Katy Perry’s Super Bowl Left Shark viral moment was intentional

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Meet Bryan Gaw, who works as a hair stylist in West Hollywood and proudly lists "Left Shark" on his resume three years after his big Super Bowl halftime moment. “So there's a set choreography," he explains. ”There's also what's called free-style choreography, or, like, you get to move around or play your character as a dancer. ... I'm in a 7-foot blue shark costume. There's no cool in that. So what's the other option? Well, I'm gonna play a different character."