![]() And I think it’s because the country is small, there’s less opportunity and there are so many people,” which also results in the kind of intense competition that “Squid Game” is skewering.įor viewers not fluent in Korean, Netflix offers either subtitles or an English-language dub. I think they’re obsessed with it, in a good way. So Korean corporations and Korean pop culture are constantly trying to go global. That kind of notion is rooted in Korean culture. For decades, he said, there has been “an eagerness in Korea to develop, innovate and go global. Park (no relation to Tricia) is a Korean-born journalist who moved to Chicago when he was 16 and works for the Korean-language outlet News Magazine Chicago. Korea’s global popularity is no accident. But the attention it’s receiving has, maybe, more to do with the ways Korea has become popular globally.” That said, to me, I’m not sure how much ‘Squid Game’ seems to be about things that are specifically, inherently Korean. “I’m Korean American, born and raised in America,” she said, “so my perspective will be colored by this diasporic angle. Tricia Park is a musician and writer who attended the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and currently lives in Seoul. on issues like livable wages, reasonable work hours and meal breaks? Everything is fine, pay no mind to all the contradictions we live with every day! Is this the part where I also mention that Netflix and Amazon are among the studios playing hardball with the union for TV and film crews in the U.S. What’s that? Amazon founder Jeff Bezos - the real-world embodiment of the show’s exploitative VIPs - tweeted congratulations to Netflix’s head honchos before adding: “And I can’t wait to watch the show”? Nothing bizarre or surreal about that, nope, nope, nope. (Throws self on fainting couch.) I’m sure all the unofficial merch showing up on Amazon, including the show’s iconic green track suits, was made under only the best working conditions. You know, just some non-ironic capitalism pegged to a show critiquing capitalism, hahahaha. In fact, Netflix is already selling official “Squid Game” merchandise in its online store. According to Netflix, it is on track to become the company’s most-watched series globally. It’s hard for most shows or films to stand out these days, regardless of quality, and “Squid Game” has had the kind of unique and organic surge in popularity that streaming platforms dream about. ![]() Off to "play" another game in the Korean series "Squid Game."
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