The Gamers with Glasses Show: Squid Game Spoilercast

We’re joined by Professor Se (Seth) Young Kim, an expert on Korean and Japanese cinema and games, to discuss the Netflix television hit Squid Game (from director Hwang Dong-hyuk). We discuss how the show reinvents the genre of the battle royale, how it responds to capitalism and the financial crises of the 1990s and 2000s, translation issues, what the show has to say about education, why children’s games are so important, and much more!