The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'

The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'

A factory turned into a battlefield, riot police armed with tasers and an activist who spent 100 days atop a chimney -- the unrest that inspired Netflix's most successful show ever has all the hallmarks of a TV drama. This month sees the release of the second season of "Squid…

“Children’s games are simple”: Among the Netflix premieres for the last week of 2024 is the second season of the series The Squid Game, where some characters return to try to survive the tests imposed to eliminate the players until there is a winner. There are productions based on real stories such as La Palma or that of Monsters, about the Menéndez brothers and the crime committed against their parents, others are inspired by events of real lif…

Violent riots, financial stress, and a demanding job market. The success of Netflix series is not entirely unlike reality.