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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace
Mash was more a success than the movie, which inspired it. I think it was the quality of excellent writers and the gifted actors who starred in it that made the show what it was.
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The time in which it was made was a stroke of luck for the series too and one other thing:
M*A*S*H is to my knowledge the only tv show ever that had the spine to go full metal satire on a topic so grim. So much is called satire now but swear words alone do not satire make (The Onion, I'm looking at you). M*A*S*H was comedy that made you think and question things. It is not something anyone have the spine to create now. In the setting of the series, the Father really added to it with his demeanor. Keep Calm And Carry On With The Madness.