An old one, and probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but MASH had some heavy moments due to the setting. More on the very misogynistic side of things though
Definitely a product of its time. The point of the show was not elevating women or LGBTQ+ communities. It was about the pointlessness and evils of war broadly and of US Imperialism specifically. Knowing that makes the things that are unacceptable in a modern show a bit easier to tolerate.
There are a lot of shows like that. Movies too. I think that’s why drama ages much better than comedy. I have great affection for Peter Seller’s Pink Panther movies, but they don’t hold a candle to Sidney Poitiet’s In the Heat of the Night. One made jokes at the expense of vulnerable groups and the other shone a spotlight on the injustices one minority faced.
MASH is best when it does the latter. Those episodes carry the series. It’s a good recommendation
Well said. I know there were some episodes that dealt with the reason why Houlahan was the way she was due to having to make it in a man’s army and being cold and stern was how she built up her wall
An old one, and probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but MASH had some heavy moments due to the setting. More on the very misogynistic side of things though
Definitely a product of its time. The point of the show was not elevating women or LGBTQ+ communities. It was about the pointlessness and evils of war broadly and of US Imperialism specifically. Knowing that makes the things that are unacceptable in a modern show a bit easier to tolerate.
There are a lot of shows like that. Movies too. I think that’s why drama ages much better than comedy. I have great affection for Peter Seller’s Pink Panther movies, but they don’t hold a candle to Sidney Poitiet’s In the Heat of the Night. One made jokes at the expense of vulnerable groups and the other shone a spotlight on the injustices one minority faced.
MASH is best when it does the latter. Those episodes carry the series. It’s a good recommendation
Well said. I know there were some episodes that dealt with the reason why Houlahan was the way she was due to having to make it in a man’s army and being cold and stern was how she built up her wall