The Roush Review
Space Force
Newly Available, Netflix
“SPACE IS HARD.” This is undoubtedly true. It’s even harder not to laugh when Steve Carell, as gung-ho general Mark Naird, haltingly utters this confession while defending his fledgling Space Force at a Saturday Night Live–worthy parody of a congressional budget hearing.
Comedy isn’t easy, either, but Carell and fellow creator and executive producer Greg Daniels—both of —mostly succeed in a spirited satire of military bravado clashing with political hubris during a 21st-century race
