A World War II fighter pilot confronts the mental madness of war in the trailer for the limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch-22, premiering on May 17, 2019 on Hulu. The six-part series stars Christopher Abbott as Yossarian, an Air Force bombardier based in Italy who is desperate to end his service. But as he learns in the opening moments of the trailer, there’s a nefarious army doctrine keeping him on the front: Anytime a soldier claims they’re crazy and asks to get out of combat duty, it’s actually proof that they’re sane and totally fit to fight because only a truly insane person would willingly continue to fly dangerous missions. The nonsense logic of the catch-22 permeates the whole the military bureaucracy, which keeps raising the number of missions Yossarian must fly to complete his service.
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Published on: April 28, 2019 7:18 AM