Netflix's Wayward is climbing the streaming charts and ruffling feathers, all while subtly conveying a powerful and surprisingly controversial message. This miniseries is created by comedian Mae Martin, who stars as Alex Dempsey, a cop who moves to a small town called Tall Pines with his wife in the early 2000s. Before long, Alex realizes that the entire town, as well as the residential school, is all part of a cult.

On paper, Wayward appears to be a fairly standard psychological thriller . The divisiveness comes in as some viewers realized that Martin's character is a transgender man. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in a wave of complaints about a " woke agenda ." This is furthered by the fact that Alex's transgender status isn't overtly connected to the central plot of Waywar

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