“Baywatch”: no sonnets, but great bodies
David Chokachi summed up his duties with admirable accuracy.
“We weren’t … doing Shakespeare.” he said. “We were doing ‘Baywatch.’”
Yes, there’s a difference, “Baywatch” (shown here) had no sonnets or soliloquies, but lots of running, rescuing and red swimwear.
Sometimes, that’s enough. “It succeeded beyond everybody’s expectation,” Chokachi told the Television Critics Association. “A billion viewers – we’re in the Guinness Book of World Records.”
It also influenced people’s decisions – geographic, vocational and more. Just ask Matthew Felker, who directed “After Baywatch,” a documentary arriving Aug. 27 on Hulu. Read more…