Catch-22
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Im the bravest fuckin man you know.
Its his latest, most desperate attempt to avoid flying any more combat missions.
Stand me down, he demands.
Suppose everybody felt that way, Major responds uncertainly.
Yossarian shoots back, Then Id certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldnt I?
The problem is the series tonal confusion cant fully support Yossarians beliefs.
This is somewhat understandable, but that ultimately throws Yossarian into a much more disloyal context.
Thus the whole tone of the series becomes muddled.
Its half-satirical and half-solemn when the satire and the solemnity should be one and the same.
His conversations with Yossarian are supposed to illustrate his contentedness with the insanity of the war effort.
If theyre both going to end up dead, why should he worry instead of being happy?
Its a problem that runs through the whole series up to this point.
He also turns the German soldiers flying those planes into delegates.
Naturally, this confuses the officers on the ground, who initially believe theyre under attack.
Spoiler alert: This is the last we see of de Coverley in the series.
What an utter waste of Hugh Lauries talents.
Gee, I wonder if the show is trying to communicate that Aarfy is bad news.
