Not only does the show have a 100 percent approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it has also inspired online merchandise, spawned TikTok challenges, and memes. Squid Game has well and truly become a part of the cultural zeitgeist. The journey of the show towards global domination is very similar to Parasite, the first non-English film that made history by winning four Oscars, including Best Picture. This is a reminder that audiences have an appetite for compelling storytelling and stunning visuals regardless of language or even familiarity. The comparisons to Joon-ho’s masterpiece are not just limited to the global success. The irony of grown-up adults risking their lives to win money to repay their debts by playing kids' games has attracted global viewers | Netflix At their core, both Parasite and Squid Game are a biting critique of inequality.Ī scene from "Honeycomb Cookie" Game in "Squid Game." Oct, 2021. The title Parasite refers to the Kim family, who live in sewage-flooded squalor and start leeching off the wealthy Park family. The Kims worry about money while the Parks are more concerned about unpleasant smells emanating from poor people. The Parks live in an ultra-modern home with giant panes that give them sweeping views of their meticulously mowed garden and manicured hedges while the Kims scamper down city steps into a tiny home that looks out into a street that also is a urinal for drunks. And the Kims celebrate with cheap pizza while a casual meal in the Park household involves premium cuts of beef. Parasite is a more personal story about a working-class family that has no hope of a better life, and are okay living off the literal scraps cast off by the wealthy, while the series explores a society so callous that a group of people are willing to gamble their lives for money.
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