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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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MAS*H was made in the 70s about a war in the 50s. that's the equivalent of making a comedy about the US invasion of Iraq after 911 today. (sh.itjust.works)

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Writers in the 70s had no chill

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you should check out generation kill. that came out like, 6 years after and is pretty much half comedy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Screwby

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For real though, I'd watch that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Especially if it starred Alan Alda

[–] wwaxwork 2 points 1 year ago

It was made while the Vietnam war was still going on and was using the Korean war as a "cover" for commentary on the Vietnam war that it might otherwise have not been able to make.