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Though Cleo characterises ''The Matrix'' as a "boy film", it was actually written and produced by two closeted [[trans]] women, {{w|The Wachowskis|Lana and Lilly Wachowski}}, who later confirmed ''The Matrix'' was originally an allegory for the trans experience. | Though Cleo characterises ''The Matrix'' as a "boy film", it was actually written and produced by two closeted [[trans]] women, {{w|The Wachowskis|Lana and Lilly Wachowski}}, who later confirmed ''The Matrix'' was originally an allegory for the trans experience. | ||
In ''The Matrix'', the "blue pill" could be taken in order to forget about the reality of the Matrix, which proved that the conventional real world was a simulation, whereas the "red pill" allowed one access to that higher reality. Though this was also intended as a [[trans]] allegory<ref name="trans allegory">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/matrix-trans-metaphor-lana-lilly-wachowski-red-pill-switch-sequels-a9654956.html|title=The Matrix was a metaphor for transgender identity, director Lilly Wachowski confirms|author=White, Adam|date of source=21 August 2020|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref>, the "blue pill, red pill" metaphor has been co-opted by alt-right groups in more recent years, especially among right-wing conspiracy theory groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/red-pill-blue-pill-alt-right-ruined-matrix/|title=Red pill, blue pill: how the alt-Right ruined The Matrix|author=Power, Nina|date of source=24 December 2021|website name=The Telegraph|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/12/21/22847157/the-matrix-red-pill-legacy|title=The Twisted, Stolen Legacy of the 'Matrix' Red Pill|author=Wilmes, John|date of source=21 December 2021|website name=The Ringer|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref> It is in this context that [[Shawna Thompson]] uses the term. | In ''The Matrix'', the "blue pill" could be taken in order to forget about the reality of the Matrix, which proved that the conventional real world was a simulation, whereas the "red pill" allowed one access to that higher reality. Though this was also intended as a [[trans]] allegory, with red pills indicating [[estrogen]]<ref name="trans allegory">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/matrix-trans-metaphor-lana-lilly-wachowski-red-pill-switch-sequels-a9654956.html|title=The Matrix was a metaphor for transgender identity, director Lilly Wachowski confirms|author=White, Adam|date of source=21 August 2020|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref>, the "blue pill, red pill" metaphor has been co-opted by alt-right groups in more recent years, especially among right-wing conspiracy theory groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/red-pill-blue-pill-alt-right-ruined-matrix/|title=Red pill, blue pill: how the alt-Right ruined The Matrix|author=Power, Nina|date of source=24 December 2021|website name=The Telegraph|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/12/21/22847157/the-matrix-red-pill-legacy|title=The Twisted, Stolen Legacy of the 'Matrix' Red Pill|author=Wilmes, John|date of source=21 December 2021|website name=The Ringer|accessdate=17 April 2022}}</ref> It is in this context that [[Shawna Thompson]] uses the term. | ||
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Revision as of 22:26, 17 April 2022
The Matrix was a film which Bill Bishop watched in a Department M rehabilitation facility in 1999. (PROSE: The Danger Men) It involved some characters taking a blue pill, which was used as a metaphor by conspiracy theorists in the 21st century for "swallowing lies". (AUDIO: SOS)
Cleo Proctor said she had never seen The Matrix, since it was a "boy film". (AUDIO: SOS)
Behind the scenes
Though Cleo characterises The Matrix as a "boy film", it was actually written and produced by two closeted trans women, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, who later confirmed The Matrix was originally an allegory for the trans experience.
In The Matrix, the "blue pill" could be taken in order to forget about the reality of the Matrix, which proved that the conventional real world was a simulation, whereas the "red pill" allowed one access to that higher reality. Though this was also intended as a trans allegory, with red pills indicating estrogen[1], the "blue pill, red pill" metaphor has been co-opted by alt-right groups in more recent years, especially among right-wing conspiracy theory groups.[2][3] It is in this context that Shawna Thompson uses the term.
Footnotes
- ↑ White, Adam (21 August 2020). The Matrix was a metaphor for transgender identity, director Lilly Wachowski confirms. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.
- ↑ Power, Nina (24 December 2021). Red pill, blue pill: how the alt-Right ruined The Matrix. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.
- ↑ Wilmes, John (21 December 2021). The Twisted, Stolen Legacy of the 'Matrix' Red Pill. The Ringer. Retrieved on 17 April 2022.
