![]() The decision to give at least one of Catch-22’s female characters more depth and agency was necessary in a novel where at best women are relegated to background characters and at worst they serve as objects of sexual fulfillment for the male characters. ![]() Her character, played by Tessa Ferrer, eventually submits to Yossarian’s charade and goes on to serve as his knowledgeable confidant and foil, in contrast to the novel where her role is limited to intimate liaisons on the beach. Whereas in Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel the death-averse Yossarian can check into the hospital with a fake liver ailment whenever he wants, the miniseries shows him being questioned by a well-informed Nurse Duckett about his alleged pain and unable to pinpoint it to his liver. ![]() The Problem of Catch-22 in the #MeToo Eraġ“That’s not your liver,” Nurse Duckett tells Yossarian in the 2019 Catch-22 miniseries during their first scene together. ![]()
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