Should you watch M*A*S*H?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
The sides of M*A*S*H
- Army surgeons in a Korean War field hospital
- Hawkeye's jokes between operations
- Practical jokes on the camp's officers
M*A*S*H is good for you if…
- you like surgeons joking their way through a war.
- you want a sitcom full of quick one-liners from Hawkeye and Trapper.
- you like watching the 4077th staff change over the years.
M*A*S*H is bad for you if…
- you can't commit to eleven seasons of one series.
- you find a 1970s sitcom with a laugh track dated.
About: war · friendship · absurdity · grief
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