Boom!
At first glance, I wasn’t quite sure about the creation of Catch-22, but that’s because of the wider culture. Most people in the West tend to think of World War II as “the good war,” so it seemed unfathomable that anyone would satirize the Greatest Generation and the destruction of fascism with the help of entertainment titans like George Clooney and Hugh Laurie. However, I soon realized that the material at hand was at least partially inspired by the real exploits of Joseph Heller, who...
Published on May 18, 2019 22:55