“I like this idea that sometimes you can inherit a gay from your mother. Sometimes that happens. Like ‘Baby, you remember uncle Ron? Well, he got a D.U.I. so he’s gonna babysit you from now on.’ The magic of the relationship between an old gay man and a little girl is, like, the best friendship that you could possibly have on earth. They will watch Twilight as many times as you want and they will play Barbies with you and they don’t have to be Ken. It’s like ‘Girl, I wanna be Skipper!’ and it’s the most beautiful thing, so I wanna really acknowledge that, and call out that one relationship that I know exists. There’s never been a movie about it. There’s never been a TV show about it, like that generational comedy between this really old gay man and this really little girl. It’s such a funny thing. It could be a crime duo! The closest thing to it is Paper Moon but that’s not even really it. Really old gay and really little girl is such a perfect combination of personalities, so I’m really trying to explore that.” – Margaret Cho

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MARGARET CHO x LOGAN LYNN
for Portland Queer Voices blog series (2013)

(Photo by Nick Spanos)