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The movie is more than a metaphor for climate change. It is a metaphor for where 40 years of neoliberal economic policies have left us.
Some viewers purposefully seek out spoilers, others skip scenes with characters they don’t like. The advent of streaming has made viewers more actives and producers should take note.
There may be no shortage of offers after such a dramatic season.
Squid Game alludes to anti-worker violence that has permeated South Korean labour history, and reminds viewers of the need to overcome real inequalities.
In the hit Korean Netflix show ‘Squid Game,’ players are required to sign dubiously ethical contracts as their lives are assigned monetary value.
The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats and bizarre drama.
Research shows that adults, even without kids, have used lockdown and the advent of streaming services, to revisit the shows they enjoyed as children.
‘Cowboy Bebop’ drew international viewers with its genre-bending fusion of American mafia movies, Italian westerns, Japanese cyberpunk, Hong-Kong style martial arts and its eclectic soundtrack.
Teens deserve to be empowered by knowledge of the pleasures of sex.
Growing up is never easy, but visualising complex ideas can help. Animation and character design allow us to put a metaphorical mirror up to society.
The unanticipated popularity of the Korean show ‘Squid Game’ highlights our relationship to debt and capitalism, but the contradictions extend beyond the show itself.
Children are being exposed to aspects of Netflix’s gory and dark drama Squid Game, but it’s most likely not from the streaming service itself.
Streaming platforms have introduced to thousands of hyper-specific categories and genres that shape our tastes.
Rising household debt in South Korea is crippling many and Squid Game speaks to this very real horror facing many in the country.
Squid Game is the latest South Korean television show to highlight vast socio-economic inequality and the brutal trap of capitalism.
To witness South Asian representation on a global platform is liberating, but what one is being represented for is of more importance, if not the most.
The third season of Aziz Ansari’s Master of None explores the complexities of a lesbian relationship. It is like nothing the show has done before.
A stage musical adaptation is just the newest addition to the cottage industry which is Round The Twist nostalgia.
Global spending on product placements is expected to top $23 billion in 2021, about a 14% increase over the previous year.
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