The buzz about “Squid Game” hit the radar of North Korea’s repressive socialist dictatorship, which slammed the Netflix breakout hit as proof that South Korea’s capitalist culture is a “beastly” failure.
North Korean propaganda site Arirang Meari, in a report about “Squid Game,” excoriated the high-concept survival drama as depicting the “sad reality of a beastly South Korean society.”
“‘Squid Game’ gained popularity because it exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture,” the site wrote in the Oct. 12 article, as first reported by Reuters. The show reveals “a world where only money matters — a hell-like horror” and where “corruption and immoral scoundrels are commonplace.”
“It is the current South Korean society where the number of losers in fierce competition such as employment, real estate and stocks increases dramatically,” the Arirang Meari article said.
Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Squid Game” is Netflix...
North Korean propaganda site Arirang Meari, in a report about “Squid Game,” excoriated the high-concept survival drama as depicting the “sad reality of a beastly South Korean society.”
“‘Squid Game’ gained popularity because it exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture,” the site wrote in the Oct. 12 article, as first reported by Reuters. The show reveals “a world where only money matters — a hell-like horror” and where “corruption and immoral scoundrels are commonplace.”
“It is the current South Korean society where the number of losers in fierce competition such as employment, real estate and stocks increases dramatically,” the Arirang Meari article said.
Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Squid Game” is Netflix...
- 10/14/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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