{"id":1195323,"date":"2023-10-23T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1195323"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:51:44","slug":"netflixs-squid-game-the-challenge-trailer-confirms-it-missed-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1195323","title":{"rendered":"Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge trailer confirms it missed the message"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix has dropped a trailer for the upcoming reality series Squid Game: The Challenge<\/em>. The forthcoming show starts with 456 contestants competing for a $4.56 million prize in events repackaged (minus the brutal violence) from the scripted series<\/a>. What better way to follow a fictional critique of modern capitalism\u2019s exploitation of the financially desperate for profit and entertainment than to embrace a reality TV spectacle that exploits the financially desperate for profit and entertainment?<\/p>\n

Among other games ripped from the South Korean show, the competition\u2019s trailer showcases the original series\u2019 creepy \u201cred light, green light\u201d doll as players in green tracksuits nervously scoot across the floor, ready to stop at a moment\u2019s notice. (In this version, the \u201cgunshots\u201d fired at infringing players involve pre-placed blood packets exploding on their chests.) In standard reality TV fashion, there are hints of shameless backstabbing and plenty of lusting over the prize money. Masked guards create an ambiance of intimidation as Sammy Davis Jr.\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ve Gotta Be Me\u201d plays in the background, echoing the source material\u2019s theme of unlikely riches as the sole path to fulfillment in a late-capitalist hellscape.<\/p>\n

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When the competition was filmed earlier this year, each player subjected themselves to this exhibition for a 0.22% chance at a couple of million dollars after taxes.<\/p>\n

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The reality series made headlines earlier this year when several contestants reportedly required medical attention<\/a>, proving that irony has flatlined, and Netflix is selling tickets to view its corpse. \u201cIt was like a war zone,\u201d one player told<\/a> The Sun<\/em>. \u201cPeople left in tears.\u201d The report described frigid conditions: one exhausted player was hauled away on a stretcher while others crawled to the finish line.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if hypothermia kicked in then people were willing to stay for as long as possible because a lot of money was on the line,\u201d one competitor said. \u201cToo many were determined not to move so they stood there for far too long. There were people arriving thinking they were going to be millionaires but they left in tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a contestant says in the trailer, \u201cThis is a savage game.\u201d Squid Game: The Challenge<\/em> begins streaming on Netflix<\/a> on November 22.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/netflixs-squid-game-the-challenge-trailer-confirms-it-missed-the-message-185144569.html?src=rss
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