Monday, October 14, 2013

Comedy: Paper 7 Prompt (M*A*S*H)

American Film Comedy

Prof. Jay Boyar
jay.boyar@ucf.edu
FIL 4830H

Paper #7
M*A*S*H

Many of the characters in M*A*S*H have surprising facets to their personalities. "Bad" people have positive traits. "Good" people have negative ones. Cynical characters have tender sides. Smart people can be shallow. And so on.

Give three (or more) examples from the film of characters with surprising personality facets, and explain how we know what we know about them by referring to specific scenes in the film. Comment on how these surprising facets affect your opinion of the characters.


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