The film focuses its attention almost entirely on the personal tragedies that war gives rise to, rather than seeking to glamorize it as a heroic struggle between competing ideologies.
There, he served as a genial host for many cotillions, band concerts, parties and gatherings which glamorized the social life of the post where civilians were always welcome.
A number of specialists in the treatment of eating disorders expressed concern that the program would either make light of or glamorize eating disorders.