fingers on each hand, a condition that\u2019s similar to ectrodactyly, a limb disability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are in pain because of the portrayal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches,\u201d she\u00a0wrote on Instagram\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cLet me begin by saying I do my best to be sensitive to the feelings and experiences of others not out of some scrambling PC fear, but because not hurting others seems like a basic level of decency we should all be striving for.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAs someone who really believes in inclusivity and really, really detests cruelty, I owe you all an apology for the pain caused. I am sorry. I did not connect limb difference with the GHW when the look of the character was brought to me; if I had, I assure you this never would have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The apology ran alongside a video from Lucky Fin Project, a nonprofit organization that aids children with limb differences.<\/p>\n<p>The mom of two also wrote, \u201cI particularly want to say I\u2019m sorry to kids with limb differences: now that I know better I promise I\u2019ll do better. And I owe a special apology to everyone who loves you as fiercely as I love my own kids: I\u2019m sorry I let your family down.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Warner Bros. issued a statement apologizing for the portrayal that read in part, \u201cWe the filmmakers and Warner Bros. Pictures are deeply saddened to learn that our depiction of the fictional characters in \u2018The Witches\u2019 could upset people with disabilities and regret any offense caused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Hathaway has apologized\u00a0following criticism\u00a0surrounding her HBO movie \u201cThe Witches.\u201d In the film, an adaption of the Roald Dahl classic book, the 37-year-old actress plays an evil witch who has three fingers on each hand, a condition that\u2019s similar to ectrodactyly, a limb disability. \u201cI have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[391],"tags":[1498,4438],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anne Hathaway apologizes for &#039;The Witches&#039; 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