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Belinda McClory (born 1968) is an Australian film, television and stage actress, mainly known for her role as Switch in The Matrix. McClory was born in Adelaide, Australia. Her father was a police officer, giving her insight to the life of a cop and their family. On 30 January 1999 she married director Jon Hewitt.
Belinda McClory is an Australian actress and writer, known for The Matrix, X and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. She was born in 1968 in Adelaide, South Australia, and married to director Jon Hewitt since 1999.
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Belinda McClory is an Australian actress and writer, known for The Matrix, Darklovestory and X. She was born in 1968 in Adelaide, South Australia, and married to director Jon Hewitt since 1999.
Apr 28, 2023 · The Matrix was not intentionally written as a trans allegory, but it could be interpreted with those themes in mind, according to director Lilly Wachowski. She reveals how the movie features trans elements such as Switch, a character who was originally planned to be trans, and Neo's identity crisis.
- Senior Reporter
- The Very Concept of The Matrix
- Neo Entering The Real World and Ditching His Deadname
- The Matrix’s Famous ‘Red Pill’ Has Trans Healthcare Subtext
- Switch Was Supposed to Be Presented as Trans
- Bullet Time
- It Was Spelled Out For Us All Along
Quoting the book Females by Andrea Long Chu, it began by summing up the Matrix’stransness in the simplest of terms. “Neo has dysphoria. The Matrix is the gender binary. The agents are transphobia.”
The scene in which Neo “wakes up” in the real world can be interpreted as the beginning of his transition. Critic Willow Catelyn has previously noted how his decision to reject his birth name and start going by Neo is an obvious parallel to the trans experience. Professor Eleanor Lockhart points out that the film’s villain, Agent Smith – who we now...
A detail as small as the colour of the pill which changes Neo’s word – red – takes on new significant when viewed through a trans lens. In the ’90s, Chu explained, estrogen was literally a red pill.
The biggest giveaway to the film’s true meaning might have been the character of Switch (Belinda McClory), had the Wachowskis had their way. Originally, Lilly has said, Switch was to present as a man in the real world, and as a woman in the Matrix. Switch’s original identity as a trans masculine person dispels the notion that the Wachowskis have “r...
Wrapping up its thread, Netflix notes how the film’s revolutionary visual effects can also be interpreted as representing the trans experience. Scholar Cael Keegan said as much in his book Lana and Lilly Wachowski: Sensing Transgender, which analyses the sisters’ place as the world’s most influential trans creators.
Finally, the writer of the thread presents the end scene of The Matrix as perhaps the clearest sign of the Wachowskis’ intent. Having defeated Smith and the Sentinels, Neo returns to the world of the Matrix. He makes a call promising the machines that he will free their prisoners. “You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change,” he says before burst...
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Aug 5, 2020 · In the interview, Wachowski discusses how the arc of Switch, who is played by Belinda McClory in the film, was originally supposed to tie into The Matrix ’s trans narrative. Wachowski explained...
Jan 1, 2022 · It should also be noted that the Wachowskis almost blatantly added a transgender character in the form of Switch, who is played by Belinda McClory in the film.
