Hulu's 'Catch-22' stretches dark comedy to new heights
It couldn't be more fitting that the latest adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 finds its home on Hulu, proud purveyors of dystopia.
The six-episode miniseries has been marketed mostly as a comedy, but as anyone familiar with Heller's 1961 novel knows, that's just a way to cheat the system. Make no mistake, friends, this is a war epic, and a searing, caustic commentary from the men inside it.
Catch-22 is the story of John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a neurotic World War II bomb plane pilot whose only goal is to survive the war – by getting out of it. Yossarian and his unit have a mandatory flight requirement before they can be discharged, but their nefarious Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler) keeps upping the number. Over the course of the series, we see it rising from 25 to 65, and Yossarian visibly unraveling with each incremental hike. Read more...
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