The Cast Of The Sympathizer Discuss Authentic Storytelling | The Sympathizer | HBO

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[@nikhilkapoor428]

This show has me by the balls. Hats off to the cast and crew for making some of the best of TV rn.

[@puratranreynolds3330]

This show is so good, makes me appreciate and feel more for what my parents and grandparents had went through

[@SnowmanTwin07]

So happy for Vietnamese representation on the screen! My father fought in the Vietnam war when he was a teen, he was born in 1950. He came from a wealthy family and after the north won his family lost it all to the communist regime. I want to show him this film because he is very proud to have fought along the U.S to help the south and his country l despite us losing.😊

[@jaimegrant4070]

This show is phenomenal. Hats off to these actors. They have created something magnificent together.

[@dvlarry]

Thank you HBO for producing such an excellent series. And thanks to everyone who worked on it.

[@kayebullock2951]

Series stays faithful to the book, which is amazing. Viet Thahn Nguyen is such a witty, intelligent writer

[@aznmochibunny]

Pretty sure Viet Thanh Nguyen was pretty involved in the series adaptation.

[@yellopops]

hopefully hbo don’t stop there, more authentic representation of the world

[@kiopuiytrb]

2편까지 봤습니다. 블랙유머, 미장센 완벽한데 주성치식 유머까지 있어요. 박찬욱감독님 역시 최고에요

[@DominicBHaven-qm6nx]

This was an amazing series, I hope that we see more like it.

[@Ksu_The_Volunteer]

This thing blows up my mind 😃 I love the series so much!

[@CasaLobo77]

Loved this series and totally agree the production and costume design were superb!

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

I know you guys will do our Asian American community justice and pride with the authenticity of this story

[@azinfouladvand9093]

Such an amazing team work 👍

[@tozmoto]

Great, great show

[@Rusputin-eo6tv]

2:56 they need some seriously study on that. They'll probably said something directly like "thằng tây con". Ppl in previous Vietnamese generation didn't think that hard to hate on sb, they'll just go straight up and primitive.

[@duongdisney]

Tell me, is it based on American novel of the same name by Vietnamese-American author, please? I'm from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@aznmochibunny]

Yes, it is.

[@NguyenKhangDo]

🎉

[@aprilmorgan3456]

Oh, then he's a good actor I mean, he's a good actor and he's a good actor.

[@tritran5095]

They have to film this in Thailand and of course this series is banned from its mother country Vietnam

[@pete7354]

good job changing hbo max to max, adding ads and lowering the video quality

[@ThaoNguyen-ik6ob]

looks good and good effort but unfortunately the main cast (who are Vietnamese) don't even speak Vietnamese fluently, except for Ky Duyen and maybe some other people who are not in this video.

[@TuNguyen-jp8ys]

my biggest problem with this show is the native dialogue. People don't talk in full sentence like that. It feels like it was written in a very formal format and not by someone who actually speak the language day to day. Yes, full sentences make it much easier for translation but no, people don't talk like that.

[@grandslapper]

It' snot as good as the book

[@jane-huongvo]

The casting is horrible! Only Kieu Chinh and Ky Duyen speak understandable Vietnamese. The dialogue is often impossible to understand, they better speak English and Vietnamese subtitles. Plus the acting is unnatural, superficial. Disappointed. Wouldn't watch the next series of any.

[@TrungNguyen-uf8cv]

A double agent is unnatural and superficial. Change my mind!

[@appleboy4839]

làm gì đến mức đấy, thật ra phim Trấn Thành nhiều khi nghe diễn viên nói cũng không rõ nói gì đến Việt Kiều

[@kiopuiytrb]

외국인들은 베트남어를 모르기때문에 드라마를 보는데있어서 전혀 지장이 없어요😅

[@darinruest850]

Cast is not diverse. Shame on hbo and everyone involved.

[@ngocle9329]

Can you elaborate how it's not "diverse"? It's about Vietnamese people and they got Vietnamese people.. they didn't get non-Vietnamese playing Vietnamese. That's a big step up for me.

[@brettfine3444]

@darinruest850 Go watch faux news.

[@darinruest850]

@@ngocle9329 diversity would include afghanis, Africans, Syrians, Pacific Islanders, and lots of lgbtq2bia

[@SurpriseMeJT]

hahah love the sarcasm. Where is the black "soul brother" from Full Metal Jacket? lol

[@aprilmorgan3456]

👏👏👏🫰👍 I loved it. It was a good show. It was good. It was fascinated it was mysterious, it was good.