The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
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131 - MASH (1970)
The lads hop in a chopper and get into some morally dubious hijinks as they cover Robert Altman’s 1970 war/frat house comedy that inspired one of the most well-regarded TV shows of all time: M*A*S*H. Topics include Eliot Gould’s mustache, rampant 70s misogyny, and what it means to live in a country that can only define itself by settler conquest.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- M*A*S*H. Dir. Robert Altman. 20th Century Fox. 1970.
- Golden Rainbow 1968 Tony Award Performance
- Looking Back, 1952: York doctors join war effort
- middle school 9/11 tribute dance
- Mash The Movie Backstory
- MASH: A Story About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker. William Morrow. 1968.
- Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) - American Helicopter Museum & Education Center
- “Richard Hornberger” by Variety Staff. Variety. Nov. 19th, 1997.
- “Robert Altman on Being The 15th Director Cast To Make MASH”
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