tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post1209722060895941613..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 201 - Your Retention, Pleaserob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-34094593169667760102010-05-05T18:12:06.061-04:002010-05-05T18:12:06.061-04:00Rob, I agree with your point about Hawkeye and Pot...Rob, I agree with your point about Hawkeye and Potter, but I also appreciate the old school Hawkeye attitude earlier in Potter's office:<br /><br />"That's very true, what other job lets you die for a living?"<br /><br />Potter: "It provides you an opportunity to see the world." Hawkeye: "Scenic tours of all the great battlefields."<br /><br />Potter: "It provides a home." Hawkeye: "Where even the buffalo wouldn't roam."<br /><br />These little Gelbart-esque quips could have come straight from the show's first or second season. I loved it when they showed their roots in the later episodes.Dr. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312286554030730860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-19672586549010745672009-11-05T03:47:21.461-05:002009-11-05T03:47:21.461-05:00The B-plot with Hutchinson has always struck me as...The B-plot with Hutchinson has always struck me as telling of the series' 70s/80s gender role sensibilities- something that its detractors love to harp on. <br /><br />The historical veracity could well be true (haven't researched male nurses serving in the Korean theater but not a bad American Studies topic), but the point is made here well before Hutchinson tangles with Vickers in the Officers' Club...<br /><br />Klinger's A-plot is funny enough (that his letter to Laverne starts on such a ridiculously formal tone could have been drawn out more: Farr plays it perfectly) but Kilnger's reupping is an obvious irony which is otherwise labored over with predictable results.<br /><br />The finale (no spoilers!) handled the same idea much better in Farr's deadpan delivery of the single line: "I'm staying in Korea!"What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.com