File this under 'I have a rifle and a shovel, and you won't be missed', Mr. Malkovich has quite good taste. I'm pleasantly surprised.
I am reminded of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, "The Mikado". There's a scene where the Lord High Executioner says:
"If I should ever be called upon to act professionally, I am happy to think that there will be no difficulty in finding plenty of people whose loss will be a distinct gain to society at large."He then launches into a classic song, "They'll None of Them Be Missed" (more popularly known as "I've Got A Little List"). The most relevant parts to the current topic are:
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,This was written in the 1880's -- apparently some things never change.
I've got a little list--I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed--who never would be missed!There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs--
All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs--[snip]
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own;