Character Crossover #1: M*A*S*H and Avatar: The Last Airbender

This week in the treehouse: it’s a two-for-one special! Join Kelcee and Spencer and they talk about not one but TWO of their favorite sad boys of television: Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H and Jeong Jeong the Deserter from Avatar the Last Airbender. War: not good for much of anything, as it turns out. Woodstock 99 references, on the other hand? Evergreen.

 

Content Warnings for discussions of war (and the typical violence therein), death, mental illness, anti-asian racism, and child abuse. 

 

Works Cited:

• “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet”, imdb.com
• “Manhood During Wartime: How M*A*S*H Depicts Masculinity and Sexuality” by Sierra Layko, Film Cred
• Prime-Time Families, Television Culture in Post-War America by Ella Taylor
• “What ‘M*A*S*H’ Taught Us,” by Howard Fishman, The New Yorker
• “The story behind Avatar’s bending designs still rules, nearly 20 years later” by Peter Volk, Polygon
• “One AVATAR The Last Airbender Episode That Explains Why It’s a Masterpiece” by Screencrush, youtube.com

If you are interested in learning more about the martial arts and philosophies present in Avatar, The Last Airbender and other martial arts media, check out the following additional resources:

• Politics of Korra Playlist by Cristian Betances, youtube.com
• A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym by Southpaw
• “The Karate Kid at 40: why the film’s lasting appeal stems from a simplistic stereotyping of the ‘mysterious east”’ by Paul Bowman, The Conversation

 

Credits:

Theme Music: Break Through_Narrative by INOD

Logo Design: Geoff Sykes (find him on Instagram)

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