Alan Alda and His Experience in the Korean War "MASH was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked." (Alan Alda; BrainyQuote). This quote describes the relationship between the cast and crew of MASH. The comedy and closeness was all around on and off the air. Alan Alda helped create the funny but loving environment. His father, Robert Alda, was also an actor and comedian. Throughout childhood, Alan loved the acting environment. In high school, Alan Alda became fascinated with the idea of writing and started acting. In college, he studied both English and Theatre. After he graduated college, he joined the Army Reserve. He was deployed for six months and was put in charge of the mess hall during …show more content…
It makes things vivid. When, you’re afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world. You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood-- you give it together, you take it together.” It's crazy how a war can make people connect and develop relationships. The individual soldiers bond over jokes about death and terrible things that could cause nightmares. A lieutenant would bond with his platoon to get to know them so that he could write a letter to their parents if they died, saying how they died, and how they were such a great and brave soldier and person. Alan Alda bonded with people that died while they were at the war, and he learned how to love someone. When he was a child, the only love he had was his close friends and his parents (Bio). However, he never really had a relationship where a person he loved had their lives at stake all of the time. In the war, he had friends that he would see at the mess hall and sometimes, they wouldn’t come back. He learned to love a person while they are still here and while you can still talk to them. Without the war, Alan would have had a hard time adapting to the environment of