"The Sympathizer": Robert Downey Jr. brings a twist to the Vietnam War on HBO
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HBO's adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer" is a stylish and smart series that captures the complexities of the original work, although it occasionally struggles to maintain its dramatic momentum. The Vietnamese ensemble shines, but the series falters in the middle as it lingers over Robert Downey Jr.'s caricatured American characters. Overall, the adaptation successfully portrays the moral conundrums and cultural displacement experienced by its protagonist, the Captain, as he navigates post-war life in 1970s Los Angeles.
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