At the time of 'D.P.', many people could not stop as soon as they saw the first episode, so they drove the whole story and slept at dawn and woke up the next day and went to work. In addition to the cynical response that "squid Game" only copied the genre of Survival Death (to give and kill) Game, such as "Battle Royal" and "The House of Paper", "I turned it off more than one part" and "I put up with the second part but it was not funny" were lined up.
But it happened: It was the first time in United States of America to be ranked #1 in Netflix. On the 23rd, Netflix took first place on the "Top 10 of World Today" chart. According to Flix Patrol, the OTT ranking aggregation site, it ranked first in 80 countries out of 83 countries on the 29th.
In the video Content rating site Rotten Tomato, the freshness JiSoo (critic score) of "squid Game" once scored 100%. Popcorn JiSoo, which shows the ratings of the general audience, shot 88%; another rating site, IMDb, scored 8.3 out of 10; all of them were fairly high.
Former World major foreign media also received a favorable response to 'squid Game'. CNN said, "It is an understatement to say that 'squid Game' is a topic," and "squid Game" is a very similar phenomenon to that shown in the Korean movie "parasite."
"The 'squid Game' has set a milestone for the Korean original Drama," said the United States of America's major film media deadline. "As the popularity of non-English Content grows among the United States of America viewers, "squid Game" benefits.
The British daily The Guardian analyzed the popularity of the squid Game in an article entitled 'squid Game, a hellish horror show that captivated the former World'.
All of those who participated in the Game are debt-stricken. They see the failures in the first Game die, and leave the Game in accordance with the clause that they can quit the Game according to the majority vote, but they soon come back to the Game field after hitting the wall of reality. The reality is that it is more hell than the Game chapter where death is lurking. The second subtitle that draws it is Hell.
In fact, it is highly likely that viewers have fallen into the Drama, empathizing with the problems of poverty covered in the Drama, or admiring the exquisite description of the seriousness of these social problems.
The Guardian said: "The background of 'quid Game' is the very substantial inequality of wealth in Korea today. The closest thing to comparing is the 2019 Oscar, a film about the spirit of the times, "parasites," he said. "The common point between the two works is that class divisions appear and lead to a bloody ending."
"'squid Game' depends on the perspective of viewing. In foreign countries, 'squid Game' is viewed as a parasite. I look at the World with a cynical gaze that criticizes the World. "
Although Korean movies based on gangsters have become popular, it can be a great pain for those who hate it to endure the cruelty of stabbing, shooting and bleeding each other with a goal of 'survival' for 2 hours (about 9 hours in the case of 'squid Game').
As popular as the 'paper house' for foreigners with relatively little rejection of this, 'squid Game' would have been enough Content to attract them.
In addition to the main story that is not present in foreign countries, the background of the Characters given to each Character (one of K-Drama's clichés, sometimes connected to Shinpa, which causes the viewers to leave) is an analysis that it was enough to be a novel factor for foreign viewers.
Of course, that does not mean that there were no viewers who enjoyed 'squid Game' among Korean viewers.
"The viewers of Korea see even the details: 'Can you even put this expression on?' In Korea, the sensitivity to sexual violence, especially those of foreigners, may be more than that of foreigners. There may be such a difference. "
He added that the 'squid Game' has a global box office phenomenon.
"There is no correct answer to evaluation," said Chung Duk-hyun, a critic. "Evaluation varies depending on the viewpoint. Evaluation varies depending on the position. Even if there is a reaction in the existing local (Korean), the global response may be different: 'This work is good. It's bad, "he said, and I am familiar with the view of sharing it.