"Her answer? She's basically over it, with some caveats. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. "Of course, that's going to happen," she said. "They do it with absolutely everything." "This is what fascism does," she said. "You have to let go of your work," she counseled. "People are gonna interpret it however they interpret it.""
"Top of the list of most repurposed Matrix iconography: MAGA's version of "red-pilling."Faced with a choice in the film of taking the red pill or the blue pill, Keanu Reeves' Neo chooses the red pill to escape The Matrix's simulation and wake up to reality. MAGA co-opted that idea - complete with the perfect color scheme - to popularize "red-pilling" as waking up to the "fact" that modern society is run by a "global" (read Jewish) cabal of pedophiles"
The Matrix's imagery, especially the red pill/blue pill choice, has been repurposed by MAGA as a symbol of "waking up" to conspiratorial claims about a "global" cabal. That repurposing includes antisemitic conspiracy theories, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and Great Replacement claims targeting people of color. Cultural symbolism can be hijacked to support fascistic narratives and distorted meanings. Creators cannot fully control how audiences and political movements reinterpret works. Acceptance of reinterpretation and release of ownership over meaning are pragmatic responses when art becomes entangled in political appropriation.
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