Truth hurts
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Mash
What did he say? Haven't seen the show in so long, ever since I learned the theme song had lyrics encouraging the listener to kill himself.
Well the overall theme of his character was that the wars were all lies and that every day untold numbers of innocent lives were being ended for nothing, while generals and other misc leaders sucked up glory from the suffering of others. They had it pegged in the 70s.
Also, the theme song, "Suicide Is Painless", was a rip on a character in the original. A dentist whose nickname was Painless. He wanted to kill himself over (I think, don't quote me) the infidelity of a woman. Because of that, Hawkeye etc threw the guy a fake funeral to make him feel better about his life. It's in the movie. Easier just to watch it.
Ah yes, I've heard of the blatantly anti-Vietnam bent of the early episodes, which they cleverly got away with by predating it 20 years.
Knowing what I know now, I'm okay with it.