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PBRstreetgang21



Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Location: Orlando, FL--- serving as man's paean to medocrity since 1971!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Suicide is Painless Reply with quote
Watching re-runs of MASH on TV land last night while I await my visa to be processed I couldnt help but wonder-- do many Koreans know about MASH? What do they think about it? In all my time there I never thought to ask.

I find it somewhat curious that the most popular sitcom in American history took place in Korea.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The most popular?

Gotta go with "Friends" though "Mash" was a good ol program
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semi-fly



Joined: 07 Apr 2008
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Suicide is Painless Reply with quote
PBRstreetgang21 wrote:
Watching re-runs of MASH on TV land last night while I await my visa to be processed I couldnt help but wonder-- do many Koreans know about MASH? What do they think about it? In all my time there I never thought to ask.

I find it somewhat curious that the most popular sitcom in American history took place in Korea.


Actually it took place in California. The writer and producer went to Korea prior to the production of the first episode.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Though few have seen MASH, they don't like it. Someone told someone years ago that MASH didn't show Korea in a good light, so... This was true in 1994 and hasn't changed.
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drunkenfud



Joined: 08 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought about bringing this up, but then thought about the wording... "Do you know that Americans have used one of the most traumatic events in your country's history as the basis for a popular sitcom?"... Maybe they wouldn't find this idea too amusing!
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't know about koreans in Korea. But most Koreans in the US (that know about the show) just hate it. Although, I knew one Korean family that loved the show.
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wylies99



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Honestly, who cares what Koreans think about MASH? It was a great show that was well-written and acted, and the characters evolved in a mature and realistic way. The show seldom showed Korea or Koreans in a negative light and if it skewered anything it was the US Army.
If Koreans don't like it, then TOUGH. Wink
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wylies99



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
drunkenfud wrote:
I thought about bringing this up, but then thought about the wording... "Do you know that Americans have used one of the most traumatic events in your country's history as the basis for a popular sitcom?"... Maybe they wouldn't find this idea too amusing!


Well, Americans sacrificed, too, and we didn't have to help them. The show was about Americans who sacrificed years of their lives and often their LIVES to keep South Korea free. If Koreans take that as an insult, well then TOUGH. Wink


Maybe Koreans hate the show because it reminds them of how much they actually owe the USA.

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Pooty



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gotta agree with Wylees 100%.

I brought it up once 12 years ago, the room went silent - but they acknowledged that they knew the show. Don't remember exactly what the story was about AFKN being asked not to air the show back in the 80's.

But yeah, anything that portrays Korea in anything remotely related to a negative light (poor and hungry) is frowned upon by Koreans...it's that complex monkey they've been carrying around for a long time rearing it's ugly head again. Razz
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EzeWong



Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Originally MASH was suppossed to be based on the Vietnam war, but then they decided that because Vietnam happened too recently they used the Korean war instead,

Just an interesting factoid....
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