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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.) ...
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 ...
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 ...
HBO There’s a brief moment at just about the midpoint of HBO’s adaptation of “The Sympathizer” when the show’s recurring flaw really settles in.
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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