If you've read the WSJ interview piece linked to in this topic, you know that Zachary Quinto has once again insulted Star Trek fans:
The clear and unmistakable association here is between Spock - probably the greatest role ever written in the English language for any actor - and prepubescent nerds.
How dare he! Further, when asked what Leonard Nimoy told him about playing Spock, he answered:
Clearly, he can't remember a single thing that Nimoy said. Now, that may be understandable, as their meetings apparently consisted entirely of watching old "Star Trek" episodes and probably having Nimoy show him nude photographs of Rosie O'Donnell's cousins. Doubtless Quinto has blocked that trauma from his mind. He's dissin' us nonetheless.
All of that said...what is unforgivable to me, personally, is Quinto's equation of bowl haircuts with being a "nerd." My family is from West Virginia; I received my first bowl haircut at the age of three - years before I owned a pair of shoes (or any other real clothing, for that matter). We were people of modest means, yes; many of us were denied the modern conveniences of running water, regular dental care, higher education and exogamy - but we were hillbillies, damn it, and despite my own fall (the fatal folly of changing the channel during WVVA Bluefield's weeking wrestling match and discovering "Star Trek" - it's not fair of Quinto to tar the rest of my family with the broad brush of "trekkie!"
The clear and unmistakable association here is between Spock - probably the greatest role ever written in the English language for any actor - and prepubescent nerds.
How dare he! Further, when asked what Leonard Nimoy told him about playing Spock, he answered:
Clearly, he can't remember a single thing that Nimoy said. Now, that may be understandable, as their meetings apparently consisted entirely of watching old "Star Trek" episodes and probably having Nimoy show him nude photographs of Rosie O'Donnell's cousins. Doubtless Quinto has blocked that trauma from his mind. He's dissin' us nonetheless.
All of that said...what is unforgivable to me, personally, is Quinto's equation of bowl haircuts with being a "nerd." My family is from West Virginia; I received my first bowl haircut at the age of three - years before I owned a pair of shoes (or any other real clothing, for that matter). We were people of modest means, yes; many of us were denied the modern conveniences of running water, regular dental care, higher education and exogamy - but we were hillbillies, damn it, and despite my own fall (the fatal folly of changing the channel during WVVA Bluefield's weeking wrestling match and discovering "Star Trek" - it's not fair of Quinto to tar the rest of my family with the broad brush of "trekkie!"
