Why Was Squid Games Such an International Success? | video essay

First of all: Praise Gong Yoo.

Squid game is shiny new. Kinda. As per usual, I’m a bit tardy to the party. Released in September 2021, Squid Game is totally binge-able. Its only a 9 part series and 1 season long, so you have about roughly 8 hours of content to consume. So it’s all in a days work right? With Squid Game being such a worldwide phenomenon, we’re going to get into the shows depictions of human nature, violence for monetary gain and desperation vs. addiction. And of course, we’re going to get into some Korean cultural nuances you might have missed if you’re either not familiar with Korean culture or you watched the dubbed version witch has some notable differences.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Squid Game Synopsis
3:35 The Main Character: Song GiHun's Gambling Addiction
5:15 Our Introduction to GongYoo (The mysterious Train Station Man)
7:55 Breaking Down GiHun's Gambling Addiction Behavior & The Irony of Gambling being "Illegal" in Korea.
9:42 The Very First Game "무궁화 꽃 이 피었 습니다" or Red Light, Green Light.
10:28 The Illusion Of Choice in Capitalism
13:20 Democracy's Part in Capitalism's Illusion of Choice
14:59 The Equal Opportunity Debate
15:32 Sangwoo Showing Us Privledge Comes with It's Own Stressors
17:47 Korean Cultural Nuances of Bankruptcy & Household Debt Rates
20:29 Korean Job Market Realities & The Aging Demographic
21:21 Sub VS. Dub Debate
25:14 Ali's Mistranslations & Misunderstandings of Colorism "Sanjangnim"
30:04 The Importance of the word "Hyung" & Why Sangwoo Betrays Ali
34:35 Exploitation of Immigrants through Passport & Visa Scams
38:32 Minyeo's Character (mis) Translations. Booksmart vs. Streetsmart
42:29: Conversations Don't Need to be Battlefields
43:55 Just Because it's Foreign Doesn't Mean it's Deep

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