Munya and Brian are joined by a veteran of Hollywood who has worked on such films as Blackhat and Ted 2 to discuss the movies MAS*H (1970) and Southern Comfort (1981). They discuss how these movies’ depictions of the military were affected by the Vietnam War and how they differ from depictions of the military today.

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Up Next: Ending the Myth will be back in May to discuss the 1980s and Chapter 13 – More, More, More from Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth

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