'The Sympathizer': HBO Vietnam War Series Lampoons the Military, Hollywood
The series lampoons the military, academia, and Hollywood portrayals of the era.
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The series lampoons the military, academia, and Hollywood portrayals of the era.
The series lampoons the military, academia, and Hollywood portrayals of the era.
As the Captain moves to Los Angeles, ‘The Sympathizer’ introduces audiences to another Robert Downey Jr. supporting antagonist.
In case we forgot, America was (even more) racist in the 1970s. Read more in Vulture’s episode-two recap of ‘The Sympathizer.’
Author, Viet Thanh Nguyen Photo by Bebe Jacobs Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new novel, “The Committed,” the follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning “The Sympathizer,” and the second entry in a planned trilogy. It brings Nguyen’s storytelling further into the philosophy of refugees, feminism, communism, anti-communism and more—the terror of both the American war in Vietnam and the French presence in Vietnam, along with the Vietnamese presence in America andFrance. This is duality enacted as a writing method; this is a union between theory and fiction. A nov...