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Such tension-added-to-tension animates “The Sympathizer,” a serious black comedy premiering Sunday at 9 p.m Pacific on HBO. (It’s no less tense for being a comedy.) ...
HBO’s “The Sympathizer” is an enthralling sift through identity, memory and Vietnam after the war This adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize novel persuades us to embrace ...
Stars attend the premiere of the HBO Limited Series 'The Sympathizer' at The Paramount LA on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Los Angeles, Calif. (L-R) Vietnamese actor Duy Nguyen, U.S.-Vietnamese ...
Hoa Xuande as the Captain in the new HBO limited-series “The Sympathizer,” based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. (Photo by Hopper Stone/SMPSP) ...
This article appears in the July 2024 issue. HBO ’s The Sympathizer is a confession. We meet the confessor, narrator, and protagonist (played by Hoa Xuande) in a makeshift prison camp in Vietnam.
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