The creator of ‘Squid Game’ offers his thoughts about the upcoming reality show based on his Netflix hit:
has met with a little bit of backlash after deciding to create an ambitious reality show based on its hit fiction serieswill be the largest reality television show ever produced, featuring 456 entrants. They'll perform tasks, play games, and form alliances along the way. All of this is in pursuit of a $4.56 million dollar cash prize.inherently and overtly critiques capitalism and the way it drives people to do insane things for money out of pure desperation.
Could one not argue that the reality show is then the exact same thing as the plot of the original series? While of course, the stakes are a little bit lower because there’s no real death involved, that may be a shallow reading. What if some of the contestants are on the verge of homelessness, or in need of an expensive operation? The motivations behind competing on the show could be infinite. Maybe the reality show is only really one small step removed from the art it’s simulating.
Now that that existential economic dissection of the factors at play is over, let's look at what the creator of had to say about the reality show. Hwang Dong-hyuk seems to have a far laxer view of the whole thing than a lot of people.
What Hwang Dong-hyuk said is true, and it can’t really be argued with. These kinds of conversations about the media we consume, how ethical they are, and how they affect the people involved in their production aren't the most fun. It's not entertaining. But at the end of the day, it's important.Reality TV has given us some very strange series through the years — and these 12 are the strangest we’ve ever seen.
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