Neo is also cyber Jesus in that rightwingers have misinterpetted his e-teachings
@avi dang, I never caught that part.
@avi ...after throwing off the white men's brainwashing...
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I thought the scene in The Matrix where Morpheus is being interrogated was a pretty clear example of the worn out minority torture scene where the white savior rides in to the rescue : (
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Other examples: Pulp Fiction, Shooter.
There's also a related trope in Hanna where a brown-skinned foreigner is found tortured to death so that we know just how evil the bad guys really are, but then the same bad guys put on the kid gloves before interrogating an adorable blonde family.
@avi I have done many toots about why the matrix is mega trans and I can't find them now but now I wish I could boost them.
@melissasage @avi literally was gunna be a trans character that explored ridisual self image in the context of trans people and how we have an internal image of ourselfes that doesn't match our body and now the matrix uses that against us butttt it was cut
@melissasage @avi there is two threads. One where I like and shit posting about it but it has some points about it. And one where I show off this point by just changing a few words of dialogue in scenes to show how the themes of dysphoria are there.
@melissasage @avi if anything im just due writing a giant fucking blog post about it
The Matrix is such a subtle movie in its messaging that it contains a scene where a black man breaks the chains he has been bound in, after being cuffed and tortured by a white man in a suit.