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Hawaii Five-O: Why is This show Liked so Much?
I recently discovered an article in Slate by June Thomas/ Here is some of what she shared.
It's a reboot of a TV classic, so most viewers understand the premise as soon as they see the title. As in the original, which ran for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, the action centers on a special task force empowered by Hawaii's governor to investigate serious crime.
The cinematography is gorgeous, and the scenery is stunning—a viewer recently wrote to TV Guide complaining that the show's creators were unnecessarily enhancing the islands' beautiful colors, only to be assured that no retouching had been done. But the show isn't all tracking shots of pristine beaches and lush greenery; often the series cannily sets the action in places that viewers who have vacationed on Oahu would likely have visited: a hotel luau, the U.S.S. Missouri, the shave-ice stands of Waikiki.
The actors aren't hard to look at, either. There's no shortage of attractive people in prime-time, but Hawaii's sun and sand provide ample opportunities for the buff Five-0 cast to strip down to their swimsuits: Kona "Kono" Kalakaua (Grace Park), a former pro surfer who is now a rookie cop, gets to ride the waves in itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikinis, and the scriptwriters don't have to stretch too far to give Alex O'Loughlin, who plays Steve McGarrett, an excuse to show off his hairy chest and oversized shoulder tattoos. (Oddly, he often keeps his cargo pants on when he hits the ocean.) Even when they're fully clothed, there's a likable insouciance to the squad, with their casual attire and, in the case of the haoles, several centimeters of stubble.
The cast is also fabulously diverse, which allows a good chunk of the viewing public to recognize itself on-screen. Although Park and Daniel Dae Kim, the actor who plays Chin Ho Kelly, a disgraced ex-cop whom Steve recruits to the team, are of Korean descent, their characters are more vaguely multicultural. Like many real Hawaiians, their ethnic roots are mixed and slightly mysterious: Chin can read enough Chinese to decipher a restaurant menu, and Kono has a cousin in Kyoto, Japan. The supporting cast, meanwhile, is more multiracial than the riders of the R train to Queens—Asian, Caucasian, African-American, Latino, Pacific Islander, and Canadian.
Hawaiian culture—the episode titles are Hawaiian-language phrases, and the characters occasionally deploy the shaka sign and speak "bird" (though the pidgin rarely extends beyond endless repetitions of "brah," "da kine," and "howzit?").
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