Watched “Catch-22” with hubby tonight. So many stars in the movie and all so young! Hubby read the book, which impressed me.
A good movie, quite a bit weird, very sixties, but just anti-American trash throughout. I had to leave at some points.
I’m sure there’s corruption in the military (I’ve seen Sgt. Bilko), but this was just stupid. I don’t think our military is like the way they were portrayed in this film.
This is where the rot started, in the 60s, and we are still rotting.
And it is NOT GOOD.
Had to read it and write a book report about in High School. Later... In LE, I realized that the guy was at least a little ahead of his time. When you read and sign off on the “policy & procedures” manual. There is ALWAYS a “catch-22”... a clause that says that they claim that you violated some rule, even before they made it. It’s all dressed up in legalese. I’m getting older, some things aren’t so... well, like it was yesterday. But, I can remember some of it goes like this... “...and anything else not contained in this manual...” It’s like being handed a coloring book and being expected to color within the lines, but they can come along and change the coloring book, and then declare you to have been coloring outside these NEW lines they just created.
It is ONE thing, as in the 1950s (Bilko), to poke fun at American institutions (e.g., the military) upon which our nation depends.
It is ANOTHER thing, as in the 1960s/70s, to openly ridicule such institutions and subject them to scorn. (Though one could still maintain that such films could at least start a well-meaning debate.)
However, it is ANOTHER THING ENTIRELY to thrust a dunce-cap on gramma's head, with a placard around her neck, set her up on a stage, and seriously subject her to a monkey trial.
This third scenario is where we are today. The leftists aren't "poking fun," nor are they indulging in junior college-level "indignant outrage."
They are seriously calling for / actively working for the destruction of such vital institutions.
Regards,
Watched “Catch-22” with hubby tonight. So many stars in the movie and all so young! Hubby read the book, which impressed me.
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My step-father lived the nightmare ...