The film and television versions of M*A*S*H
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The film and television versions of M*A*S*H were both groundbreaking in different ways. The film version was a dark comedy that took dead aim at America's involvement in Vietnam by targeting the hypocrisy of the people behind the Korean War. The film is caustic and cynical, and its humor sharp and unfettered. The television version, by contrast, also promoted a similar anti-war message but featured a softer, more inclusive sense of humor. This same relationship exists between the film and television show regarding their portrayal of women in general and nurses in particular. The film version of M*A*S*H is wildly misogynistic, while the television show softens its misogyny somewhat with a more nuanced view of the role of women in the war effort. This paper will compare the portrayal of nurses in the film and television versions of M*A*S*H to show that both versions held women and nurses in some measure of contemptùthe only real difference being how large that measure was. The film version of M*A*S*H is at hear a movie for and about males. However, women play somewhat significant parts in the movie, and t
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