Talk:Frank Burns

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[edit] Fictional racist?

Why is Frank Burns considered a fictional racist? He was never shown as a racist, at least not in the series. Could someone show some citation for that? --Victor 07:22, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

  • His treatment of a black nurse in one of the early episodes
  • His general attitude towards the enemy, which he calls "the Yellow Horde", "Slant-eyed Devils", and whatnot

Kurt Weber 03:33, 29 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Burns other defect

  • In "Springtime" he trys to order a shell shocked soldier to give up an "Unauthorized cat"!!

[edit] Plot Holes

Depending on the epsiode and writer various contradictory stories about Major Burns life:

  • In one early epsiode he claims he can't marry HOulihan because he's not rich enough to afford a wife and a ex-wife, yet in another he boasts of belonging to a Country Club, and owning a $30,000.00 house, two cars and a 30 foot yacht!
  • In one epsiode he claims to have been a doctor for 12 years {1950/1951-12=1938/1939} thus he would have been subject to the draft for World War II-yet in "The Novacine Mutiny" he wears only Korean war medal ribbons!
I don't agree that these are plot holes. We can say that he had enough money, but that it a personal judgement. If I recall correctly, some of his assets were in his wife's name. Also, just because he would have been old enough for the WWII draft doesn't mean that he would have been drafted. We needed to have some doctors at home.--RLent (talk) 19:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Homophobic?

  The comment that Frank Burns "was very homophobic" is  an extremely liberal bias POV.  There was 'absolutely nothing that Burns said or did in the episode in question (2.22-"George") that was not mainstream among US Army personnel during the Truman administration.  In fact, it's very common even today among US Army personnel.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a liberal myself, but that episode was probably about as anachronistic as any episode in American TV history.  I've seen episodes of Gilligan's Island that were more believable.Upsiditus (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 23:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)