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Question About the TV series MASH
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:19 am
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:19 am
Wasn’t the show supposed to be set in the 50s , during the Korean War?
The characters talk, act and dress as if it’s modern day, which would have been the 1970’s. I did not watch much of this show at all, but I never felt like I was watching a show set in the 1950s.
The characters talk, act and dress as if it’s modern day, which would have been the 1970’s. I did not watch much of this show at all, but I never felt like I was watching a show set in the 1950s.
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Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:28 am to selfgen
IT’S TELEVISION
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:36 am to cypresstiger
I was just wondering. The show Happy Days made every effort to have the show look like “the 1950s”. That was a large part of the show’s appeal.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:40 am to selfgen
Stranger Things managed to do this really well.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:42 am to selfgen
quote:Yes. My dad was in the Korean War. From his pictures of himself and his friends, none of them would've fit in with the cast of M*A*S*H. The men wouldn't have had any sideburns at all, the women wouldn't have had those free flowing hairstyles. Hawkeye and B.J. with bushy hair and a mustache wouldn't fit either.
Wasn’t the show supposed to be set in the 50s , during the Korean War?
The characters talk, act and dress as if it’s modern day, which would have been the 1970’s. I did not watch much of this show at all, but I never felt like I was watching a show set in the 1950s.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:58 am to selfgen
I always found it odd that the "happy" theme song was about suicide.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 10:59 am to Fewer Kilometers
After the first three seasons, MASH is very meh
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:03 am to selfgen
Part of it stems from both the original movie and then show set up as a critique of the Vietnam War that was well underway at the time.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:15 am to haikarate
quote:Yeah, luckily no one watched the final eight seasons or the series finale.
After the first three seasons, MASH is very meh
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:43 am to selfgen
My broadcast journalism professor at LSU told us that it was set for the Vietnam War. But switched to Korea because of blow back.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:53 am to junior
quote:the theme song never sounded happy even before you know the title.
I always found it odd that the "happy" theme song was about suicide.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:57 am to selfgen
Alan Alda singlehandedly ruined that show
The first 5 seasons are literally tv gold
Then it gets progressively worse
The first 5 seasons are literally tv gold
Then it gets progressively worse
Posted on 7/19/24 at 11:58 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
Hawkeye and B.J. with bushy hair and a mustache wouldn't fit either
In the original book a lot of the docs were eccentrics.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 12:04 pm to selfgen
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I did not watch much of this show at all
I would recommend it highly.
But also remember, it was a tongue in cheek reference to the Vietnam war, as well as a commentary on women’s lib and current day politics of the time. Without saying it too on the nose.
Much like other shows of the 70s, which would actually present both sides of an argument, but eventually landing in favor of one over the other. And almost always on the left.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 12:14 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
I would recommend it highly.
But also remember, it was a tongue in cheek reference to the Vietnam war, as well as a commentary on women’s lib and current day politics of the time. Without saying it too on the nose.
Much like other shows of the 70s, which would actually present both sides of an argument, but eventually landing in favor of one over the other. And almost always on the left.
Exactly. It followed Robert Altman's stylistic choices from the outstanding movie.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 12:47 pm to selfgen
quote:
Happy Days made every effort to have the show look like “the 1950s”
Except for Chachi and Leather Tuscadero's hair.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 12:51 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
quote:
Alan Alda singlehandedly ruined that show
The first 5 seasons are literally tv gold
Then it gets progressively worse
Alda and "BJ Honeycutt" both ruined it. Some of the other actors were good.
The movie was outstanding.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 1:48 pm to selfgen
Good observation. Never thought about that before. I kinda grew up on the show, not live but in syndication.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 2:09 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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Alan Alda singlehandedly ruined that show
Alda channeled his version of "Groucho Marx" and morphed it into his version of Hawkeye, making him pretty insufferable at times.
Posted on 7/19/24 at 2:51 pm to gumbo2176
I was never big on Mash growing up, although I remember watching it, and definitely the finale. I think I remember even watching some episodes of AfterMash.
My dad was ill for several years before he passed in 2020, and we watched a lot of old shows together during that time. He loved westerns and we watched a lot of BuzzR TV which was game shows like Match Game and Concentration. Anyways, Mash was one of those shows we tended to watch, and I enjoyed it much more as an adult. It is well written and the cast plays off each other insanely well. It is dated and hasn't aged as well as some shows from that era, but I can understand how it was top 5 all those years.
My dad was ill for several years before he passed in 2020, and we watched a lot of old shows together during that time. He loved westerns and we watched a lot of BuzzR TV which was game shows like Match Game and Concentration. Anyways, Mash was one of those shows we tended to watch, and I enjoyed it much more as an adult. It is well written and the cast plays off each other insanely well. It is dated and hasn't aged as well as some shows from that era, but I can understand how it was top 5 all those years.
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