Squid Game
More stories
-
in SeasonsNo Morality, Only Power and Grace: On Squid Game Season 2
The following contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 2 (written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk) In thematic terms, I wasn’t sure that Squid Game needed to extend beyond its first season. It’s true that the Season 1 finale leaves the door explicitly open to a story about Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) trying to end the games, […] More
-
in Series
Squid Game: Exploitation, Autonomy and Ennui
The following contains spoilers for the entirety of Season 1 of Squid Game on Netflix There can be little denying that Squid Game is entertaining. But do we understand it? I don’t mean the plot, as Gi-hun and others crushed by onerous debt enter a series of deadly contests modelled on children’s games and so […] More
-
in Premieres
Squid Game: “Red Light, Green Light” and the Quagmire of Debt
I should begin by acknowledging that at the time of this writing I have only seen the first episode of Squid Game, S1E1, “Red Light, Green Light.” I suppose there may be some question as to whether you believe me. That’s up to you, but I couldn’t fathom playing the kind of game that would […] More
