The Sympathizer Official Podcast | Episode 5 | HBO

Host Philip Nguyen sits down with legend Ky Duyen, host of Paris by Night and a star of The Sympathizer, and her on screen daughter Vy Le, alongside EP Niv Fichman to talk about music and art imitating life. Then director Marc Munden and co-showrunner Don McKellar get into putting action on the screen - and greenscreen alligators. Finally, author Viet Thanh Nguyen and episode screenwriter Maegan Hoang talk about adaptation and the beautiful tensions of going page to screen. Stream The Sympathizer now, only on @StreamOnMax.
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[@katalac]

This show is great!

[@LTLotusHeart]

I really like this show. The song that Lana sings in ep 5 is beautiful. And by the way, I like Sonny!

[@themarinect]

I'm confused about the protagonist. Are we supposed to have sympathy and root for him? I know he tried to increase diversity and representation of Asian people in Hollywood, but at the same time, he's a cold-blooded killer (for killing the Major)

[@caitlinja]

I don't think "rooting for" him is the point of the show. It's more of an exploration of this multifaceted, very flawed character. He calls himself a man of two faces, so he has "good" and "bad" (and in-between.) Interestingly in the book, he is complicit in killing the Major, but he doesn't pull the trigger, Bon does. In both versions, the Major's ghost still haunts him. I personally don't feel sympathy, instead I feel fascination.

[@DatNguyen-iz1uj]

Yup, just like in every war, everyone involved has a good side and and a bad side. That is how you survive a war.

[@guilhermeferraz9954]

The point of the show is that he is a complex and nuanced character in a complex and nuanced world.