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Propaganda, Hollywood & Ideology | The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The greatest art makes you question. Question who you are, what you believe. Question the assumptions you make about the world around you. Question the fabric of reality, the nature of being. Question free will or fate. Question systemic influences of behavior, or intrinsic human desires.
It does not answer, because in answers we find a more shallow understanding of ourselves and of the world’s complexity.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of these great pieces of art. Its questions are not concerned with your preexisting notions of the Vietnam War, nor will it dichotomize the opposing sides into good and bad, right and wrong. The complexities of the War are not simplified, and our American-centric perspective is challenged at every turn. If you read closely and mindfully, you may finish the book having examined the very nature of your way of thinking, our collective desire to neatly place thought into ideological boxes that give us an easy position on any issue.
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0:00 - Intro
1:12 - A Man of Two Faces
7:50 - Asian-American Rage
14:44 - Independence and Freedom
21:31 - Question Everything
32:45 - Conclusion
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