""I look at all of the crazy, mutant theories around The Matrix films and the crazy ideologies that those films helped create and I just go, 'What are you doing? No! That's wrong!' But I have to let it go to some extent ... You're never gonna be able to make absolutely every person believe what you initially intended.""
""Honestly I think this is such an important attitude. If you're making art with the intention that the public will view it, you need to accept that you cannot control how everyone will interpret it. It's not just yours anymore.""
""I think right-wing 'interpretations' of things that are clearly not right wing, is an intentional move by the right wing to co-op anything that makes people think outside the right-wing box. Almost similar to Keith Urban performing Pink Pony Club at Trump's Mar-a-lago after leaving his wife for a 25 year old.""
Lilly Wachowski confirmed that The Matrix originally encoded transgender themes and that the corporate world resisted elements such as the character Switch changing genders upon entering the Matrix. Lilly said the film's progressive messages have been co-opted by MAGA and right-wing movements, calling that appropriation "what fascism does." Lilly acknowledged that creators cannot control how every viewer interprets a work and must accept divergent readings. Fan responses on Reddit supported accepting varied interpretations and criticized intentional right-wing efforts to reframe art for conservative aims. The conversation ties fandom, creator intent, and political appropriation together around the film's legacy.
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