The global rise of a small subset of K-dramas is impacting the entire Korean TV landscape – and it’s not all for the best.
- Lecturer, School of International Studies, Macquarie University
Physical: 100 has taken the global number one spot on Netflix, just like its South Korean brethren Squid Game – and the similarities between the shows don’t end there.
Squid Game is the latest South Korean television show to highlight vast socio-economic inequality and the brutal trap of capitalism.
The bait-and-switch approach on show in Oscar-winning film Parasite is characteristic of contemporary Korean cinema – and there is plenty more to explore.
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