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Squid Game #1 in 90 countries - who'd have thought that shows/movies depicting true capitalism with realistic capitalist brutality would be so popular? 😮(www.forbes.com)

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I did. We all did. Still happy to see it.

Korean cinema has really seemed to break through in the US since Parasite. I will say I am not very exposed to Korean culture outside of what makes it over the Pacific to bleed into US culture. Which in my opinion makes it all the more impressive that two anti-capitalist Korean productions became international sensations after exploding in the US.

Can you all feel it? They tried to make us feel like the energy was gone, but it’s still there, and it’s not just Squid Game that’s showing it.

EDIT - on a show related note, Oh-Il Nam was a total surprise to me, biggest twist I’d say.

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In episode 2, when

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they were like “We’ll kill you to protect the integrity of this democratic procedure” when everyone was voting on whether or not they’d all stay on the games.

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Lmao right? I’m worried that libs won’t get it, though. They’ll just go, “oh cool, see? They had a chance to vote! 😁 They chose this! It was voluntary!” while ignoring the threat of violence both in and outside of the “games.”

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