From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "WSFAList (E-mail)" <WSFAList at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Grit and Punk
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:08:52 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Ted White provided histories of "grit" and "punk" in response to my
question What realities do "grit" and "punk" reveal.  He asked if I would
consider "M*A*S*H" noir?  Answer:  Based on my extremely limited viewing of
the program, and Ted's definition of "noir", No.
	My father ran a real MASH unit in the real Korean War, and he said
that both Korea and MASH were a hell of a lot more fun on TV than in real
life.  If the TV show "M*A*S*H" was supposed to be realistic, it failed.