What It Actually Means: “Wake up to reality, specifically the reality that trans people exist.” You could be forgiven for missing the symbolism surrounding gender identity in the film because the Wachowski sisters intentionally buried it, but you’d be a pretty bad nerd if you didn’t know the writers and directors of The Matrix came out as trans women in 20, respectively. What It Means: “Wake up to reality, specifically the reality that society is out to get cishet white men.” In The Matrix, “taking the red pill” releases you from the simulation in which humanity is imprisoned, but it’s been co-opted as a symbol of the men’s right’s movement and various other unsavory conservative circles who insist we live in a simulation where women and minorities are people, apparently. But make no mistake, this GIF is a rare instance of applause that’s also a threat. It doesn’t work - his own newspaper trashes her, even though, again, she’d be the star of any karaoke bar. (She sounds alright to us, but we’re impressed by particularly on-key seals.) When he finds her reception lackluster, he starts angry clapping, more to chastise the audience than to show his appreciation to his lady love. What It Actually Means: “You suck, but I’m powerful enough to convince everyone else that you don’t.” In this scene of Citizen Kane, the resident in question is watching his shiny new wife perform in the opera house he’s built for her, to the boredom and discomfort of everyone else in the audience. You’ve made such a good point (or done such a good TikTok dance or deep-throated such a good entire pineapple) that the viewer is left with no choice but to throw their meat flaps together so violently you’d think they were fighting. What It Means: Orson Welles’ forceful applause couldn’t be clearer.
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