Kevin McHale On Acting As Disabled Character Artie Abrams On Glee (ft. Ira Madison III) | Showmance

Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz are in the studio with pop culture expert Ira Madison III to talk about their characters on Glee. Does Kevin regret taking a role as a disabled person? What was off about Jenna's role? #KevinMcHale #JennaUshkowitz #Glee

Kevin McHale On Acting As Disabled Character Artie Abrams On Glee (ft. Ira Madison III) | Showmance

[adamthiessen]

They should really do an interview with the actor for becky. Like that would be amazing.

[DeeL]

"Kevin. . . NO!"

I felt that in my spirit.

[julymay]

Kevin and Jenna are so entertaining I love them 😭😭

[leahs]

Obviously he’s not in a wheelchair, did anyone watch Safety Dance?

[purplerd]

"You could have been adopted by a chinese family..." That is one of the things that bothered me in Glee, Tina's family. I feel like They originally wanted her to be half jewish and half chinese, but then they decided she's adopted because Jenna is, and if she's adopted why her last name is chang? And we never saw any member of her family to explain that.

[rbishop]

At the same time though, having an amazing dancer in the wheelchair gave the creators an opportunity to have these fantasy dance sequences for Kevin, which would never have happened with a wheelchair character. Also, the fact that he was so convincing is a testament to him and how talented he is.

[rachelkarengreen]

I don't think you can argue that Glee WASN'T problematic. It was extremely self unaware and completely clueless about the things it tried to preach about.

[rociokamann]

Hi! i need to see Nayas full program please! saludos desde Argentina

[thatkid]

Can yous please do a long episode with heather morris and naya rivera and play games like never have i ever

[ambzerambzer]

I like that they used a non disabled person playing a Wheelchair bound kid. Because why not, if you can have straight people play guy and guy play straight, Americans playing British why not? Its acting and well he was perfect for that role, its about his acting and singing and fitting into Glee. I at first thought Kevin was playing Artie was actually in a wheelchair, that's just a testament to his acting and consistency.

I think the best part is keeping him in that Wheelchair threw out the shows run, most shows would of had him miraculously recovered by the end of the first season and had him walking and forget about his wheelchair. I think it would be more wrong hiring some one purely because they're in a wheelchair