Re: MASH, MASH, MASH (was Interest in the Korean War)

["Martin Dunne" <martindunne@bigpond.com.au>]

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Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: MASH, MASH, MASH (was Interest in the Korean War)


>
> In a message dated 1/25/02 12:19:36 PM, martindunne@bigpond.com.au writes:
>
> << I too like the MASH film, although it also has "about as much to do
with
> the
>
> Korean war as square dancing". There are a couple of good sites about the
>
> making of this film.
>
>  >>
>
>    I don't agree. The History Channel recently did an hour program on the
> making of MASH and the old guys they interviewed who were there said that
is
> pretty much the way they remember it. Me too.

[snip]

I'm not going to disagree about what Korea and MASH (film) feel like, I've
never been there.

But check out this quote from director Altman-


ROBERT ALTMAN
I did everything that would...I could do that would confuse the audience or
make the audience feel that this was in Vietnam. So we took all references
to Korea out.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8200/mashbstory.htm


Martin