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Squid game
The fantastical show “Squid Game” — a bloody, nine-episode thriller by South Korean director-writer Hwang Dong-hyuk
Though he had initially written it in 2009, he was unable to find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of their drive to expand their foreign programming offerings.

The series revolves around a contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩ 45.6 billion

Themes:
Capitalism and inequality
The series shows present day very real wealth inequality and shreds the capitalist myth that hard work guarantees prosperity

How the series mirrors our society
Numbered green track suits: In Korean language these suits sounds like baeksu(백수) which means “white hands”.
The workers in “Squid game” wears bright pink track suits are defined by their anonymous and opposition

Games
Red light Green light
Dalgona
Tug-of-war
Glass stepping stones
Marbles
Gganbu

Red light Green
light

Dalgona

Tug-of-war
Glass stepping
stones (glass bridge)

Marbles
Gganbu