Squid Game, Netflix’s phenomenal TV series

Hundreds of cash-strapped individuals accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. An inviting prize awaits them, but the stakes are deadly. ‘Squid Game’ is the new chat, much chat, TV series broadcast on Netflix. It was written by South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk 12 years ago. His screenplay was rejected by studios, investors and even actors because it was considered too complex and macabre. After 10 years of denial, the opportunity for Hwang – came with Netflix. Right now ‘Squid Game’ is currently # 1 in 90 countries and is expected to be seen by over 80 million subscribers worldwide in its first month of release, becoming the most watched series in Netflix history, thus surpassing even the ‘Paper House’. Those who decide to take part in this game, people deeply in debt, know that if they lose they will die but even stopping playing has deadly consequences. This series has become a phenomenon, as was the South Korean film ‘Parasite’, the first foreign film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 92nd edition of the film festival in 2020.