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Squid Game Review: South Korea's Netflix Original Drama Squid Game has become a global hit. Released on September 17, this web series has become the world's most-watched Netflix show in two weeks. After all, what is it about this children's sports web series that the world has become addicted to it, let's know the story by groping it?
Squid Game, directed by South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk, shows the story of a game competition between 456 people who are in debt to the shoulder. All these people become part of a game to get out of debt in which they have to play some children's games. If someone wins this game, then he will get 45.6 billion South Korean won (about Rs 300 crore). But there is a big twist in the game which these people are considering as a children's game.
This is the biggest twist
The person who will be out of the game will not only have to say goodbye to the game but he will also have to say goodbye to the world. Yes, elimination in this game means losing your life and once you get into this game, there is no way to go back.
9 episodes 6 games
The Squid Game web series has nine episodes in which there are 6 games. These games are red light green light which we know as statue game in India. The second is The Man with the Umbrella, the third is Tug of Wars, the fourth is Ggnabu, the fifth is Glass Stepping Stones in which the player has to cross the glass bridge to the other side. The sixth and last game is Squid Game.
In the first five games above, players cannot engage in any violent behavior with each other, in fact, there is no chance, but this is not the case in Squid Game. In this game, the player can go to any extent to win the game. A little hint has also been given about this game at the beginning of the story.
Everyone is helpless here
Lee Jung-Jae is in the lead role in the series. He has played the role of a driver and gambling addict. Lee is a divorced man who lives with his mother. She has a daughter who lives with her mother and stepfather. Lee is in debt of lakhs of rupees. So much so that he does not even have money to get his mother's treatment. Due to this Lee agrees to play the game. Although Lee and a few others leave the game and come back, the debt burden forces them to return to the game. Others are also trapped in the quagmire of debt.
An important role of this Indian actor too
All the actors in the show are from Korea. Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-Joon, Jung Ho-Yeon, Gong Yoo, Heo Sung-Tae, and Delhi-born Indian actor Anupam Tripathi. The acting of all the actors in the series will force a moment to believe in their helplessness. Anupam Tripathi has played the role of a Pakistani worker in the series. He enters the game to fund his family's expenses.
What does the director want to say throughout the series?
The Squid Game web series, which has become a global hit, is directed by Hwang Dong-Hyuk. Hwang has prepared the series very thoughtfully. There is a deadly game in the series, but along with this, the director has also introduced economic inequality, fraud through the story. Apart from this, how debt makes a person helpless and crippled. How the burden of debt scares you all the time by becoming a mental pressure can be seen in the series.
90 countries hit show made in three weeks
According to some reports, it took 10 years for director Hwang to stage his series. Everyone was rejecting this series citing it to be unreal. But it is said that the fruit of patience is sweet. Something similar has been seen with Hwang. Squid Game has become the most-watched show in 90 countries so far.
The issue of economic inequality hidden in the series
There is a game in every episode of the series which is a metaphor for the experiences of life. Just as people fight to win the game, in the same way, a person has to work hard to achieve his purpose in life. Squid Game has also tried to show issues like socio-economic inequality, gender inequality, and capitalism flourishing in Korea. Overall, Squid Game is an interesting series in which you know that there will be only one winner, but the limit of suspense will remain till the end.
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