Hoa Xuande ( Cowboy Bebop) plays the protagonist, the unnamed Captain. With the show’s plot described as such, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that The Sympathizer’s cast members are predominantly Vietnamese, for that is the appropriate measure when ethnic identity is a central force that keeps the story unfolding as it should. And now, the high–profile Park is off to create and direct a show called The Sympathizer, his second TV directing outing after 2018’s The Little Drummer Girl. No longer is the term exclusively reserved for campy, soapy, quantity-before-quality production the medium can now be very well up to par with films in terms of creative direction, critical recognition, and substantial artistic appreciation.Ī notable example would be the headline of the distinguished director Quentin Tarantino venturing into the waters of television with his plan to develop an eight-part limited series. With the prevailing age of streaming mania, the convention of TV series has changed much. However, like the iconic Lucy Liu recently said, Asian representation has a long way to go, but now is as good a moment as any to continue the initiative, especially when it’s a TV series conceived by the mind of one Park Chan-wook, a trailblazer of a filmmaker whose name has been made revered not only in Korean cinema but also the Hollywood scene.
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