"Matrix" Guy Prepares For Big Switcheroo



According to the Chicago Sun-Times' Bill Zwecker, Larry Wachowski, co-creator of the incomprehensible "Matrix" movies, is switching teams.

According to those close to the extremely reclusive duo, Larry is about to finally become "Linda.'' Wachowski, who has been living and dressing as a woman for some time, reportedly is preparing to take the final step and have sex-change surgery. As always, it was impossible to get any comment from the press-shy Wachowskis, but several longtime friends of the Rogers Park native confirm Wachowski is planning to complete the process of becoming a woman.

Wachowski's sexuality and sexual preferences have made headlines since his nine-year marriage to Thea Bloom turned into an ugly divorce battle over the past couple of years. During courtroom fights over the millions generated by the "Matrix'' films, Bloom made veiled reference to her husband's proclivity for cross-dressing and his taste for less-than-conventional sexual activities. Bloom accused Wachowski of being "extremely dishonest with me in our personal life,'' and blamed the couple's initial separation on "very intimate circumstances concerning which I do not elaborate at this time for the reasons of his personal privacy.'' Numerous press reports have highlighted a long-term S&M dominatrix relationship Wachowski maintained with the owner of a Los Angeles area sex shop.

Not bad. I'd say Wachowski is a more inspirational role-model for youngsters than Pat Tillman any day of the week. Living in the land of the free means that anybody with an imagination can create a trilogy of unwatchable psuedo-goth films, collect hundreds of millions of dollars and arrange for gender reassignment surgery.

Posted: Sun - May 2, 2004 at 11:36 AM      

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