That's just what happens on the internet today. This 'very online' culture of over-analysing things with meticulously detailed film essays has pushed everyone into thinking something deep is there when it really isn't. Plenty of filmmakers have bounced back saying their films are up for interpretation and that certain elements were unintentional.
The Matrix is a recent example, where because the Wachowski's both came out as transgender ten years after the movie was released, there is now apparently a non-binary subtext where Neo is actually a woman trapped in a man's body coming to terms with the fact the world is transphobic because The Agent dead names him (Mr. Anderson instead of Neo). Of course people can have their theories but The Matrix is probably the most discussed films ever, what with all its philosophy it's welcome and expected. But the latest trans allegory is simply more 'fan fiction' when the message is clearly Plato's allegory of the cave.
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samoanjoes (58620)
5 years ago
The Matrix is a recent example, where because the Wachowski's both came out as transgender ten years after the movie was released, there is now apparently a non-binary subtext where Neo is actually a woman trapped in a man's body coming to terms with the fact the world is transphobic because The Agent dead names him (Mr. Anderson instead of Neo).
Pray for society.
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