It came as a big shock to Gi-hun when somebody who made him so proud did such brutal things.”īy the end, Gi-hun is so demoralized that he leaves his prize untouched. But his friend made so many bad choices in his life, and now in the game, deceiving other people, killing other people. “Even in Episode 1, when he tries to introduce Sang-woo to other people,” Lee said, “Gi-hun says over and over again that Sang-woo was the smartest kid in his neighborhood. Even though Gi-hun ultimately does win, the game robs him of his childhood best friend, Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo), his opponent in the final battle. The beleaguered competitors persist in the hope that winning the cash prize will redeem their lives, and most are willing to abandon their morals in the pursuit of victory. “Dropping out” isn’t really an option in the cutthroat games (unless the majority of the contestants vote to stop). I would have dropped out earlier on in the game.” “Well, maybe I would have done a relatively good job at marbles, but I don’t think I would have lasted that long. “I’m very bad at games - I never would have made it to the end of ‘Squid Game’ myself,” Lee said last week. And doing the series hasn’t made him a better game player, either. (In another measure of its cultural penetration, it inspired a bizarre “Saturday Night Live” parody over the weekend.) But the worldwide “Squid Game” mania has had little effect on the show’s star, Lee Jung-jae, who says he has been enjoying it all, but that “nothing much” is really different in his life. It remains one of the service’s most popular titles. In the month since its debut, the show has become a global phenomenon and was Netflix’s most watched new series ever, according to the streamer. Detractors complain of egregious violence and gaping plot holes. The most intense fans may want to wear “Squid Game”-style tracksuits, make Dalgona candy, or even learn Korean. “Squid Game,” Netflix’s candy-colored Korean series about a tournament of childhood games played to the death, elicits strong reactions: People are fascinated or repelled. Follow our live coverage on this year’s Emmy nominations.
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