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How realistic honestly was the dialogue?
publicado por Benton12STAFFMOD el 21 de septiembre de 2023 a las 14:34
(Kim ll Sung was a brutal North Korean mass-murderer/leader who began the entire Korean War. He was never mentioned once on Mash.)
In early eps Radar interrupted Henry alot. Realistic. In another early ep Frank fired a pistol inside a tent and destroyed a lighting fixture while the gang was having a poker game. Everyone started bickering at once and all at the same time over Frank's scripted bumbling act. Realistic too. But outside of this mostly everyone got their full say and that was a little unrealistic.
It was pointed out years ago at Jumptheshark.com that in the later years of the show most of the cast was using snappy one-liners ( "horse hockey") instead of something that sounded like real dialogue unlike in the show's earlier years.
Contestado por DRDMovieMusings
el 21 de septiembre de 2023 a las 14:52
Not mentioning him may actually have been a stroke of creative genius.
War is madness. Vets often express the trauma of never knowing what was going on or why they did half the things they did. Most 19 and 19 year olds had little education as adults, little knowledge of geography or geopolitics or politics, and not a few had no clue why they were there at all. They enlisted, got deployed, stood where they were told to stand, march where they were told to march, shoot where they were told to shoot - independent thinking was not a mandate for your garden variety grunt.
Also, why any country goes to war with another is often a debate. There is going to be the publicized reason on paper, the official statement, but we often come to find that there are more clandestine motives beneath the surface.
By taking that aspect out of the narrative, the show could be a comedy, an "escape" from the brutal reality. MASH was never intended to be a documentary, except as it possibly portrayed this unit's efforts to cope with the madness of war best they could through humor. I mean, if they managed to never mention him once, it must have had to have been a deliberate decision.
I'm inclined to say "kudos" are in order for this masterful stroke.
Contestado por Benton12
el 21 de septiembre de 2023 a las 21:01
You look like you are following again! Ignoring you.
Contestado por DRDMovieMusings
el 21 de septiembre de 2023 a las 21:26
I was talking about the show and speaking to the comment you made.
If you don't want replies, set up a blog and turn off comments.
Contestado por Benton12
el 21 de septiembre de 2023 a las 21:39
Repeating myself.
Contestado por bratface
el 22 de septiembre de 2023 a las 00:09
Don't bother telling him to set up a blog (or whatever). He thinks that this is his personal website & if you try to challenge him he whines & goes to the mods & says people are being mean to him! 🙄
Contestado por Benton12
el 22 de septiembre de 2023 a las 10:09
I am not responding to anyone else on this. I am adding this for just readers of this. There was one fourth season ep when BJ stopped Hawk from the latter's attempt to down Frank some more.