tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post6597312280186871502..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 184 - Yessir, That's Our Babyrob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-7937472670897581522014-01-05T02:51:18.687-05:002014-01-05T02:51:18.687-05:00Wow, how a lot has changed in how many decades of ...Wow, how a lot has changed in how many decades of this world... Reason I say that is there are a lot of mixed race people out there who are equal and accepted as any other person on this earth... I guess though, for the time M.A.S.H is set, things would've been very different... I found this episode to be very significant & poignant & thank the creators for making it �� Diana (Australia, 30y.o.a)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-71801820511444950842013-09-26T00:55:17.504-04:002013-09-26T00:55:17.504-04:00The pompous Charles must really care about the chi...The pompous Charles must really care about the child if even he is moved to physical violence against an equally (if not more) pompous twerp like Prescott! One of the most poignant episodes of any show, not just M*A*S*H, telling what must have been some very unpleasant truths - such as the Korean official's statement.marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-23933284204698700102013-07-04T17:24:55.851-04:002013-07-04T17:24:55.851-04:00On the other hand, the baby will grow up clothed, ...On the other hand, the baby will grow up clothed, fed and educated... a bit of a better fortune than many babies born into war.Robert Grossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-35195105930472914522013-03-04T10:24:59.734-05:002013-03-04T10:24:59.734-05:00Ken, you have to realize that the doctors tried ev...Ken, you have to realize that the doctors tried everything. That episode is certainly not any of what you said. This episode ranks in the middle in my opinion because the ending leaves a bad taste in my throat. My last thing is that it's probably one of grimest episodes I've watched.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-77759501455652014972012-06-20T16:41:20.633-04:002012-06-20T16:41:20.633-04:00Rob, you nailed the best line in the episode! I l...Rob, you nailed the best line in the episode! I laugh every time I watch it. Being from a snooty part of Boston myself, Charles is my favorite character. Brilliant.RobAsWellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-46928491028645367732011-09-25T19:03:55.202-04:002011-09-25T19:03:55.202-04:00Who played the baby?Who played the baby?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-54044489160270374562010-08-10T13:29:08.340-04:002010-08-10T13:29:08.340-04:00One of the worst episodes of the series ever. Obno...One of the worst episodes of the series ever. Obnoxiously heavy handed and preachy and mushy to the point of cringe-inducing. the negative for this episode should be burned forever. Phew, it felt good to get that off my chest, thanks.<br /><br />KenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-8401739332377150422009-10-15T04:04:30.744-04:002009-10-15T04:04:30.744-04:00A fine synopsis and commentary, Rob. I recall this...A fine synopsis and commentary, Rob. I recall this being another episode that the series' detractors referenced as being too political/too serious/too Vietnam, etc. <br /><br />A dark episode, certainly, but it seems sure-footed in its history, although I haven't researched the post-war South Korean attitude towards mixed-race offspring, yet.<br /><br />(If may be indulged here:<br /><br />There is a sad and rather strange account of US private Joe Dresnok's emigration to North Korea while assigned to the DMZ in the early 60s, entitled <i>Crossing the Line</i> (2006)<br /><br />In a change of policy under Ford, US took in Vietnamese refugees towards the end of that war, so mixed-race children by now at least had an official avenue for emigration - I'd thus recommend the docu <i>Daughter from Da Nang</i> (2002). <br /><br />Both documentaries are well done in that neither panders, inviting you to draw your own conclusions. <br /><br /><i>Disclaimer: I have used both in classes I teach, but I have no other affiliations with the creators, participants, PBS, etc.</i> )What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.com