‘Squid Game’ director says the show’s violent nature is “figurative and allegorical”
nme.comSquid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about the violent nature of his hit Netflix series.During a recent speech at the SBS D Forum in South Korea, per Yonhap News Agency, Hwang touched on the depiction of violence in the series, noting that he wanted to use that element to reflect the competitive nature of society and what happens when someone fails in that system.“I kept asking questions, like who made this competition system in our society and who drives us into a corner,” said the 50-year-old director. “This is the question that I want to ask everybody living in the midst of the pandemic in the 21st century.”“Violence in the show looks very lifelike, but it is figurative and allegorical,” Hwang added, noting that.
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