#15 Entertainment or Pop Culture

 

    

    If you have not watched or heard about the new Netflix show, Squid Games, that came out in September then you have probably been living under a rock or you just don't watch much tv. Squid Games in a nutshell is a Korean show that came out about these adults who are in debt and they get offered an opportunity to make money. If they choose to accept the offer then they are picked up and shipped to an Island where the games are held. There are playgrounds designed for kids for these adults to play. How the game works is if you win the game you earn a large amount of money but if you lose you are killed. 

Interesting. ”Netflix Under Pressure in Korea as ‘Squid Game’ Success Stirs Lawmakers and Internet Firms”: https://t.co/M2XhNZGCjo via @variety

— Diane Duane (@dduane) November 4, 2021

    The idea started with the creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk in 2008. The creator himself was also very poor at one point and his logic was what would I do if I needed money bad enough. He pretty much ran himself broke trying to produce this movie. He started his planning with the squid game that he played as a kid and started piecing everything together. No one really bought on to the idea because they felt like it was too vulgar and for other reasons. In these past twelve years, it is almost like the world is more accepting of harsh content so people are now more open to the idea. During this gap between 2008-2021, he produced other movies to try and get his name out there more so that it might help with the production of Squid Games. Now the show has currently earned $891.1 million off of just the first season.