John Malkovich cheese democracy theory
by Murphy Popcorn 🎪: John Malkovich
In WILD HORSE NINE, John Malkovich lays out a theory he calls fairly sound: democracy lets gay people live openly, and that freedom sparks creativity. One specific outcome? Cheese. He draws a line between individual rights and labeling entire nations as gay, noting that whole-country labels were once an American pastime. Having lived in France for decades with a house there, he confirms the results of such liberty firsthand, having consumed some pretty good cheese while living in France.
Transcript (en)
Well, it was always in this script exactly as is, and I think it's a fairly sound theory, meaning when people are free to live their real lives in their real selves openly in society, then they do creative things. And one of those happens to be cheese, among many others. But so I think in a way it's true that democracy leads to gay because now gay people have the right to live their lives for a number of years as they see fit and do what they want. So I think it's a pretty sound theory. I'm not sure that you can label particular whole countries as gay, although it would have been a fairly American pastime at a certain point in time, I think. But, you know, having lived and had a house in France for decades, I can say this. I've had some pretty good cheese there.
