Theory class

Rating: 7/10 (9 September 2008)

M*A*S*H, one of the few books that made it to a movie, that made itself into a successful television show. The movie is a slapstick-screwball comedy all rolled into one. Dialogue plays a major roll in this movie. In accordance to the rules of screwball comedies, much of the dialogue is stepped over by other characters dialogue. This happens a lot in first half hour of the movie or so, but after that slowly begins to dissipate. Another thing the dialogue does by overlapping one another makes the hospital scenes seem more realistic of how it could have been in a Korean MASH hospital room. The two main characters in the movie provoke most of the comedy that takes place in their world. Where as most films that fall under this particular drama, their characters don't intentionally create the comedy on purpose. Such an intentional act of comedy is when Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John line up the entire camp in front of the shower tent. Their main foe of a head nurse is in there showering. With a slight drum roll and a garbage can symbol crash a heavy sandbag is dropped and the curtain comes up. One of the greater things about this film is that the camera work and the lighting don't take away from the essence of the film. The punch line of the numerous jokes are never enhanced nor taken away due to a camera move. A reoccurring theme Â– which is even used for the ending accreditations as well, is the rest of the film is the camp announcer. Mostly what the man says is absolutely pointless to the rest of the movie, but it acts as an interlude between scenes or different comedy that the cast will be getting into in only mere moments.