‘Squid Game’ Is Now The #1 Show In 90 Different Countries
www.forbes.com
Netflix’s focus on global content has paid off in a big way with Squid Game, which has planted itself not just as the #1 show in its home country of Korea and in Netflix’s home country of the United States, but now, the show is #1 in at least 90 different countries around the world.

I did. We all did. Still happy to see it.

Korean cinema has really seemed to break through in the US since Parasite. I will say I am not very exposed to Korean culture outside of what makes it over the Pacific to bleed into US culture. Which in my opinion makes it all the more impressive that two anti-capitalist Korean productions became international sensations after exploding in the US.

Can you all feel it? They tried to make us feel like the energy was gone, but it's still there, and it's not just Squid Game that's showing it.

EDIT - on a show related note, Oh-Il Nam was a total surprise to me, biggest twist I'd say.

  • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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    3 years ago

    Korea is a hyper-competitive society that's also very rigid because for a long time, the economy was dominated by a handful of conglomerates and performance in life was heavily tied to school exams. It's not strictly "capitalist" competition because it's not leaving people to the forces of the market per se, but there is a real "survival of the fittest" mindset when it comes to shit like school exams because of the idea that it has such an effect on your future. Two years of mandatory military service for men doesn't help things.