re: #402 freetoken

What strikes me about AITF and M*A*S*H is that both of them attempted to deal with the social changes that had happened in the 1960’s. The former was basically a comedy that included dramatic moments, while the latter was a more even mixture of drama and comedy. Still, both tried to deal with the results of the 60’s - post Civil Rights Act, and post Vietnam.

I don’t know of any broadcast network show that is trying to do something similar today - say, tackle the issues of our society post boom years, post 9/11, post massive wars in Asia - what shows reflect back on what has happened in America after all of this?

True but MASH came in late for Korea and even Vietnam. Now we still get mostly patriotic interpretations with a slight bit of irony. Built around a bunch of actors with porn-star bodies. Or something. Hollywood has become to self-conscious and lost all sense of irony or self-deprecation. They want to do as little as possible without sacrificing the bottom line.