#that starts out as a comedy but gradually gets much darker and introspective
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I have been watching MASH with a friend recently and, in a move unsurprisng to anyone familiar with my interests, have become fascinated with it
#talks#oh wow merle likes the show about the millitary where most of the main characters would rather be draft dodging#that starts out as a comedy but gradually gets much darker and introspective#that deals a surprising amount with politics and the psychological affects of war#who'd've thunk it#also HOLY SHIT I did not see the twist at the end of season 3 coming#its such a cultural touchpoint that I had just somehow been blind to#like the moment where it should've cut to credits but instead it cut to a normal OR scene and radar enters#and normally there'd be a comedy beat because he looks stressed but there's no joke#just the sudden realisation that something has gone#for both the characters and the audience#and it manages to carry that dark tone over to season 4 too! it doesn't back out! everything is going to get so much worse!#anyway I'm on early season 4 now so :D I'm so fascinated with where this is going to go#for a sitcom from the 70s its aged (mostly) surprisingly well
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