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SOME WEEKS the stories arrive and depart on time like a French bullet train, as if propelled by rail magnets from assignments to posting.
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Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden and former President Trump agree to face off on the debate stage, Michael Cohen testifies in Trump’s criminal trial and Justice Alito’s home flew a U.S. flag upside down after Jan. 6. PBS NewsHour is supported by – https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Hollywood depictions have long helped inform America’s understanding of the Vietnam War.
But there was usually one thing missing from these Vietnam War stories: the Vietnamese perspective.
For Vietnamese Americans, like author Viet Thanh Nguyen, that experience left him feeling confused as a child.
In his Pulitzer-winning debut novel The Sympathizer, Nguyen filled that gap by telling the story of a Vietnamese double agent who struggled with his involvement in all parts of the conflict.
And with the release of a new HBO series adapting the story, one question arises: Can The Sympathizer subvert the long-standing narrative on the Vietnam war in Hollywood?
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