Mignogna is missing something Shatner had
The girdle. I noticed it today in Fairest of Them All. I didn't notice in the other episodes
What he is really missing is acting ability.
shareHe's got some Shatner-esque qualities, but I can't help catching moments where he or his physical movements or looks in his eyes seem somewhat gay (by that I mean effete, epicene, homosexual, feminine, mincing, etc.)
Adding to this... in certain close ups he also resembles a young Jonathan Harris (who played Dr. Smith on Lost in Space ) who also had a very flamboyant and effeminate affect.
Troubling amount of homerphobia on this here thread, along with the usual lack of appreciation for actual humor.
But let I be more specific concerning this crap about Vic's mannerisms being gay - please stop projecting your own fevered sweaty fears on others, and step out of the closet into the sunshine, will you please? It seems that when anyone exhibits any quality other than rigid (yet collectively vague) classic heterosexuality (whatever TF that is), the default assessment is "he's gay". Correction - you're gay for accusing all non-conformists of being gay.
So Vic's voice is high - we can't all be Barry White, Jimmy Walker, Shabba Ranks or Leo Sayer.
I don't understand how noticing effete characteristics in a person's mannerisms that were not present in the character the person is imitating is "homophobic"... and the topic is: the differences between Mignona and Shatner.
What's concerning is this idea that noticing something about anyone's behavior is now called a "phobia" for so many things.
If a gay person notices someone else displaying gay mannerisms is that gay person a "homophobe"? (And most gay men I've met love to point out when someone else is acting flamboyantly, effeminately or displaying attraction for someone of the same gender.)
So if gay people noticing mannerisms in others does not make them a homophobe then why would a straight person noticing mannerisms in others make them a homophobe?
If a straight guy says, "Hey look at that guy over there trying to pick up that girl. Oh my God, he's showing her his biceps and trying to puff out his chest. He's trying to act all macho like he's a big lady's man!" would that make the straight person doing the noticing someone with an irrational fear of other straight people (a "hetero-o-phobe")?
Keep in mind, within my observation I've never said there is anything wrong with gay mannerisms, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with having a gay orientation, all I did was say that I noticed Mignona displays some effete mannerisms while Shatner (playing the same character) did not.
Sorry this is so long, but I will say that some of Mignona's imitation of Shatner's mannerisms & movements are remarkably on-the-money, yet, at times the performance throws me off when his Shatner-like mannerisms are juxtaposed with this frequent look of subtle yet noticeable mannerisms that seem stereotypically gay.
Sorry to burst your denial bubble but eholzapfel26 is right.
Anyone that's not afraid to speak honestly and has an eye for such things would confess the same observations.
That said, it's not overbearing, and he may well be trying to mimic Shatner but just gone a bit wrong.
Or it could be something else ;-)
In any case I like the production, Vic does a bang up job.
He is missing Shatner's warmth..ie the "warmth" and sense of empathy that Shatner brings to Kirk
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