2007-02-12 18:04:55 · 19 answers · asked by Direktor 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Klinger was trying to get a "section 8" discharge, which is a dishonorable discharge granted to the insane. He hoped that wearing dresses would convince everyone that he was insane, but it didn't work.
2007-02-12 18:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
He wants to prove that he is insane, so he can get a "Section 8" discharge from the army, which presumably is the army's "insanity file." M*A*S*H* takes place during the Korean War in the 50's, and back then, men dressing as women - in the army, no less - was not only taboo, but on the edge of insanity.
2007-02-12 18:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Max Klinger Mash
2016-10-05 02:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Klinger is trying to get a "Section 8" discharge as an "undesirable". He doesnt want to be in the Army.
2007-02-12 18:26:56 · answer #4 · answered by Dick G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He wants to get out the Army. He feels he has to dress that way all the time to convince the Army that he is crazy and not fit to be a soldier. This was the Korean War and the draft was still in place.
2007-02-12 18:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Signilda 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He is trying to get a section 8....section 8 is part of the army code that allows people to get kicked out of the army if they are crazy. Klinger, Max Klinger to be exact, was trying his best to get kicked out of the army, and sent back to his beloved Toledo, by making them think he was a transvestite....but alas it never worked.
2007-02-12 20:46:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CORP. KLINGER DRESSED IN WOMAN'S CLOTHING SO HE COULD GET A SECTION 8 DISCHARGE, FOR BEING MENTALLY UNFIT FOR DUTY AND SENT HOME. THIS WAS THE 50'S THERE WAS NO ASK DON'T TELL NO ONE POLICY. IF FOUND OUT YOU WERE GAY YOU WHERE THROWN OUT. KLINGER TRIES TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE SHOW.....VERY FUNNY SHOW i WATCH IT ON TV Land AND OWN THE SERIES ON DVD. CHECK OUT THE MOVIE FROM FOX , WHICH THE SERIES IS BASED ON. Radar is the only one from movie and show.
2007-02-12 18:20:22 · answer #7 · answered by latmore65 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was always trying to get out of the Army, so he tried to convince them he was Section 8 (crazy). Unfortunately for Klinger, no one was buying it.
2007-02-13 02:51:28 · answer #8 · answered by HipHopGrandma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he wants to get out of the army and go back home to his family all he needs is a section 8 witch means that he is crazy and will go home.and the fact that he does not want to die while over in korea. hope it helps
2007-02-12 18:25:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question and you have got good answere. Yes! The purpose was to get honourable discgare from USA Army in war conditions
2007-02-12 18:11:45 · answer #10 · answered by evertalall 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋