Squid Game director says people deeply relate to theme of economic inequality
Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote about a decade ago, but said investors were reluctant, and those who read the script called it weird and unrealistic.
Hwang Dong-hyuk's television debut last month became the streaming giant's most popular series at launch,Its dystopian vision sees hundreds of marginalised individuals pitted against each other in traditional children's games - all of which Hwang played growing up in Seoul.Hwang's works have consistently and critically responded to social ills, power and human suffering, and he based several of its highly flawed yet relatable characters on himself.
"But when I visited the UK at age 24, a white staff member at airport immigration gave me a dismissive look and made discriminatory comments. I find it truly shocking to this day.'Bottom of the ladder' "Through the reference to the SsangYong Motor layoffs, I wanted to show that any ordinary middle-class person in the world we live in today can fall to the bottom of the economic ladder overnight," Hwang told AFP.
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