Squid Game is show about brutality. 456 lost souls are asked to compete in sadistic schoolyard games to the death. The last person standing inherits …
Squid Game is show about brutality.456 lost souls are asked to compete in sadistic schoolyard games to the death. The last person standing inherits a wild fortune. Everyone else is brutally killed and then incinerated. So it’s not like I expected Squid Game to be brimming with fairness, kindness, or simple human decency, and yet, I can’t help but feel Squid Game ‘s female characters really got the short end of the stick. They’re outnumbered in the games by their male counterparts, given less screen time, and ultimately killed off or abandoned in favor of following the dude’s tortured storylines. So why — if I know Squid Game is a show that is inherently about how fucked up and unfair the world is — does this bother me? Because the women we do meet in Squid Game fucking rule. Jung Ho-yeon ‘s Kang Sae-byeok (067) is a street-wise North Korean defector with a heart of gold and the most mesmerizing face on screen. Kim Joo-ryoung’s Han Mi-nyeo (212) is a darkly hilarious wild card, as eager to destroy herself as get revenge on those who have wronged her. And Lee Yoo-mi’s Ji-yeong (240) is a heartbreaking homicidal maniac who maybe could have blossomed had she ever been loved. They’re fascinating, compelling, and most of all, doomed. If the women of Squid Game couldn’t get happy endings, could they at least have had more screen time? Justice for the ladies of Squid Game! Netflix’s Squid Game was written and directed by rising Korean auteur Hwang Dong-hyuk and it tells the story of what happens when one down-on-his-luck gambler, Seong Gi-hun ( Lee Jung-jae), finds himself in a wild tournament of children’s games gone deadly.
