The reason the trans allegory of The Matrix was obvious to queer people when the film first came out but general audiences needed 20 years and an official confirmation from the Wachowski sisters is directly related to the fact that cis people can't read (see: Mika, 2021)
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@witchfynder_finder it actually says “this movie is a trans allegory” for twenty seconds in the opening credits, cis people just thought it was part of the aesthetic
@Lady @witchfynder_finder the wachowski sisters after showing the camera zoom in between the binary M / F at the end of the movie
