When Squid Game premiered on Netflix in September 2021, it offered the perfect catharsis for an audience recovering from the emotional trauma and economic strife of a global pandemic. Created by Korean auteur Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show imagined a brutal competition pitting poor people against each other for a massive cash prize. The deadly trials were all based on on children’s playground games and the drama’s visuals were all soaked in candy-toned bright colors. Squid Game soon hooked the world with its sophisticated blend of art and depravity and became Netflix’s most-watched show of all time. It was such a staggering success that a Season 2 seemed inevitable, even if matching the first season’s creative heights seemed impossible.
Now, Squid Game Season 2 is finally here. The seven new episodes of Squid Game are stunning, shocking, heartbreaking, and even exhilarating. Squid Game Season 2 is good! It isn’t quite
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