Malcolm Gladwell

But you guys have transactive anger.

So you hear about this.

And you think you have a sense of foreboding.

And where do you see, when did you go see Zootopia II in the theater?

The whole Goldman family, Gary, his wife, Judy, their two grown sons, gather at a movie theater in Dublin, California, just east of San Francisco.

Now, does Gary DeSnake really look like Gary Goldman?

Or is this just the Goldmans being paranoid?

Well, let me describe Gary Goldman.

He's 72.

He has large, expressive eyes.

A self-effacing, understated manner.

I mean, you've heard him speak.

Match that voice to your mental image of your kindly uncle.

And what is Gary DeSnake?

Weirdly, a nice snake.

A sweetheart snake.

large expressive eyes, a self-effacing, understated manner, middle-aged, with one fang instead of two, conceptually defanged, as the middle-aged so often are.

Gary says that after the movie came out, all kinds of people texted him to say, Gary, the snake looks just like you.

And when I went to see Zootopia 2 with my daughter, right after I'd interviewed Gary, that was my first thought as well.

Good Lord, it's the same guy.