Why people won't shut up about 'Squid Game.'
Note: While this piece avoids specific “Squid Game” plot spoilers, it does give a general overview of the story and its themes that could still be considered spoilers. The Korean survival drama that’s poised to become Netflix’s most watched series of all time has spread its tentacles into sneaker and tracksuit sales, WallStreetBets meme culture, crochet patterns on Etsy ETSY, -2.08% and South Korean politics.
So why is everyone obsessed with “Squid Game” when it’s such a difficult show to watch? Here are a few key reasons. “In a way, ‘Squid Game’ can be viewed as a microcosm of our society,” Areum Jeong, assistant professor of humanities at Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, told MarketWatch. “Young people today feel discouraged and pessimistic about the unemployment rate and working conditions. While the older generation were recognized and rewarded for their hard work, the younger generation today tends to believe that your background and inheritance are more important in achieving success.
“This show is PACKED with imagery and symbols that are easily recognizable yet fairly simple to replicate, such as the square/circle/triangle shapes on the mysterious recruitment card, the show’s logo, the players’ tracksuits, and the masks and bright-red jumpsuit uniform the staff wears,” Madeleine Buckley, senior editor of the Pop Insider, told MarketWatch. “This makes ‘Squid Game’ perfect fodder for fan tributes, social media challenges, cosplay, and merchandise.
And of course, there’s the memes and gifs, as well as the TikTok challenges where people try competing in some of the games featured on the show at home. “The rise of Korean pop culture in the recent decade, especially with K-pop acts like BTS, Korean films like ‘Parasite,’ and Korean TV dramas on Netflix, has really helped the global audience become interested in ‘Squid Game,’” said Jeong. “And many recent Korean works that were loved by global audiences share a common theme in questioning what humanity is, especially how human dignity can be performed or preserved in dystopian settings.
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