Falling For Angels is a new TV series exploring various topics. HereTV quotes the series explores health, every facet of modern-day relationships—love, sex positivity, sexual health, heartbreak and much more. The second episode in the series is about gay Asian-Americans exploring their heritage and sexuality.
Taiwanese-American Kevin (Ty Chen) has been brought up in a rather white-dominated environment and meets Korean-American adoptee Gino (Dale Song) for a hook-up. Kevin doesn't expect his current hook-up meet to be Asian like himself -since Gino didn't put a photo on his profile- but still goes ahead anyway since he drove long distance for a shag. Obviously Gino is smitten by Kevin at first glance *wink wink*.
After their first meeting, Kevin leaves and forgets his keys which prompts him to meet up with Gino again in Koreatown. There he realises what Gino's background is, how he attends monthly meet-ups with other Korean adoptees and how in tune he has become with his heritage. In return Gino learns about Kevin's background and how he struggles with his ethnic identity, how to fit in with the white people to avoid racism. However he's not completely white-washed to the point of being a straight up banana. He speaks Mandarin, visits Taiwan with his family whenever possible - those are things Gino never had the chance to do. Not until he prepares to visit his birth parents in Seoul.
Kevin just never had the chance to mingle with that many Asians until he met Gino. They seemed to get along so well that evening but then Gino elaborates on how he isn't looking to settle and just wants casual sex with anyone, hence why he never wants to be kissed as it's a fear he'll feel a attachment. This obviously hurts Kevin as he really thought this guy was the one for him since they had a spark and he felt safe being next to him. The night continues as they have more Korean food in a BBQ restaurant (the dishes made me peckish) and talk further about themselves, the deeper difficulties they experience as Asian Americans.
I thought I wouldn't be able to find something of a similar vein to Front Cover but I was wrong and so glad I came across this series. Falling For Angels have short episodes consisting of 20+ minutes in length and while you may think the content is not entirely new, what definitely caught my attention was seeing LGBTQ+ etc people of colour represented as normal human beings not in any ridiculous racial stereotypes and actually reflecting on their ethnic backgrounds so genuinely. It's obviously nothing ground-breaking but I do find the storyline refreshing. It made me giddy seeing these guys flirt and compliment each other. It warmed my heart. This is the kind of representation we need more of, something away from cliches in Western media. Kudos to the scriptwriter and director of this episode.
You can watch Falling For Angels episode 2 on HereTV's website .
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