Analysis of Kurt from Glee
Nina Emily
COMM 204
29 November 2012
Analysis of Kurt from Glee Glee is one of FOX’s newest hit TV sitcoms, earning six Emmy’s, four Golden Globes, and countless other awards. It is a musical comedy- drama that focuses on Mckinley High School’s glee club and the daily lives of its members. It is a show that has broken many barriers in regards to tackling many relevant topics that relate to teenagers and today’s culture. One large topic that the show deals with is sexuality, but even more specifically the topic of being gay and coming out. Even though there is more than one character on the show that is openly gay, the character that this is mainly shown through is Kurt Hummel. Kurt Hummel is a male high school student in the show that at first struggles with his sexuality and does not know how to break the news to his widowed father. After he tells him, Kurt becomes more and more comfortable with being openly gay and begins to embrace it. Kurt fits the typical stereotype of being gay in today’s society, meanwhile another character, David Karofsky, who is also gay, is quite the opposite. Karofsky battles with accepting his sexuality and does not know how to deal with it. He could not be more opposite from Kurt. Though the two characters share many differences, they also share some similarities. Kurt Hummel is one of the main characters on Glee. He is the first openly gay student at McKinley High School, the high school the characters attend on the show. It is clear from the very first episode that Kurt is gay. He did not even have to say it for the audience to realize that he was gay. This is because the writers for the show make it very obvious by creating this “stereotypical” gay character. Kurt loves Broadway, fashion, singing, and dancing. It is hard to find an episode where Kurt does not talk about his clothes or a fashion designer. This is all apart of this image that the media has created for gay men today. The stereotype is that all gay men are
COMM 204
29 November 2012
Analysis of Kurt from Glee Glee is one of FOX’s newest hit TV sitcoms, earning six Emmy’s, four Golden Globes, and countless other awards. It is a musical comedy- drama that focuses on Mckinley High School’s glee club and the daily lives of its members. It is a show that has broken many barriers in regards to tackling many relevant topics that relate to teenagers and today’s culture. One large topic that the show deals with is sexuality, but even more specifically the topic of being gay and coming out. Even though there is more than one character on the show that is openly gay, the character that this is mainly shown through is Kurt Hummel. Kurt Hummel is a male high school student in the show that at first struggles with his sexuality and does not know how to break the news to his widowed father. After he tells him, Kurt becomes more and more comfortable with being openly gay and begins to embrace it. Kurt fits the typical stereotype of being gay in today’s society, meanwhile another character, David Karofsky, who is also gay, is quite the opposite. Karofsky battles with accepting his sexuality and does not know how to deal with it. He could not be more opposite from Kurt. Though the two characters share many differences, they also share some similarities. Kurt Hummel is one of the main characters on Glee. He is the first openly gay student at McKinley High School, the high school the characters attend on the show. It is clear from the very first episode that Kurt is gay. He did not even have to say it for the audience to realize that he was gay. This is because the writers for the show make it very obvious by creating this “stereotypical” gay character. Kurt loves Broadway, fashion, singing, and dancing. It is hard to find an episode where Kurt does not talk about his clothes or a fashion designer. This is all apart of this image that the media has created for gay men today. The stereotype is that all gay men are
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