In what has been described by many as a major coup for democracy in the region, an episode of popular television sitcom M*A*S*H aired in North Korea last night, attracting an audience of roughly 27 people.
The episode aired at 2:00am, replacing the reasonably popular Cooking Dear Leader, a confusing Masterchef-like reality show in which contestants are ranked on their ability to cook and eat sponge cakes resembling current supreme leader Kim Jong-un.
Critical reception has so far been mixed. While some have praised the show for its bright colours, others have panned it because of a lack of sponge cake related content.
“While M*A*S*H fails to have the qualities of Cooking Dear Leader, there is still something to be said for its unique depiction of a period of history,” said North Korean television critic Kwan Hi Sung. “Still, I hope in the next episode there will be some baking.”
Some critics have suggested that the show might fail due to significant alteration. Much of the dialogue has been redubbed to reflect pro-North Korean sentiments, rendering the original plotline in which Hawkeye urinated in a vat of morphine as a joke, largely indecipherable.
Alan Alda was not available for comment, but a street urchin bearing a slight resemblance claiming to be Mr Alda’s nephew had this to say: “You got any change dude?”
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