While 'Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk insists his hit series is fiction, its themes of economic inequality resonate globally. Inspiration is drawn from Japanese survival manga, not true events, ...
When Netflix first announced Squid Game: The Challenge, many wondered the same thing: is this real? Could hundreds of contestants actually compete in real-life re-creations of the infamous Squid Game ...
The first season VIPs were described to the actors hired to portray them as “total idiots” and “dirtbag millionaires,” and the characters live up to those descriptions. The mask-wearing egotists are ...
In September of 2021, Netflix released the South Korean-made thriller Squid Game. Did you know it was based on real-life ...
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk responds to Beast Games comparisons, explaining how imitation aligns with the show’s capitalist themes and reflects its growing cultural impact ...
Lee Byung-hun as Frontman in Squid Game Season 3 Credit - No Ju-han—Netflix Squid Game mostly follows its desperate contestants: members of the poor and working class who opt into a series of deadly ...