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And I am not the kind of person who goes around looking for sexism with a magnifying glass, believe me. It was blatantly chauvinistic while disguising itself as "alternative" and "satirical."
There are only two kinds of women in the film - the sexually submissive kind who adore the he-men Hawkeye and Trapper John and do their bidding both in and out of bed ("How do you want your steaks, doctors?") or they were repressed, repressive schoolmarms who wouldn't sleep with Hawkeye and Trapper but what they hell - they'd probably never had an orgasm and didn't know what they were missing, heh heh heh!
Ah well, boys will be boys!
The movie is unwatchable because its sexism is so offensive. If you are a woman and you don't believe me, rent it. Try to figure out where you would fit in M*A*S*Hworld.
That was the first Robert Altman film I ever saw and I was not impressed with the others I tried to sit through.
That doesn't mean I'm not sad that he died. It's sad to see film icons pass, whether I liked them or not. He influenced a lot of people. I can only hope it was for the better.
