The contrary with me.
It was 1970 and MASH the movie had been out awhile and he had seen it. I had not been "allowed" to -- it was one of them there new "R-rated movies" and reportedly VERY R (sex, nudity, cussing, gore.)
But I was having some sort of really bad day -- can't remember why now -- and he decided to "snap me out of it" by taking me to see MASH the movie.
He knew that the "forbidden thrill" of an R-rated movie would be tonic for me. But he was also a Korean War vet and even though Korea in that movie was meant to be Viet Nam in disguise -- he was very NOSTALGIC for the scenes at the camp and the "shenanigans." I didn't ask him if the sex stuff was part of that nostalgia.
I was thrilled by MASH that day I saw it, and I only understood it better with the passing years.
But who I saw MASH with that day is why it will be an unforgettable day at the movies in my life. With my dad, the Korean vet, because he wanted to share his past with me and to give me an R-rated lift in an emotionally bad time.
The combination package of (1) great movie, (2) who I saw it with and (3) when I saw it (1970, a very different time)...makes MASH my favorite movie of 1970.
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