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    • Keanu Reeves didn't know about 'profound' transgender meaning behind 'The Matrix'
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      Keanu Reeves didn't know about 'profound' transgender meaning behind 'The Matrix'

      "For Lilly to come out and share that with us, I think is cool," Keanu Reeves says about Wachowski's recent confirmation of The Matrix's hidden messages.

    • Keanu Reeves says he didn't know about 'profound' transgender meaning behind 'The Matrix'
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      Keanu Reeves says he didn't know about 'profound' transgender meaning behind 'The Matrix'

      "For Lilly to come out and share that with us, I think is cool," Keanu Reeves says about Wachowski's recent confirmation of "The Matrix's" hidden messages.

    • Lilly Wachowski reveals hidden trans meaning behind 'The Matrix': 'That was the original intention'
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      Lilly Wachowski reveals hidden trans meaning behind 'The Matrix': 'That was the original intention'

      Co-director Lilly Wachowski reveals the sci-fi blockbuster was an allegory about gender identity and "the desire for transformation" but that "the world wasn't quite ready for it."

    • Lilly Wachowski Tells Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump ‘F— Both of You’ After They Quote ‘The Matrix’
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      Lilly Wachowski Tells Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump ‘F— Both of You’ After They Quote ‘The Matrix’

      A note to conservatives: Lilly Wachowski probably will not like it when you quote “The Matrix.”On Sunday, Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted that people should “take the red pill,” advice that Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka retweeted with the enthusiastic comment “Taken!” Back in 1999, the red pill was a pivotal moment in “The Matrix,” as Neo is offered the choice to either take a blue pill and forget about the Matrix or to take the red pill and be revealed the truth about how the Matrix has been used by machines to enslave the entire human race.Musk’s comment and Ivanka Trump’s approval were met with a curt reply from Wachowski. “F— both of you,” she replied on Twitter.Also Read: Elon Musk Calls 'Jeopardy!' Champ Ken Jennings a 'Knucklehead' in Pandemic-Fueled Twitter FeudFuck both of you— Lilly Wachowski (@lilly_wachowski) May 17, 2020In right-wing internet parlance, “taking the red pill” has become slang for taking on conservative political views. The tweet comes as Musk has begun espousing more anti-regulatory views, threatening to restart Tesla’s factories in California in defiance of the state’s mandated closures of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also threatened to pull Tesla’s headquarters out of California altogether, calling the stay-at-home orders “fascist.”A fourth “Matrix” film is currently in development at Warner Bros., but while Lilly Wachowski’s sister, Lana, is returning to write and direct, she is not. Lilly Wachowski is currently working on the Showtime series “Work in Progress,” which was renewed for a second season earlier this year.“The Matrix 4,” meanwhile, is planning to resume production in July after filming was forced to stop due to the pandemic, and filming is expected to take two additional months to complete.Read original story Lilly Wachowski Tells Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump ‘F— Both of You’ After They Quote ‘The Matrix’ At TheWrap

    • Lilly Wachowski Makes First Public Appearance After Coming Out As Transgender
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      Lilly Wachowski Makes First Public Appearance After Coming Out As Transgender

      Filmmaker Lily Wachowski has made her first public appearance after coming out as transgender.

    • Second Wachowski Sibling Comes Out as Transgender: ‘Yeah, I’ve Transitioned’
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      Second Wachowski Sibling Comes Out as Transgender: ‘Yeah, I’ve Transitioned’

      Lilly Wachowski, one-half of The Matrix trilogy filmmaking siblings The Wachowskis, came out as transgender in a statement to the Windy City Times on Tuesday. “‘SEX CHANGE SHOCKER—WACHOWSKI BROTHERS NOW SISTERS!!!’” the 48-year-old filmmaker wrote in her statement. Wachowski, whose older sister Lana first spoke publicly about her own transition in 2012, said that while past threats of being outed by various media outlets never came to fruition, she decided to go public after she claims she was confronted at her home by a reporter from the Daily Mail this week.