![]() Keanu Reeves’s character faces a choice: Take the blue pill and continue his happy illusory life, or the red one and see the world as it actually is, in all its dizzying, violent, chaotic glory. The term comes from “The Matrix” (a film I found so intellectually vapid that I couldn’t finish watching, however brilliant its visuals), and has since gained currency with everyone from men’s rights groups to the alt-right to Elon Musk. The title of this novel, for those of us who are hopelessly behind on our memes, refers to the process of discovery that the book’s unnamed narrator undergoes - or thinks he undergoes. ![]() ![]() There are no actual red pills in “Red Pill,” not even a cherry cough drop. ![]()
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