Can you join Squid Game in real life?
Netflix's Korean movie, Squid Game, has become a worldwide hit
If you have watched the movie Squid Game and are still
shocked by the way dangerous games are made based on the things you used to do
as a child, you are not alone, many people like you have been affected by it.
In its first 28 days, it was watched by 111 million Netflix users around the world.
Thus, he overthrew the previous most-watched movie "Bridgerton", and it means that Korean dramas have become the most popular in the world So, how can we understand this kind of increase, and what other Korean movies have been copied?
The new history made by Squid Game in terms of how popular
it is, is evidence of how Korean culture is being studied in Western countries
in recent years.
The film joins the ranks of Korean artists whose songs are
popular, such as BTS and Blackpink, who are known in every household, as well
as films such as Parasite and Minari, which received Hollywood and Oscar
awards.
However, the takeover of Korean films in the world did not
happen overnight, as it seems.
Although they have only recently attracted audiences around
the world, these films have been popular in Asia for decades.
Since the 1990s, there has been an increase in investment in Korean entertainment. At a time when Japan was struggling with economic recession and China was on the rise, South Korea took advantage of its cultural convergence -
making more important foreign language films than the American
ones, and on the other hand, it did not agree with the Beijing government.