We know that OTT space is overflowed content and for series to be a global phenomenon is not a small thing. The Korean web series Squid Game has become now become an all-time favorite for all the series most-watched lovers around the world. This Netflix original has become the most-watched show in around 90 countries now. In terms of plot, Squid Game has nothing new to offer, it is a usual dystopian story that hasthat seen many movies and series but it is the execution and performance that makes this series excellent. Squid Game has the perfect formula to make a series watchable, the first thing among the connection with characters, If a story failed to connect characters with the audience it never becomes a great one, well Squid Game well-written characters that we like, hate and cry for them.
Series or Movies never become perfect unless it has a well-written screenplay and squid have not that perfect but engaging script that urges us to watch the next episode, if a series could do that then it have achieved its goal. Without many spoilers like every web series on Netflix, this one has a lot of bloody and gory sequences which make close their eyes while watching the show. Apart from that Squid game is also a commentary on society as well as humanity. Its anticapitalistic approach said what it has to say. It reflects humanity in such a way that it makes us question when it comes to our own survival are ready to betray everyone including our close ones. It also shows the great divide in our society that the privileged will always manipulate the underprivileged it is a constant cycle that cannot be broken.
As mentioned earlier well-written characters make the show great but it also requires great performance by the actors as well in Squid Game all the actors including the secondary characters. Lee Jung-Jae who plays the center character Seong Gi- Hun is perfect in the role his emotions during the situations is impactful during the entire show. The surprise performance was from Anupam Tripathi who plays Anwar Ali an immigrant from Pakistan and the struggles that Ali has to go through are brilliantly performed by Tripathi. The series also have cringe moment when American characters appear in the show. They portrayed are in a very stereotypical way that makes the viewers a bit irritated.
To conclude Squid Game is a rollercoaster ride emotion, it makes us sad, happy, angry, and definitely not for the faint-hearted.
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