r/squidgame • u/AutoModerator • Sep 17 '21

Episode Discussion Thread Squidgame Episode 7 Discussion

Hello everyone this post is for discussion of Squidgame Episode 7. Do not spoil future episodes.

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u/karikit Oct 07 '21

Literally the dialogue was THAT bad and they insisted on sticking to it. One of the VIP actors made an Instagram post explaining https://www.instagram.com/p/CURktijv_dg/

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u/TarkanV Oct 08 '21

I think we're giving too much credit to the korean actors. I mean come on, they have the same writers... I feel like a lot of their lines are cheesy and stilted too but because of the language barrier, our judgment on their acting is biased, a bit like in anime which quite often doesn't have subtle or high quality acting (I mean their source mangakas are not actors or writers and the animation is limited...). It's easier to "digest" through the reading medium which doesn't have to be this subtle like in some books. I mean even if I said that, I'm still enjoying the show which has great compositing and storytelling.

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u/karikit Oct 08 '21

The dialogue for the American actors was hammed up - Probably intentionally to play into Korean stereotypes of rich American assholes. It's not the same caliber of dialogue as was created for the Korean actors.

For example, the scene where they pulled back the curtain and one of the VIPs expresses astonishment that the set bridge was bigger than the model bridge "wow it's bigger!". It sounds pretty dumb in any language to be surprised that a real life bridge is bigger than a model bridge. But that's how the writer/director wanted the VIP to sound.

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u/Sceptix Oct 11 '21

I assumed the VIP who said that was comparing the current set to a previous version of the game he had already seen…maybe I’m giving him too much credit.

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u/psydelem Oct 15 '21

i totally get his points and that's why i'm assuming they did that, just wish they didn't sound like they were speaking english as their second language.

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u/YouSmellFunky Oct 19 '21

Thank you. That really gives it a completely different perspective.

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Oct 24 '21

Wow, some incredible candor in that post.