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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5680504" data-attributes="member: 48469">I don&#039;t know how Cornel West has anything to do with The Matrix unless he&#039;s trans. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix" target="_blank">The Matrix - Wikipedia</a>&quot;Years after the release of The Matrix, both the Wachowskis came out as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender" target="_blank">transgender</a> women, and some viewers have seen transgender themes in the film before it was officially confirmed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-TransMasterpiece-177" target="_blank">[176]</a> The red pill has been compared with red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrogen" target="_blank">estrogen</a> pills.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-Vulture-178" target="_blank">[177]</a> Morpheus&#039;s description of the Matrix creating a sense that something is fundamentally wrong, &quot;like a splinter in your mind&quot;, has been compared to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria" target="_blank">gender dysphoria</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-Vulture-178" target="_blank">[177]</a> In the original script, Switch was a woman in the Matrix and a man in the real world, but this idea was ultimately dropped.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-179" target="_blank">[178]</a>In a 2016 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award" target="_blank">GLAAD Media Awards</a> speech, Lilly Wachowski said: &quot;There&#039;s a critical eye being cast back on Lana and I&#039;s (sic) work through the lens of our transness. This is a cool thing because it&#039;s an excellent reminder that art is never static.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-180" target="_blank">[179]</a> She spoke in 2020 about the film as an allegory for transgender identity, and compromises they had to make at the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-trans-metaphor-181" target="_blank">[180]</a> In an interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" target="_blank">Variety</a>, Reeves said he did not know the film was an allegory for transgender identity during production.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-reeves%27_awareness-182" target="_blank">[181]</a>&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5680504, member: 48469"] I don't know how Cornel West has anything to do with The Matrix unless he's trans. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix']The Matrix - Wikipedia[/URL] "Years after the release of [I]The Matrix[/I], both the Wachowskis came out as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender']transgender[/URL] women, and some viewers have seen transgender themes in the film before it was officially confirmed.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-TransMasterpiece-177'][176][/URL] The red pill has been compared with red [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrogen']estrogen[/URL] pills.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-Vulture-178'][177][/URL] Morpheus's description of the Matrix creating a sense that something is fundamentally wrong, "like a splinter in your mind", has been compared to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria']gender dysphoria[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-Vulture-178'][177][/URL] In the original script, Switch was a woman in the Matrix and a man in the real world, but this idea was ultimately dropped.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-179'][178][/URL] In a 2016 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLAAD_Media_Award']GLAAD Media Awards[/URL] speech, Lilly Wachowski said: "There's a critical eye being cast back on Lana and I's (sic) work through the lens of our transness. This is a cool thing because it's an excellent reminder that art is never static."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-180'][179][/URL] She spoke in 2020 about the film as an allegory for transgender identity, and compromises they had to make at the time.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-trans-metaphor-181'][180][/URL] In an interview with [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine)']Variety[/URL][/I], Reeves said he did not know the film was an allegory for transgender identity during production.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-reeves%27_awareness-182'][181][/URL]" [/QUOTE]

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