Movie Review: M*A*S*H
Movie Review · 6 comments · 350 words
After watching the First few series of the TV show "M*A*S*H", I thought I'd give the original movie a go.
It isn't very good.
Even if you ignore the rampant racism - and there is a lot of racism - you still have to content with the brutal misogyny - and it is toe-curlingly grim. Then you get the homophobia which, may have been of its time, but the sexual assault isn't. And if you can get past all of that, you still have to suffer though a movie that gets so bored of its central thesis (war isn't fun) that it gives up ⅔rds of the way through to... do a sports movie?
Similar to How I Won The War, M*A*S*H is a set of barely interconnected "comedy" sketches. Sure, the humour and the slang are dated - but that can be overlooked. Some of the absurdism works well - but is done better in the TV series. The juxtaposition of the comedy and the bloody surgery is influential - but hardly revelatory.
In the end, M*A*S*H is a mess. Sure, war is hell - but you'll have an enjoyable time sexually assaulting women and getting boozed up. Yeah, some kids'll die - but think of all the fun you'll have drinking, playing golf, and abusing the people around you.
I think Frankie Boyle said it best:
American foreign policy is horrendous 'cause not only will America come to your country and kill all your people, but what's worse, I think, is that they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad.
Before you leave a comment telling me how wrong I am - take off your rose-tinted glasses and watch it again.
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