Squid Game Season 2 Tease Reveals The Show's Biggest Upcoming Challenge
Squid Game season 2 is still a long way off, but series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has shed some light on the biggest challenge facing the production. Currently, it seems that Dong-hyuk is developing and fleshing out ideas for where the show could go next. As one of the biggest shows on Netflix, it’s no wonder that Squid Game season 2 has a steep curve to overcome in creating a follow-up to its explosive first season.
Squid Game centers on a world in which hundreds of impoverished people compete in deadly versions of children’s schoolyard games for a lucrative grand prize. Often viewed as a metaphor for the ills of capitalism and growing wealth disparity, Squid Game deftly used the death-game genre to comment on the failings of modern society. However, it’s Squid Game’s wide variety of challenges and games that give the show an extra edge that makes the series the perfect combination of entertainment and social commentary.
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According to creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, in creating new versions of these decisive, deadly games lies the greatest challenge for him in developing Squid Game season 2. In season 1, the games were the show’s main selling point, drawing viewers in with their surprising, violent twists. And, as Squid Game season 1 featured a major twist, it’s likely that the nature of the games will have to match the stakes of that twist going forward and provide new surprises to the show’s viewers.
As an example, Squid Game first gained notoriety due to the title game introduced in episode 1, “Red Light, Green Light”. A familiar game to most, in which players have to race to a finish line without being caught in motion by a robotic model of a
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