When I was younger, my dad used to watch MAS*H and to me, it was just a war programme on TV and I didn't pay it much attention, then I got slightly older and caught a few episodes in my 20's and was immediately caught in it's world. Around this time, in the UK, I saw that satellite TV was going to begin re-running the complete series and so I began from the beginning, every evening. Bliss! Now, I'd started watching originally when it was Hawkeye, BJ, Potter, Charles so when I started from the beginning, I had to adjust to the 'new' characters, Henry, Trapper and Burns.
In my first watching of the series, I identified so much with Hawkeye - the quick wit, the (mostly) indomitable spirit and his relationships with the other army personnel.
About a month ago, I started re-watching the series for the second time (approximately 25 years later - I'm now mid 50's).
I have found that upon re-watching, the series is hitting me much harder, the sad moments are sadder, the sometimes out-of-place humour much more relatable and the facade of the irreverence of the characters' behaviour - covering up the pain underneath - much more apparent to me. A testament to the writing and the actors.
The biggest surprise to me though is that I now relate much more with Colonel Potter and the parental role he took on with the staff under him. Knowing when to be firm or when to console. What a great character and I think an often understated performance by Harry Morgan.
Anyway, these are my thoughts on a re-watching of MAS*H.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on their experience of the programme.
Submitted February 10, 2022 at 02:03AM by _Ingenstans_ https://ift.tt/yoGCu30
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