First arriving on the big screen in 1987, Good Morning Vietnam, is a comedic historical fiction film starring Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, a new radio DJ for the United States Armed Forces in Saigon. The film is loosely based on Adrian Cronauer’s actual experiences in Saigon as a DJ during the Vietnam War. Due to the comedic stylings of Robin Williams, this film has become a well-known “ice breaker” movie for classrooms across the United States to introduce students of many ages to the subject of the Vietnam War. This film is different than most war films of its day as it shows both sides in the conflict as a human with reasons and goals for why they act as they do. It provokes discussion on difficult topics such as censorship, cultural barriers, the reasons for violence and the overall effect that those topics had on the Vietnam War. To understand how a popular culture film can have this effect in the classroom, one must first look at the history of the information.