Harry Shum Jr, GQ Magazine
Glee continues to break down so many traditional media barriers. The amount of time devoted to Kurt who is a gay character is quite a bit for a network show, but in media, there have been a lot of shows with gay characters. One area that is SLOWLY coming down is the Asian American male.
With the recent Glee show titled Asian F, the spotlight is shifting onto other characters. In this case, Harry Shum Jr who is getting his story line developed after being picked up as a regular. Congrats! For those who don’t know, Asian F is an A-. Haha. I laughed out loud when I was watching the show. It’s a stereotype not true of all Asian Americans so please don’t misunderstand if you are naive to such things, but it does definitely exist as well. We can’t wait to watch the story unfold even further and having positive presentation of Asian males too. Dare we even say as a sex symbol?
GQ magazine seems to be agreeing with it. Harry is now featured modeling some clothes and with an interview in GQ. See Harry here: GQ Magazine.
On another note, dance crews have really helped the Asian image too showing that Asians can be CRAZY skilled dancers and some of the best. I have been listening way too much to LMFAO’s dance track Party Rock Anthem in which Quest Crew, most well known for winning America’s Best Dance Crew season 3, choreographed.
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