South Pacific (musical) who liked Dinah Shore and did not read anything were raised by Nellie Forbush only to be brushed aside. As for the interracial complexities of raising two Polynesian children, all such issues were subsumed in the general euphoria of true love." Lovensheimer too wonders how Nellie will fare as the second Madame de Becque, "little Nellie Forbush from Arkansas ends up in a tropical paradise, far from her previous world, with a husband, a servant, and two children who speak a language she does not understand". A mammoth hit, "South Pacific" sparked huge media and public attention. "South Pacific" was
Forbush Man to Marvel's regular Earth-616. Irving Forbush was introduced in Marvel's short-lived satirical comic book "Snafu" as a mascot. Forbush was given a line in the magazine's content page where he was credited as "Snafu"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s founder. Another Forbush family member, Melvin, was mentioned in the letters column reference, "Losted [sic] by his cousin, Melvin Forbush." During "Snafu"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s three-issue run, starting in November 1955, the "actual face" of Irving Forbush was often shown, though this face was of someone not named Irving Forbush. Forbush-Man first appeared on the cover of the first issue of the satirical "Not Brand Echh" (cover-dated Aug. 1967),