Created by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, the HBO series The Sympathizer is based on the book of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The plot revolves around a man known simply as the Captain. He is a North Vietnamese, who infiltrates the South Vietnamese army. After the end of the war, he comes … Read more
The narrator is in a Vietnamese communist reeducation camp when the audience first meets him. His sole task is to prepare an account of his efforts to aid the revolution. Sweat pours off his neck, off his eyelids, staining his uniform, as he sits in a wooden solitary holding cell, writing about his work as … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. plays many roles in The Sympathizer teaser, an HBO miniseries based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Among the many HBO announcements earlier today was the first official teaser trailer for The Sympathizer, an original limited series which features Robert Downey Jr. in what appears to be multiple roles. You can … Read more