A deeper search of the internet’s less travelled corners quickly reveals an enthusiastic endorsement from the Daily Stormer-the leading neo-Nazi site. While the Guardian, The Village Voice and the LA Times unanimously panned the movie, the Pill received glowing reviews from Breitbart News and its recently disgraced provocateur and anti-feminist crusader Milo Yiannopoulos. Not surprisingly, since its premiere in the fall of 2016, the Red Pill has received rather mixed reviews.
#The red pill movie movie#
As she begins to see virtues in the point of view of these middle-aged, tired, angry white men, she gradually modifies her views on gender equality-so much so, that by the end of the movie she tearfully declares that she can no longer call herself a ‘feminist.’ She starts her journey as a ‘feminist,’ yet gradually succumbs to the MRA’s charms. It is a sort of a video diary starring Jaye herself. This project is the Kickstarter-funded creation of Cassie Jaye, an actress and an amateur film-maker. The MRA’s claim that their personal grievances are indicative of the world in which the systematic discrimination against men in general is the norm. According to their thinking, men take all the hard jobs, are more prone to addiction, die disproportionately in wars, discriminated against in family courts, and believe it or not, are often tricked into fatherhood. Part of the worldview of the MRA’s is the belief that society considers men disposable. These ‘meninists’ claim that it is women, and radical feminists in particular, who are responsible for their sorry state.
In the minds of the Men’s Rights Activists (MRA’s), the red pill is a metaphor for opening one’s mind to the sad reality that we, poor, overworked, underappreciated, straight (white) men are a misunderstood minority whose rights have been trampled upon by society. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. Last Tuesday, the Linfield community was subjected to a showing of the Red Pill-a tedious 2 hour propaganda ‘documentary’ advocating for the so-called ‘Men’s Rights Movement.’ The movie derives its premise from the famous scene in the movie Matrix in which Morpheus offers two pills to Neo:
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