Scott D. Pierce: Catherine ‘The Great’ is hilarious — and sort of true

Catherine the Great was a nearly penniless noble from a small German principality who married the unstable heir to the Russian throne, who treated her abominably. She ousted him in a coup, (probably) had him killed and ruled the empire for the next 34 years, becoming one of Russia’s greatest monarchs.And in the Hulu series “The Great,” her story is hilarious. Really. The basic outline of Catherine’s story is there, sort of.“She went to a country she didn’t eve