David Hasselhoff - Hope and Survival?
Baywatch – a brilliant and heart-warming story of Mitch Buchannan and his lifeguards has touched the hearts of people all around the world, with David Hasselhoff himself fetching a Guinness World Record for the most watched TV star. The iconic slow running adds a unique beauty to the show, symbolizing the importance of time in relation to saving someone’s life.
It’s a story about a group of lifeguards on a beach in Malibu saving people’s lives and ensuring that the casualties are reassured, giving them hope, and ultimately, saving them.
David Hasselhoff himself doesn’t act his role as the protagonist, but IS the role. Not only does he appear to endanger his own life for our pleasure, but also engages with the other actors to express emotion very effectively.
Most namely, the other actors on the show such as Carmen Electra and Pamela Anderson have highly notable moments in the show that enhances the entertainment and the morals behind the show.
Another big icon of the show is the visual red costumes (red shorts and red bikinis) that the characters wear to portray their lifeguard careers. These costumes appears to put across a strong idealistic set of male and female roles, but challenges the stereotypical view of men and women, by showing that although they appear different, can face up to the same challenges the world throws at them.
Baywatch – a story of hope and survival? Well… maybe a bit more than that. Well worth the view!
it was a great tv series
By: Technolik on May 29, 2009
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