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ost of us sit down at night, grab our favorite snacks, and watch an interesting show on Netflix or on our favorite streaming platform. Netflix is a streaming platform most of us are familiar with that has many big shows that are interesting to watch. Squid Game is a Korean Netflix show that gained lots of popularity here in the U.S., and lots of viewers have been waiting for the final season to come out. And to know what happens with all the show in general. All 3 final seasons are out, and it has been talked about on many different social media platforms. Today we'll be comparing the acting, symbolism, and interesting aspects of the drama of all 3 seasons. Due to each one having different aspects to them and its episodes.
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During season one we are introduced to the protagonist Seong Gi-hun and his story, him being in financial debt and having a daughter he doesn't have custody of due to his hardships. Shows us how many of the characters in Squid Game struggle with similar hardships. Fast forward to all players getting to the island and playing the games. We see lots of players that, just like the protagonist, are in financial difficulties. Players play games such as Red Light, Green Light, Dalgona Candy Challenge, Tug-of-War, Marbles, Glass Stepping Stones, and Squid Game. All the games, the protagonist concurs to succeed and win the game.
Season 1
During season 1, the acting looked so realistic, making the show have success. The season brought out tears from many viewers who looked up to players winning the games or being eliminated due to how they acted toward others. Such as Kang Sae-byeok, a North Korean girl; Cho Sang-woo the protagonist's childhood friend; Oh Il-nam, an elderly man; Jang Deok-su, an evil person that gave everyone a hard time; Ali Abdul, a calm, nice person; and Ji-yeong, a girl that kept quiet to herself. All these people had the best acting in the season; the production giving them makeup to look like bruises, blood, etc., made it more realistic.
The drama between all of these characters was something else. They either hated each other and couldn't stand one another or made a good friendship between themselves. Each tension between the characters shows us how people act towards each other. People could go as far as cheating to win the games and get the money for themselves; other friendships can go as far as lying to their closest friends to win and kill them. Showing us people we call friends can backstab us. Showing us the desperations the characters had in order to win the games. Such as the marble game. Cho Sang-woo lying to Ali Abdul that he was going to die in the game for him in order for Ali Abdul to go to the next round. But it was a lie when Ali Abdul figured out Cho Sang-woo didn't actually give him his 10 marbles and had given him rocks instead. He knew he had betrayed him when he trusted him with all his life.
Season 2
During season 2, they switch it up with the aspects in the season. During season 2, the protagonist is kept the same; the side characters, of course, are switched due to none of the season 1 characters that played being alive. Seong Gi-Hun, the protagonist; Jung-bae, the protagonist's friend; Hwang In-ho, the frontman and player that played a few games in the season; Kim Jun-hee, a pregnant girl; Lee Myung-gi, the ex-boyfriend of the pregnant girl; Park Min-su, a shy boy; Cho Hyun-ju, a trans person; Jang Geum-ja, an old lady with a heartwarming heart; Park Yong-sik, the son of the old lady; and Im Jeong-dae, the man no one liked, are supporting characters in this season. This season, show more of a helping environment. The main character helping others in the first game to succeed in it and not die. Most of the characters have a kind soul and help others as well.
The acting on this season was more emotional and social; most of the characters looked out for and cared for each other during the round of each game. Season 2 holds lots of symbolism, such as Jang Geum-ja helping Kim Jun-hee and looking out for her because she was pregnant and was one of the few people to know this news. Also, both of them becoming friends with Cho Hyun-ju, the trans person, because nobody wanted to be partnered up with her because of her situation. The acting in all the games (Red Light, Green Light; Six-Legged Pentathlon; Mingle; Hide & Seek; Jump Rope; and Platform) is different from the first season. All the games here are mostly played in teamwork, except for Red Light, Green Light, and Jump Rope. But the protagonist in these games does tell them how to pass them (leading them). In all the games, players helped each other, but in this season, there is a lot of betrayal even with the teamwork that is done in games.
Season 3
The first one is Mingle, in which players have to go in rooms with a certain amount of people when the number is called out. Many players left their partners for not being fast enough or them needing to have fewer people in the room. Another drama within season 3 is that we are also shown who the front man is, which is Hwang In-ho, a player in the games. In the episode that it was shown, it showed lots of tension towards the protagonist and Hwang In-ho due to him playing in the games and making the group feel like they were being played by him and his lies. Another drama highlight would be when Kim Jun-hee has her baby, and later on Kim Jun-hee dies due to her not being able to properly walk and having an injury on her foot. The baby is put in her mother's position in the game, and many players want to kill the baby, but the protagonist is always trying to protect the baby from other players. But fast forward, this baby of just a few days of being born wins the games due to the protagonist being a good person and not wanting to kill someone innocent (making him kill himself), making the baby a billionaire and winner of the games.
Both season 1 and seasons 2 and 3 were very different from one another. The acting is the same, with players wanting to win the winning prize and stories of some wanting to play for fun, for things they want to buy, or because of their debts. But the symbolism is different. During the first season, players only took care of themselves and themselves only, while in season 2, players took care of one another even without knowing who they were. There was also way more cheating in the games during season 1 than in seasons 2 and 3. One of the most interesting aspects of the seasons was the drama. Players lying to one another in both seasons makes the show a bit more interesting to watch. Both seasons have different games and the acting drama and are very disturbing but interesting to watch and how the setups were played. It could be said that the first season was more of a betrayer and the 2nd and 3rd seasons a bit calmer. In my opinion all 3 seasons are great to watch, but it truly depends on the viewers who are watching to decide which one they like better. Either if they like more of a season with betrayer scenes and more drama towards the end of the season. Or they like to watch more of a calmer season where characters help each other succeed and its symbolism with friendships and how they truly are.
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