Goooooooooood morning Vietnam! Connor's selfless devotion and crazy gag brought joy to the American soldiers in a foreign country. Only the United States, a nation that really likes humor, can accommodate Connor, the funny genius, in a place as serious as a radio station in the military.
It is not so much that the director is making an anti-war film, it is better to say that he is making an anthropological fieldwork video. The white-skinned, long-legged and carefree U.S. military is in stark contrast with the dark-skinned, short-and-confined Vietnamese people. Different languages, different foods, different cultures...shown under the lens one by one, we see Vietnam in the eyes of Americans. Thousands of American soldiers like Connor thought they were going to rescue the Vietnamese, but they came to accuse him on behalf of the Vietnamese. This naive assumption "You killed my neighbor, my mother, and I was only twenty-nine years old." Brother! Do you still want us to be grateful to you?" And the last passage on the radio at the time of parting is what the director really wants to say. That's why he portrayed the most unlikely friendship, an exoticism that could never be realized, and a daydreaming class. In this ideal country, they are interacting and slowly increasing mutual understanding and building trust. How different are they, they can always live together peacefully, play and laugh together...
PS: I love his big and tall colleague and the chief of the radio station.
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