The "M*A*S*H" Nurses

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This paper discusses how nurses were portrayed on "M*A*S*H", both the film and television versions. The paper first looks at the anti-war message of both mediums and how that shaped the portrayal of the medical staff, in particular the nurses. Next the paper discusses how both medium treated women, concluding that both were misogynistic, although the TV version was much softer.

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"The film and television versions of M*A*S*H were both groundbreaking in different ways. The film version was a dark comedy that took dead aim at America's involvement in Vietnam by targeting the hypocrisy of the people behind the Korean War...."

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