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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:30:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> Ah, "Yankee Doodle Doctor." A fine piece of celluloid.
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> Much of Hawkeye's routine in that episode is a direct homage to Groucho in
> "A Day at the Races," worth seeing despite some racial issues[1] that may be
> uncomfortable to modern viewers.
My biggest beef with MASH is that it was rather blatant in its bias, and
worse, it was good enough that it made Alan Alda and Mike Farrell (useful
idiots both) and other fellow travelers shedfuls of cash.
But it's a pretty funny show nonetheless.
My second beef is that by using the Korean war as a vehicle to be against
the Vietnam war (at the time of the movie, that was the drill, to make all
war look bad regardless of justification) it muddies history badly.
The Korean war, in case people forget, was one in which there was a UN
mandate to expel a tyrannical and brutal invader. Remember?
An invader who signed an armistice only, technically that war is still on,
still under its original UN mandate, no peace treaty was ever signed.... and
an invader who, to this day, continues to brutalize its people and cause
trouble in the region as a way to shake down richer societies for aid.
So the rest of you can fondly remember MASH if you like. I won't be
participating in the general euphoria about it.
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| (...) The MASH movie, as intended by the director, wasn't suppose to mention that it took place in Korea at all to 'blur' the line between thinking it was about Korea or about Vietnam. Another interesting tid-bit about the movie was that there was (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: **snip of some stuff, including a good reminder about North Korea*** (...) It should be remembered that one can (or can prefer to) watch a program without swallowing its "message" hook, line, and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ah, "Yankee Doodle Doctor." A fine piece of celluloid. Much of Hawkeye's routine in that episode is a direct homage to Groucho in "A Day at the Races," worth seeing despite some racial issues[1] that may be uncomfortable to modern viewers. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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