The film began with a clear-cut portrayal of American Soldiers within the confounds of an office, and the discrepancies amongst the high ranking and higher ranking Officers. Robin Williams is introduced into the Movie as a humorous man meant to be a radio DJ for the American Soldiers fighting 'outside the Office'. The high-ranking officials in charge of the News broadcastings limited Adrian Cronauer (played by Robin Williams) to broadcast the most mild of new about the war to the soldiers; the very same soldiers who were fighting the war. In this was, the film maker practically hands over to the audience the fact that high ranking officials wanted to virtually blind-sight listeners into thinking that the war is only being fought in the hills...that it is, in fact, not real to them, but very distant. By doing this he shows how, by using propaganda, the news controlled out view [American view] and the soldier's views on the war that w

But the US soldiers also impacted the Vietnamese with their presence in other ways. In the movie, Robin Williams served as a "part time" English teacher. This was an example of introducing the US western culture into the village, as it was in many villages. It also shows that, although there were boundaries to cross to overcome prejudice against Vietnamese as well as Asians in general, there were steps taken in the right direction with people like Adrian Cronauer. Also as well as Mitch Markowitz for making a movie which did not show his own Prejudices against the Vietnamese, but on the contrary, showed a compassion to the people and their culture and cause.

The Imagery that the producer and writer used was impeccable in portraying the humanities and inhumanities of war and of Vietnam. There were conscious close ups and shots of Vietnamese children, and almost preadolescent Viet Cong and Vietnamese solders. These proved to point out how the people who were being attacked for the govt. which they were ruled over were simply innocent by-standers in a political war they most likely knew very little about. Overall, the Movie didn't seem to be one that was meant to brainwash, like a propaganda film. The honestly in its portrayals of the people of Vietnam, though humorous for a comedic twist, seemed genuinely to be a statement of t

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