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M*A*S*H. One of the reasons "MASH" is so funny is that it's so desperate. It is set in a surgical hospital just behind the front lines in Korea, and it is drenched in blood. The surgeons work rapidly and with a gory detachment, sawing off legs and tying up arteries, and making their work possible by pretending they don't care.
Bold, timely, subversive, and above all funny, M*A*S*H remains a high point in Robert Altman's distinguished filmography. Read Critics Reviews
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M*A*S*H is a groundbreaking film. Along with Catch 22, M*A*S*H had the audacity to ridicule two of the pillars of American society: war and religion. Whether you find this appalling, subversive, treasonous, outrageous or funny depends on your political and religious orientation.
Full Review | Original Score: C | Aug 30, 2022. Eddie Harrison film-authority.com. Altman's original movie revels in misogyny, racism, prankster humour and very outdated attitudes; it really ...
M*A*S*H is a 1970 American black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner Jr., based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The film is the only theatrically released feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise.
Rollicking, biting, satirical classic is so 1970. Read Common Sense Media's M*A*S*H* (1970) review, age rating, and parents guide.
Mar 18, 1970 · M*A*S*H: Directed by Robert Altman. With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman. The staff of a Korean War field hospital uses humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Jan 25, 2018 · It is a tough, bawdy, bloody comedy, to be sure, and it has to be. But despite the necessary, and highly productive, use of caricature, M*A*S*H retains an extraordinary sense of actuality through...
M*A*S*H: Season 1 Reviews. Alan Alda [is] as good as and perhaps better than Donald Sutherland, who created the part of Hawkeye in the movie that inspired the series, and [M*A*S*H] has...
M*A*S*H: Created by Larry Gelbart. With Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, William Christopher. The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
