Here is a (short) primer.

Within hours afterwards, the North Vietnamese military seized control of Saigon anddeclared victoryover the citys radio that afternoon.

This is something of an allegory for Francis Ford Coppolas sprawling Vietnam epicApocalypse Nowand the chaotic production behind it.

Hoa Xuande in The Sympathizer

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