HBO's Cold War thriller The Sympathizer boasts a stacked cast and an intriguing premise, but it's the direction and unknown lead that anchor this series.
Even when Western storytellers do end up writing about the senselessness of the United States’ campaign in the Vietnam War, the focus still largely remains on the American soldiers coming to terms with the moral void of their country’s brutal empire.
It’s here that Park’s direction leaves the greatest impact; depicting the abrupt reactions to being displaced and the bitter resentment that the Vietnamese expats cling to, where frayed and live-wire characters have to fight to remain whole. , who arrives in California grieving the loss of his family, and the formerly imposing General , who’s left in tatters after his side’s defeat.
It’s no surprise that the Captain is increasingly drawn to people who don’t exist in the same divided psychological headspace that he does . Working at a liberal arts college, sparks fly between him and the Japanese-American Sofia Mori ; he’s attracted to and protective of the General’s daughter lana as she moves towards showbiz; he’s at odds with Sonny that the Captain acts as cultural advisor on, and in his absence, it’s clear how much verve Park brought to the story.
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