Squid Game delights and horrifies
South Korean Netflix show captivates audiences with its blend of gore and loyalty.
The first episode begins with a focus on Gi-hun, the aforementioned man who is divorced, heavily in debt, and living with his mom. He wants to gain custody of his daughter before her new step-father takes her away to the US, and his desire for quick
money earns him an invitation to play a series of children’s games… but they’re not as easy as he thinks. After accepting the invitation for the chance at earning a large sum of cash, he is taken to a secret location, and the games begin.
continually wasted money, but the way he acted around his daughter made it evident how much he cared about his family. During the first episode I was bored with the lack of action, but as the plot progressed and the games began, I was a lot more interested.
Green Light doesn’t mean you’re shot to death, but in Squid Game, the rules are changed.
This factor was prominent in episode six, and despite how heartbreaking it was, the episode was one of my favorites. The characters we are introduced to along the way, the same characters we grow to love and care about, are forced to choose between killing the person closest to them or accepting death. Some of the highlighted duos were Sae-beyok and Ji-yeong, Gi-hun and Oh-ilnam, and Sang-woo and Abdul Ali.
classical music, which added to the irony and shock factor of the games being played.
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