I vastly preferred him in Shadowhunters too, but I thought it was fascinating and definitely on topic for the conversation (also very heartbreaking) to hear about his experiences on Glee, where his character and Tina (the other Asian character, who was part of the main cast from Season 1 but was basically sidelined throughout the entire series) were often subjected to racism, and it was racism that was not actually subverted in any way but played very straight. And to be honest, had not Magnus Bane been specifically written by author Cassandra Clare to be half-Indonesian and half-Dutch, Harry Shum Jr. would not have been cast as Magnus Bane, because they would have most likely gotten a white actor to play that part. I remember when Godfrey Gao was cast as Magnus Bane for the movie adaptation, people were howling that Adam Lambert should have been cast as Magnus Bane.
@@sharonhooper2365 I don't know about that...the show took a very white list of characters from the books and definitely diversified them. If you read the books, everyone was white except Magnus, so I think the show did well. And Magnus was half Indonesian, half demon, not Dutch. His step-dad was Dutch. I totally agree with you about Glee...I used to get so pissed every time they said "Other Asian", I can't imagine how horrible it was for Jenna and Harry. Glee was hailed as being so great, but tbere were serious problems with racism, LGBTQ rep, etc.
@@rochelledunlap9993 Magnus's mother was half Dutch and half Indonesian. It is true that in the television series, the Downworlders are mostly played by POC actors, and Isabelle and her mother are played by Latino actresses, but then they had to go and give Isabelle the promiscuous and drug addict storylines. Raphaelle Santiago is Latino in the books, and Maia is Black in the books. Also, unfortunately in the television series, the mostly POC Downworlders, including Magnus, exist mostly to serve the predominantly white Shadowhunter cast, so it's not really a show without its own issues. Still, Glee is definitely more relevant to the topic of this video conversation.
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Wish they would have talked about more than Glee...Magnus Bane was the best character Harry has played to date.
I vastly preferred him in Shadowhunters too, but I thought it was fascinating and definitely on topic for the conversation (also very heartbreaking) to hear about his experiences on Glee, where his character and Tina (the other Asian character, who was part of the main cast from Season 1 but was basically sidelined throughout the entire series) were often subjected to racism, and it was racism that was not actually subverted in any way but played very straight. And to be honest, had not Magnus Bane been specifically written by author Cassandra Clare to be half-Indonesian and half-Dutch, Harry Shum Jr. would not have been cast as Magnus Bane, because they would have most likely gotten a white actor to play that part. I remember when Godfrey Gao was cast as Magnus Bane for the movie adaptation, people were howling that Adam Lambert should have been cast as Magnus Bane.
@@sharonhooper2365 I don't know about that...the show took a very white list of characters from the books and definitely diversified them. If you read the books, everyone was white except Magnus, so I think the show did well.
And Magnus was half Indonesian, half demon, not Dutch. His step-dad was Dutch.
I totally agree with you about Glee...I used to get so pissed every time they said "Other Asian", I can't imagine how horrible it was for Jenna and Harry. Glee was hailed as being so great, but tbere were serious problems with racism, LGBTQ rep, etc.
@@rochelledunlap9993 Magnus's mother was half Dutch and half Indonesian. It is true that in the television series, the Downworlders are mostly played by POC actors, and Isabelle and her mother are played by Latino actresses, but then they had to go and give Isabelle the promiscuous and drug addict storylines. Raphaelle Santiago is Latino in the books, and Maia is Black in the books. Also, unfortunately in the television series, the mostly POC Downworlders, including Magnus, exist mostly to serve the predominantly white Shadowhunter cast, so it's not really a show without its own issues. Still, Glee is definitely more relevant to the topic of this video conversation.
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Very good conversation.
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