![]() The players, on the other hand, wear a green tracksuit (reminiscent of Korean sportswear, the trainingbok, in vogue in the Seventies) with a number, and no name. These themes influence first of all the costumes, which are very effective: the staff organising the game wear pink jumpsuits (a reference to another successful series: The House of Paper) and then a visor reminiscent of the one used by fencers with a square, circle, and triangle printed on it, which resemble, among other things, some Korean characters, and which identify the guards’ (always armed with a machine gun) hierarchical ranks. It is therefore a hyperbolic representation of certain contemporary social phenomena: careerism and exasperated ambition, competition that leads to the death of the competitor, money as the only god and the only aim in life, social homogenisation, acceptance of the law of the jungle, where the weakest succumb, so that the strongest can win, social control (each competitor is implanted with a microchip without their knowledge and which continues to function even when they have left the island: an evolution of our Covid Green Pass), which leads people to do things they do not want to do (we have also experienced this with compulsory vaccination), the inhumanity of financial power when it is unregulated, the cynicism of interpersonal relationships, the absolute utilitarianism that manages to put a price even on human life and thus the objectification of the person, etc. The creator of the series, Hwang Dong-hyuk, wanted to express a strong social criticism: capitalist society annihilates the individual. Players are not obliged to accept the invitation and if the majority of players decide to stop the challenges, all players can return to their homes. This challenge to the death was invented by a bored billionaire who invited other billionaires as spectators and gamblers. The games in which they will have to compete are those of children: One, two, three, star!, tug-of-war, marbles, etc., including the Squid Game, popular in Korea. For each player who dies, the jackpot rises, reaching 33 million euros. In the last challenge, only two contestants will face each other. So, the mechanism that captivates the viewer is as follows: as the challenges unfold, the players become fewer because they die off in the various games. Whoever makes it to the end can take home 33 million euros. First of all, the subject and the script: there is a very simple central idea and the plot is completely linear, so very easy to follow: 456 people, all heavily in debt, are invited to an island to take part in six lethal challenges. The series is a winner for several reasons (spoiler alert). And let's remember that the series is acted in Korean with subtitles. ![]() As of October 2021, it occupied first place in 94 countries. It's called Squid Game and it's a TV series, produced in South Korea, broadcast on the Netflix platform, and it is having an enormous planet-wide success: 111 million views after only 28 days since its launch, making it the TV series with the highest audience on its debut. ![]()
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