The final season of “Squid Game,” which is currently available on Netflix, was attended by thousands of fans in Seoul on Saturday to mark the end of the country’s cultural clout.
The series, which features desperate people competing for huge cash prizes in violent adaptations of popular children’s games, finished its third and final season on Friday.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the series’ director, claimed he had “poured everything” into it after it premiered almost four years ago.
There is also a sense of relief, he said, “so while it’s sentimental to see it end.”
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Fans gathered near Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace, followed by marchers wearing the enigmatic masked agents’ bright pink uniforms.
Others followed them with the show’s flag, which included oversize toys from one of the video games featured in the series.
The dystopian drama was “ultimately a story about people,” according to Park Sang-gyu, a fan who stayed up all night to watch the final season.
As you watch, you come to the realization that the game is more than just about the games; it also reflects many aspects of daily life.
Young-hee, the enormous motion-sensing animatronic doll from one of its brutal games, was featured in one of the Seoul Metropolitan Library’s walls with iconic images from its films.
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The show has “becomed to be something of a cultural phenomenon,” according to Lee Byung-hun, who played the masked Front Man in charge of the competition.
One that, according to him, “has one of the boldest lines in Korean history.”
The first two seasons of the show, which ranked among Netflix’s most popular, were aired in 2022, with Lee Jung-jae and Hwang becoming the first Asian men to receive an Emmy Award.
After surviving the first round, the final season follows Gi-hun, played by Lee, who makes his way back to the ultra-violent games.
Source: Channels TV
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