Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 6

[muccamukk]

In which we answer the burning question: will we finally see a female character with both a speaking role and decent hair? Also, is Egan going to die, or whatever?

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Comments

[sovay]

Rosie's hair remains A+

It does! The mustache works for him, too.

I don't think the show's interested in any ambiguity on that point.

I don't think it is, either, which is making it less nuanced than actual films produced during World War II.

I actually would like to see some of the psychological impact people keep talking about.

I did feel it was present in the intercut conversations of Rosenthal with the doctor and Crosby with Sandra, about responsibility and guilt and wear and tear. Agreed that no one we know is actually breaking down and someone in the main cast should blow at least a small fuse one of these days.

Alexandra 'Landra' M. Wingate changing to A.M. 'Sandra' Westgate.

I didn't realize she was meant to be a historical person with the serial numbers thinly filed off. Maybe the show couldn't get permission from her family?

[muccamukk]

Landra/Sandra was in Crosby's book, though it's possible he didn't remember her name right, and the show corrected it. The situation remains murky.

[sovay]

The situation remains murky.

Check.