Netflix Won’t Let Squid Game Die
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Netflix Won’t Let Squid Game Die

Is Netflix trying to serve us a supersized Squid Game: USA with extra cheese and a side of late-stage capitalism? Because it sure feels like it. Between the reality show spin-off, the endless localization rumors, and the algorithm’s insatiable hunger for watch-time, the platform seems one red tracksuit away from launching an Americanized version where the prize is student loan forgiveness and the first game is surviving a trip to the DMV.

But here's the real question: can you recreate the impact of Squid Game without understanding the culture that birthed it? Or are we just watching a billion-dollar brand try to squeeze the soul out of something brutally honest—and brutally Korean?

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