Anders Jensen, Sara Lorensen, Ciara Lucid, Cecilie Rold
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Abstract
The South Korean TV-show Squid Game (2021) recently became a major cultural phenomenon. In this video essay, we argue that it has been especially impactful because it draws heavily on colorful video game aesthetics and contrasts them with a bleak, hypercapitalistic South Korean reality. In that way, the show is a metaphor for modern-day escapism.