Have you watched Squid Game?
Are you part of the "phenomenon"?
I have not watched and find it odd that there is so much celebration a 'la Hunger Games style of violence towards one another to compete for cash.
It's long been my thought that monkey see monkey do. What gets produced and distributed becomes white noise to society and molds behavior in an unconscious manner.
Any thoughts?
Seems strange to bash a tv series you havent seen. The writer-director created it from his imagination and he had the skills to make it.
Not sure what you mean by, “‘monkey see monkey do’? Did you think Breaking Bad, considered by Americans as the greatest tv show ever, is a reason for a boom of meth distribution?
I know I cant make Squid game. Thats high-level artistry.
My guess is the writer intended to expose the immense economic inequity and social disparity between the have and have nots - in as creative a way as possible. In my book that's cool. Beware the opportunists - as in those ruthless cut-throats who'd sacrifice relationships and callously do real harm to good people just to move up in the world, also seems to be a thematic undertone.
So it would seem to echo the subversive sensibility of say, THE TWILIGHT ZONE - that used fringe, the same way this show uses the game, to drive home some serious social commentary and masked morality tales.
...For some at least. As in all art, much is left open to interpretation. But I do understand your comment Cherelynnn - in the sense that Normal Lear wrote ALL IN THE FAMILY to shine a comedic light on Archie Bunker's bigotry, in order to call us higher as a society. Some understood this and loved the satire, others actually championed Archie Bunker's attitudes and opinions (not just his lovable authenticity and hilariously annoying obstinance).
Ain't gonna watch it so I rest my comments...however I did watch "Parasite" dealing with similar subject of economical inequality and the badness of the rich and bla bla...nothing new I haven't seen from The Dynasty in the 80's onwards...
Let's make something clear....general populations IQ is downing decade by decade, shows only follow....I wander if we'll ever gonna see a show on pedophile rings among 75% US/world movie/music aristocracy or say, how thousands of writers to gaffers are underpaid and socially distorted so we can have Netflix gold each night by the pop-corns...
I guess not likely... After this there will be just another "game", to which Billy Joel would sing "and on and on and on..."