If made today...

I don't know the poster's history but I think that this is a fair topic for discussion. It's not my take that Klinger should be considered gay but quite a number did question the character's sexual orientation back when the show was still in first broadcast. As to the show overall I never thought that it was very intellectually honest.

This is what I am talking about when I refer to intellectual dishonesty. The Army and therefore the government would not give a darn as to Klinger's attitude on conspiracy or the climate. As long as they did not fear him being a subversive the Army would just be concerned about him performing his probable duties. Especially, if the reboot was done as a period piece (1950's)

But more importantly whether set in the 1950's or today the chances are great that Klinger would get the crap beat out of him. There is only a limited amount of understanding by the general public as to why a guy would dress that way. I am not saying that I would but the chances are good something will happen at a military installation with hundreds of people around.

The reason Spearchucker was let go would raise a whole shit storm today. The producers received letters pointing out that there were no Black surgeons stationed in Korea during the war. So they got rid of the character to remain accurate. Could you imagine what would happen today?

If anything, the show applied whitewash to it's Chinese and North Korean characters for the most part which would be near to impossible to do today. And Hawkeye in more than a few of the later episodes WAS that far left that he would have given his right hand to make the North Koreans happy.

Even with the original MASH I would root AGAINST Hawkeye a lot of the time. He did some things which can only be seen as treason. In reality he would have been court martialed but then in reality I don't think it would have taken much to scare him into silence either. The GI's he sometimes worked against would have beaten him to a pulp or Col. Flagg would have arranged it to happen to him or worse.

I agree they would make the men incompetent (except for non white ones and the Gay ones). Some of the Doctor's would now be male as well as some of the nurses being male.

If they made Radar black or female he would be a genius as per original series. Single handedly running the camp. If still male then yes it would be like you say.

Would Houlihan still be having an affair with a married man? Would she still be a fan girl for any high ranking officer the way she is in the original?

Col. Flagg as per the original would be mocked mercilessly for being patriotic and doing his job.

Imam Mulcahey would be an upstanding member of the team.

Hawkeye would be like the Cuck that is in New Amsterdam, always searching for ways to make the base more PC. As per the original really.

In a lot of ways the show wouldn't be much different to what it was then.

If there were any young women in the cast, they would be lesbians or bisexual, and there would be chick-on-chick kissing between white and black women. Especially if the reboot was done by Netflix.

-no clever writing or lines - watch it again today with a few non-fans and see if you still feel that way.

-no character development - same as above. I never saw any character development. Radar actually regressed. Charles seldom learned and only to make him feel shame about his background. Houlihan going native was a joke.

-no real, believable romance -seldom happened. Not the fault of the show as that sort of thing seldom had continuity on American television back then.

-no reason to love or root for the characters - The only character I could root for was Mulcahey. Then Charles after he got torn down for having money after the upteenth time. That leaves a lot of people not to root for.

-the men would all be idiots and cowards - they were all that on the original show. Col Blake I could see because he was a draftee so to speak but no excuse for Potter to have tolerated what he did.

among the cast there would be black, Hispanic, and every other ethnic group.............. - There were non-Americans on the original so not sure what you are saying. Bernard Fox as a British squad leader. Greek regiment. Blacks were on the show but not organized into platoons. The UN was a part of the alliance that bolstered South Korea.

there would be openly gay characters.....straight people would not be allowed to fall in love......... - well. Probably. Somebody like Potter would be derided for "kept his woman in line" versus having true love if people today looked back at the show.

Klinger : probably would just refuse to sign a loyalty oath and done. Would being a tranny in his traditional role create even a sigh today.

Radar .........all : Probably so.

Father Mulcahey ........seriously - They would make him a hater of all things including kittens today.

Everything else you mention - Yep. Pretty well would be the case if done today.