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The Sympathizer (Vietnamese: Cảm tình viên) is a historical black comedy drama miniseries based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series was created by co- showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar , with Park directing the first three episodes.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, “The Sympathizer” has never been published in Vietnam because of its depiction of the war, according to author Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Hoa Xuande, who plays the main character only known to viewers as “the Captain,” and Sandra Oh, who plays his love interest, the sharp Sofia Mori, said that the show is meant to challenge ...
I can’t really fault the director, HBO, or author Viet Thanh Nguyen, but episode 4 took viewers far away from the espionage thriller that HBO teased in the show’s first three episodes ...
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [6] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive reviews from critics. [7] It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice ...
“The Sympathizer,” which premieres on HBO and Max on April 14, is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 novel of the same name, which won a Pulitzer Prize and is widely lauded for inverting the ...
The North succeeded in uniting Vietnam in 1976, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Actor Toan Le shines in The Sympathizer as The General. Hopper Stone/SMPSP - HBO
“The Sympathizer” is hardly the first project to funnel the contradictions of the Vietnam War through an exaggerated lens (“Apocalypse Now” being a prime example), but except for a few ...