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© 2021 AFP'Squid Game' characters drawn from director's life
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Tom San
I'm too cheap to subscribe to Netflix.
nandakandamanda
For some South Korean women’s voices, this article was an eye-opener.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/27/why-some-korean-women-are-boycotting-squid-game
SJ
In Japanese: https://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/88425
SJ
Typical Japanese reactions to Squid Game, which become a target of worldwide derision, but they still do grasp what happens outside of Japan. For example: https://www.facebook.com/229023931411/posts/10160462911686412/
Coffee
I have yet to see Squid Game but it sounds extremely similar to Battle Royale and Kaiji. Here's a direct quote from the director on how he developed the story and how he sees his storytelling approach as different:
BackpackingNepal
He still have yet to tell he is influenced by Japanese series and anime but he will never.
nandakandamanda
On another news site I was surprised to read how many women in SK are disgusted with the traditional one-dimensional female stereotypes portrayed.
SJ
@In_japan
I am not quite sure, but it is probably related to the unique, violent and tragic modern Korean history, which most aged Koreans still remember. Many innocent civilians, including children, were arbitrarily selected and then massacred without any trial. Some notable examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_uprising
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochang_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising
https://img.khan.co.kr/news/2010/05/09/20100510.01300104000001.02L.webp
In_japan
5 Episodes so far... Its really entertaining, thrilling, exciting and sometimes funny. Good work to the squid team. Only the blood splattering part is little too much.
Aly Rustom
sigh.. if only that was the only thing non Asians had to deal with in Asia
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
SJ
@Joe Blow
He added "I think I was someone like Ali back then", admitting it also happens in Korea. He is straightforward and honest.
Joe Blow
As if Koreans never do the same to foreigners. No wonder the VIPs was just a not-so-thinly veiled swipe at White people with a token Chinese character thrown in for good measure.
Aly Rustom
That Korean filmmaker shows a depth in his productions that is not matched by his Japanese counterparts
SJ
But, most Japanese people are not interested in Squid Game at all.
For Japanese, K-dramas and K-pops should look fanciful, featuring extremely beautiful performers. Squid game is simply too realistic with ordinary-looking Korean actors and actresses. This also explains why Gangnam style in 2012 was exceptionally unpopular in Japan, generating the conspiracy theory of F5 key. Japanese people and their government tend to hate exposing or watching something too realistic, but love anime and manga of fantasy. Chinese people also traditionally love fantasy (e.g., Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经) and My Love from the Star (來自星星的你)).
u_s__reamer
Karma is coming at last...for capitalism in Korea (and beyond).
dagon
Many characters in Netflix sensation "Squid Game" are loosely based on its South Korean director's own life and he believes its theme of economic inequality has resonated with viewers around the world.
The director has tapped into the zeitgeist with his Kubrickian touches and the theme of his story.
Just look at the front page with articles about raising taxes on billionaires and an election where one of the main issues are calls for a new capitalism to address the hoarding of the fruits of gains in production by a very few.