Netflix announced that 'Squid Game' is the most-watched series in its history.
says the production serves to highlight the “beastly” nature of “South Korean capitalist society where mankind is annihilated by extreme competition.”“unequal society where the strong exploit the weak.”In the series, hundreds of debt-ridden contestants including a North Korean defector enter the games in a bid to win a climbing, billion-dollar cash prize they hope will turn their lives around. The catch: If they lose a game, they die.
The streaming giant confirmed Tuesday that the series, which director Hwang Dong-hyuk began writing a decade ago, has become the most-watched in Netflix’s history since it premiered in September.“Squid Game has officially reached 111 million fans — making it our biggest series launch ever!” Netflix tweeted. The show’s skyrocket to the top knocks period drama “Bridgerton,” which drew just over 80 million viewers, from the No. 1 spot.
North and South Korea have remained technically at war after the Korean War ended in 1953 in an armistice but without a peace treaty.There have been other flash points over culture. In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un branded South Korea’s entertainment scene — including K-pop — “a vicious cancer.
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