Their ignorance to the rules is also likely the viewer’s. The rules, however, seem to confound all the foreign “MVPs” watching the game above-a stand-in, no doubt, for viewers of the Netflix series, also watching violence for entertainment. (Before the game began, Seong had won a coin toss and chosen offense.)īy the end of the game, instead of killing Cho, Seong makes his way to the squid’s head, hoping to end the game in the traditional manner. ![]() Still, Seong begins the game trying to follow the rules by hopping along the outside of the box. 0218) in a one-on-one matchup.īy this point, the two men are able to simply disregard the rules and kill each other. ![]() Seong later plays the game during the main events of the series against childhood friend Cho Sang-woo (No. 0456) is seen playing the game during an opening black and white flashback sequence. In the series, protagonist Seong Gi-hun (No. It’s described as a “type of tag where offense and defense use a squid-shaped board drawn in the dirt.” ![]() Of all the schoolyard games played during Netflix’s battle-royale style Korean thriller Squid Game, the titular game is said to be the most physical, the most violent.Īccording to Netflix’s 2019 announcement of the series (directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk), squid game is a literal translation of a popular schoolyard game played by Korean children during the 1970s and 1980s. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Squid Game.
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