US EditionLilly Wachowski On “Crazy Ideologies” Inspired By ‘The Matrix’: “I Have To Let It Go”
Lilly Wachowski said right-wing groups often appropriate cultural symbols and emphasized she cannot control how her Matrix 'red pill' metaphor is politically used.
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Lilly Wachowski On “Crazy Ideologies” Inspired By ‘The Matrix’: “I Have To Let It Go”
More than 25 years after The Matrix, Lilly Wachowski is not surprised by the right-wing misinterpretation of her and sister Lana Wachowski’s magnum opus. After the movie’s mind-opening “red pill” accidentally became a symbol for the MAGA movement, the co-writer/co-director chalked it up to an example of “what fascism does” as she opened up about […]
'Matrix' Director Lilly Wachowski Isn't Surprised MAGA Co-Opted the Red Pill: 'That’s What Fascism Does’
Lilly Wachowski, the co-director and co-writer of “The Matrix” franchise, hit back at MAGA members co-opting the “red pill” concept from her movies for their political messaging. The filmmaker addressed the situation on Thursday’s episode of the “So True with Caleb Hearon” podcast, where she noted she wasn’t surprised by MAGA’s decision to take on “The Matrix” moment since “right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything.” “They appropria…
"The Matrix" Co-Director Talks Appropriation
In a recent appearance on the So True with Caleb Hearon podcast, filmmaker Lilly Wachowski was asked about co-directing 1999’s sci-fi classic “The Matrix” and how the film has been interpreted and re-interpreted over the years. It is, after all, a film that questions a range of topics, from technology and artificial intelligence to gender identity, conformity, and control. The film has been immensely popular with a wide array of people across al…
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