The interviewer wonders if ZQ coming out means that Spock and Uhura's kiss "gains extra topspin from Quinto's recent revelations."
"Ah, but you're doing the very thing we were just talking about [the difficulty of leading men coming out]," he responds. "You're making an assumption about a character based on what you know about my sexuality. Spock is not gay. There's nothing gay about him."
One of the things I loved most about Gene was how he wanted his future worlds to be beyond prejudice and binary definitions like that i.e. you're either gay or you're not, and how he refused to definitively define what, precisely, the relationship between Jim and Spock was, other than it definitely being love. Leonard and, to some extent, Shat have respected that. I think it's a real shame that ZQ hasn't, too.
One of the things I loved most about Gene was how he wanted his future worlds to be beyond prejudice and binary definitions like that i.e. you're either gay or you're not, and how he refused to definitively define what, precisely, the relationship between Jim and Spock was, other than it definitely being love. Leonard and, to some extent, Shat have respected that. I think it's a real shame that ZQ hasn't, too.That is exactly what I felt he was going against. I am well aware of the fact that he does not want to be viewed, as an actor, through the prism of his sexuality. I think it is really difficult for leading men to come out since frequently it equals losing their status (like Rupert Everett for example), and I think it also tends to be harder for American actors than their British colleagues (though maybe I'm just stricken by a couple of really comforting examples) but nevertheless I feel like he is literally going against everything Gene strove to create, a world where boundaries blurred, where they plainly *did not* matter. He
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The interview and article seemed both supportive and eager to give him a chance to explain why he decided to come out when he did, and he was as eloquent and engaged as ever on that subject. Which is why the abrupt "Spock's not gay" seemed so bizarre.
I wish I could link to the article, I'm too busy to type up the whole thing. It didn't seem like he was at all upset or annoyed by the discussing surrounding his coming out. IDK.
Oh no worries, once you have time. I'd love to read it. That does seem rather strange, maybe just you know, a sudden blurt. And I'd rather not be unfair to either parties so I'll wait till I see the whole picture :)
You're making an assumption about a character based on what you know about my sexuality. I'm sure he has to acknowledge that is not entirely accurate at least not about this particular character. Spock's character and the interpretations of his characterization are not entirely his and many precede his particular performance. He forgets Nimoy's character and characterization were read as gay subtext or at least not heterosexual years before Quinto took on the role. I always was drawn to Spock's mysterious alien sexuality and I think his looks can be viewed as androgynous
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OH PUR-LEASE.
That's rather worrying, really.
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The interviewer wonders if ZQ coming out means that Spock and Uhura's kiss "gains extra topspin from Quinto's recent revelations."
"Ah, but you're doing the very thing we were just talking about [the difficulty of leading men coming out]," he responds. "You're making an assumption about a character based on what you know about my sexuality. Spock is not gay. There's nothing gay about him."
One of the things I loved most about Gene was how he wanted his future worlds to be beyond prejudice and binary definitions like that i.e. you're either gay or you're not, and how he refused to definitively define what, precisely, the relationship between Jim and Spock was, other than it definitely being love. Leonard and, to some extent, Shat have respected that. I think it's a real shame that ZQ hasn't, too.
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I wish I could link to the article, I'm too busy to type up the whole thing. It didn't seem like he was at all upset or annoyed by the discussing surrounding his coming out. IDK.
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That does seem rather strange, maybe just you know, a sudden blurt. And I'd rather not be unfair to either parties so I'll wait till I see the whole picture :)
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