The Netflix hit Squid Game may be a big win for South Korea’s entertainment industry, but it has also exposed the country’s darker side to a global audience.
Decades of super-charged growth have left a deeply stratified society, where soaring house prices and a lack of social mobility fuel excessive borrowing. Discrimination against women, the elderly and migrant workers are deeply entrenched and many younger people find life such a grind they’re giving up all together.
Amid the shocking violence and eerie aesthetic that has made the series Netflix’s biggest launch ever, Squid Game’s depiction of desperate contestants betting their lives
(Bloomberg) The Netflix Inc. hit Squid Game may be a big win for South Korea’s entertainment industry, but it has also exposed the country’s darker side to a global audience.
(Bloomberg) The Netflix Inc. hit Squid Game may be a big win for South Korea’s entertainment industry, but it has also exposed the country’s darker side to a global audience.