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Here's a list of tons of leftist movies.
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Especially because Mystique in the movies had such a strong anti-assimilationist energy. Answering the question why she doesn't always look like a human with "because it shouldn't be necessary", having a literal shapeshifter refuse to obey passing dictates is fucking powerful for me as a trans woman.
I've never really considered it (probably because I'm not a trans woman) but now that you point it out it's hard not to see it.
I didn't think of it that way when i originally saw the movie, i was still an egg back then, but nowadays, it fits so well. I doubt it's intentional given the time the movie was made in, but things can work as metaphors for topics the authors didn't have in mind at all.