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KEVIN STEA (born October 17, 1969, in Hollywood, California) is an American dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, director, and model. He served as associate choreographer, dance captain, and dancer on Madonna’s 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, appearing in the documentary Truth or Dare, the Vogue music video, and the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards performance. He has worked as a dancer and choreographer with the likes of Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Prince, and Gloria Estefan. His film roles include Sister Act 2, Showgirls, and The Birdcage. He has appeared in over 60 commercials, modeled for major fashion designers and photographers, and released music under the name That Rogue Romeo, including the album Machine & Magic.

OLIVER S. CRUMES III (born September 1972) is an American dancer, choreographer, and hip-hop teacher from New Orleans. He was a dancer on Madonna’s 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour at age 19, appearing in Truth or Dare, the Vogue music video, and the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards performance. He later worked with Michael Jackson, performed in Las Vegas’s Splash revue, and teaches and choreographs under Revilo Hip-Hop.

Ever noticed how Swifty's underwear is all shredded? (It wasn't because of Pie Eater). Swifty is based on Kelly the Rake and here is the reason why:

"Kelly the Rake," who owned but one sleeve to his jacket. In newsboy parlance a "rake" is a boy who will appropriate to his own use anything he can lay his hands on"

So essentially Swifty took someone else's old torn underwear and decided to make it his own.

For his outerwear, what's interesting about Swifty's vest is that it has a connection to his Chinese roots. Swifty's vest is unique amongst the Newsies. It looks like it's made from an oversized piece of fabric that's fastened at the collar and left side by pins/ clips/ ribbons or the like. In contrast to the other Newsies' vest which are form fitting, separated in the middle and have buttons.

Also, Swifty's hat is rather unique in that it's smaller and more snug that the regular Newsie caps. It doesn't have bagginess around the sides.

See how, even though Pie Eater's cap is smaller like Swifty's, there's extra bagginess in the front that's missing from Swifty's:

Here are examples of the type of clothing that some Chinese men would've worn around the 19th century when Newsies was taking place:

Swifty's vest looks near identical to the first pic. However, his vest lacks a collar and has extra slits on the front, back and sides. His hat is shaped like the second pic but with an added front brim. The other two hats have upturned brims around the hat. The costume designer might've combined the looks of both types of hats together in some way.

The brim of Swifty's hat is very pliable and can be curved back with his hand, which is how he prefers to wear it most of the time. Even though he likes wearing it back, the brim isn't very stable and drops back into the default position of curving forwards like regular Newsies caps when he's dancing.

The rest of his clothes are more Western styled from his suspenders and shirt down to his trousers and shoes. I guess going for a full Chinese ensemble would've been too distracting (and hard to dance in). It could also be a reference to the actor being half Caucasian. It's great that they still paid homage to his heritage through the vest and maybe hat.

Kevin Stea

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 17 October 1969  

Ethnicity: White, Chinese

Nationality: American