tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post3343872681816693692..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 172 - Guerilla My Dreamsrob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-55108020629464606512016-10-22T06:30:18.306-04:002016-10-22T06:30:18.306-04:00I felt bad for Hawkeye, but this was one of those ...I felt bad for Hawkeye, but this was one of those episodes where we were reminded that it was a war, and there are bad people on both sides.WestVirginiaRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129174334939968181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-34705460912032038702013-11-14T23:44:11.686-05:002013-11-14T23:44:11.686-05:00@Russell: I wonder why Margaret didn't try tra...@Russell: I wonder why Margaret didn't try translating from Korean, as she knows the language. Scully tried to make Park sound like the North Korean answer to Col. Flagg.marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-62493461287383618312013-07-04T17:14:06.873-04:002013-07-04T17:14:06.873-04:00I think the best aspect of the show is just showin...I think the best aspect of the show is just showing that Hawkeye, like the Fantastic Four, doesn't always win.Robert Grossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-34787859243395031052009-10-03T03:55:32.979-04:002009-10-03T03:55:32.979-04:00That's a great point about Park's translat...That's a great point about Park's translating, Russell!What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-54221873612679749182009-10-01T22:17:51.506-04:002009-10-01T22:17:51.506-04:00I agree with What The Parrot Saw says...and with w...I agree with What The Parrot Saw says...and with what Rob says about hearing "Son of a bitch" on TV....This is a great serious episode, definitely my favorite of this season, which in general I found old and lifeless. <br /><br />I'd like to point out as an interpreter that we never really do know what the woman says! Everything is told (literally) through Park's pov, so for all we know she could very well be saying, "I hate all of you for allowing this son of a bitch to take me away!" We only have his word that she is what he says she is. <br /><br />It's nice that they actually are speaking Korean, by the way.Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-76467156496538830252009-10-01T03:44:45.408-04:002009-10-01T03:44:45.408-04:00I'll add the following:
This remains one of t...I'll add the following:<br /><br />This remains one of the very best serious episodes in the entire canon in that reminds the viewer that the scourge of war paradoxically brings out the best and worst out of those directly involved. This episode brings uncomfortable questions to the fore- and leaves those questions hanging as it ends.What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-18188811280460115212009-10-01T03:17:12.985-04:002009-10-01T03:17:12.985-04:00First off- as usual, Mako is simply excellent here...First off- as usual, Mako is simply excellent here. He plays the stage heavy perfectly, although of course he ends up being correct in his assessment. <br /><br />This is an important episode, in my opinion, in that it really serves as a counterweight to the generally apolitical (but staunchly Humanist) tone of the series. This was one of the series' most abiding principles and certainly one of its greatest strengths. As Hawkeye memorably puts it in another show, "When they come in here [the OR], the uniforms come off" (a paraphrase).<br /><br />My own politics are very sympathetic to that of the series, so the claims of some that the show was "too liberal" don't carry much weight with me- it seems a flawed, reductive reading. I remember reading in one forum years ago the opinions of one Korean vet (or so claimed) that Hawkeye should have been court-martialed more than once for giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Seriously? A draftee doctor?<br /><br />This isn't <i>Patton</i>. <br /><br />HOWEVER, this episode was perhaps overdue in illustrating that this was indeed a civil war between two competing ideologies. There were North Koreans perfectly willing act as the guerrilla fighter does here. Park is doubtless an unsavory character- does it excuse what will likely occur between him and the N. Korean after they leave the camp? Hard to say. But that's war- often ugly, and sometimes murky. <br /><br />This remains one of the very best serious episodes in the entire canon.What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.com