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The Sympathizer Recap: Lost in Translation
The series lowers the stakes with a perplexing trip to Hollywood.
The Captain interprets it differently, of course, explaining it as “a story of a small farming community who is forced to take in a bunch of uninvited guests.” It leads you to wonder: Why did he accept the job then? The Major’s ghost occasionally reappears to haunt the Captain on set, but overall, it doesn’t make sense to lower the stakes after the last episode’s adrenaline rush. He slams the script on the table, shocking the director, and yells: “Confess, you fucker!” It’s a satisfying outburst, delivered with an intensity that I wish was replicated in a later scene when the Captain gets fired … but I’m getting ahead of myself here.
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