Activist-Filmmaker Geena Rocero Talks Importance Of Trans Storytelling In Short Film ‘Dolls’ Backed By Lilly Wachowski
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
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Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
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“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
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Lilly Wachowski habla sobre cómo la derecha ha distorsionado el mensaje de 'Matrix'
Sois los que no pilláis ná.
LILLY WACHOWSKI (EX LARRY) ABANDONA EL RODAJE DE SU PRIMERA PELICULA EN SOLITARIO.
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Lilly Wachowski on Right-Wing Misinterpretations of ‘The Matrix’: ‘You Have to Let Go of Your Work’
Lilly Wachowski on Right-Wing Misinterpretations of ‘The Matrix’: ‘You Have to Let Go of Your Work’
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Lilly Wachowski On “Crazy Ideologies” Inspired By ‘The Matrix’: “I Have To Let It Go”
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https://deadline.com/2025/11/lilly-wachowski-crazy-ideologies-the-matrix-1236631115/
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Lilly Wachowski-Produced Trans Identity Film ‘Dolls,’ by Geena Rocero, Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Lilly Wachowski-Produced Trans Identity Film ‘Dolls,’ by Geena Rocero, Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
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Lilly Wachowski’s Anarchists United Foundation Reveals Grant Recipients, Writers Discovery Fellows
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People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
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Lilly Wachowski’s Anarchists United Developing ‘Hell Followed With Us’ Into Animated Pic With Trustbridge Entertainment & More
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@lovelylovely Doesn't Musk remember what happened when he made Matrix references before? https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/05/lilly-wachowski-tells-ivanka-trump-elon-musk-fk-matrix-red-pill-tweets/
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Lilly Wachowski & Anarchists United Board Leslie Anderson Leather Archive Documentary From Shelley Gustavson And Curtis Matzke
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“Nos pegó justo en el desencanto”: los 25 años de Matrix, la película que definió una era | #UChileRadio
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Lilly Wachowski’s Anarchists United Foundation Boards Circle Management’s Writers Discovery Fellowship as Partner (Exclusive)
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Tom Tykwer – Cloud Atlas (2012)
Wenn Menschen sich an einem Abend drei Stunden Lebenszeit nehmen, um diese in einen Film zu investieren, dann ist das ein Zeichen für große Neugierde und/oder großes Vertrauen in die Filmemacher:innen. Bei mir war es eher letzteres. Also Tom Tykwer und die Wachowskis als Regisseur:innen, die mich allein schon genug interessiert haben, um mir diesen großen Film anzusehen.
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