Tag: HBO/max

DTF St. Louis–A Bromance

Written by Diana Paul on April 20, 2026. Posted in Series.

This seven-episode HBOmax mini-series, DTF St. Louis, opens with St. Louis weatherman Clark Forrest (Jason Bateman of “Ozark”) covering a cyclonic storm alongside ASL interpreter, Floyd Smernitch (David Harbour of “Stranger Things”). The camera rolls as Floyd saves Clark from certain decapitation by yanking him out of the path of a...

The Sympathizer–Displaced Sympathies

Written by Diana Paul on July 22, 2024. Posted in Television reviews.

Based upon the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer opens in April 1975, during the fall of Saigon. This American War– or Vietnam War, depending upon perspective,– unflinchingly depicts the ignominious and callous withdrawal of American troops and their Vietnamese aids on...

Tag: HBO/max

DTF St. Louis–A Bromance

The Sympathizer–Displaced Sympathies

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