It’s been 1,196 days since Netflix premiered, with little promotion and no reviews, an odd South Korean drama about economic desperation, bloodsport and childhood games that quickly became one of its most-watched series.
That’s a long hiatus — even by the erratic release standards of post-COVID, post-strike television — so I forced myself to do a full Squid Game rewatch, quite wary of how the series’ stealthy tonal twists would play with the pressure of expectations.
Squid Game
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Airdate: Thursday, December 26 (Netflix)
Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-jun, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo, Yu-ri, Won Ji-an, Lee Seo-hwan, with Gong Yoo
Creator: Hwang Dong-hyuk
The pleasant shock was that
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