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<DIV>Very little attention seems to be paid to the Hollywood film made in
1952 called "One Minute to Zero" starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blythe.
It was the first film I ever saw that mentioned the issue of civilian
casualties during the Korean War. See the url below.</DIV>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Minute_to_Zero">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Minute_to_Zero</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Kay Richards</DIV>
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title=lwdeutsch@earthlink.net href="mailto:lwdeutsch@earthlink.net">Lauren
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:26 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [KS] Korea and Koreans as featured in literary works by
non-Korean(ist) writers</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Isabella L. Bird’s
diary like account of her travels, <I>Korea and Her Neighbors</I>, contains many
portraits, although the work is non-fiction.<BR><BR>Popular culture also
includes the books and scripts that led up to several American films and TV
programs about the MASH units. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">I would venture
to say that more Americans have been exposed to something they think (if at all)
about Korea from the still in reruns TV series which presented various Korean
“types” in complex stituations.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">In 1953 Humphrey
Bogart starred as a MASH surgeon, along with June Allison as an Army nurse, in
the film <FONT color=#1200ee>Battle Circus</FONT> set in a Korean War MASH. In
1968 the novel <FONT color=#1200ee>Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
</FONT>by Richard Hooker brought the drama of the MASH units fully into public
view, and became the basis of <FONT color=#1200ee>Robert Altman's 1970
film</FONT> , followed by the <FONT color=#1200ee>1972-1983 smash hit TV
series</FONT>. MASH became a permanent fixture of American culture. (source: <A
href="http://olive-drab.com/od_medical_treatment_mash.php).">http://olive-drab.com/od_medical_treatment_mash.php).</A>
<BR></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">-- <BR>Lauren W.
Deutsch<BR>835 S. Lucerne Blvd., #103<BR>Los Angeles CA 90005<BR>Tel 323
930-2587 Cell 323 775-7454<BR>E
lwdeutsch@earthlink.net<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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<B>From: </B>Michael Duffy <mgduffy45@hotmail.com><BR><B>Reply-To:
</B>Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><BR><B>Date:
</B>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:32:15 +0000<BR><B>To:
</B><koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [KS] Korea and
Koreans as featured in literary works by non-Korean(ist) writers<BR><BR>Oddjob,
the villain with the lethal bowler hat in Ian Fleming's <I>Goldfinger</I>, was
Korean, though in the film, as I recall, he was portrayed as a generic
inscrutable oriental.<BR> <BR>The male protagonist of Han Suyin's <I>A Many
Splendored Thing</I>, dispatched (fatally, as it turns out ) to report on the
Korean War, makes the curious observation that "Korean women are not
beautiful."<BR> <BR>Incidentally, I seem to remember David Lodge confused
Kyongju and Kongju (as then spelt) in <I>Small World</I>.
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