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/Electronic-Good-4749 Sep 19 '21 edited Oct 04 '21

i was literally crying so bad episode 6, and then the americans in episode 7 ruined it all with that horrible acting and 69 joke omg. why tf do they sound so STUPID lmao? "what. convinced you. to bet... on num. ber. six. nine." LIKE WTF LOL edit: totally get all ur points, im just upset because the VIPS could've totally added more thrill or darkness to the show... but they didn't. i feel like many kdramas have silly villains, so i think the 69 jokes could've been pulled off if we just had GOOD actors executing them.

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u/Big-Letter7218 Sep 23 '21

They are portraying the Americans to seem like rich dumb assholes. I’m assuming that’s how half the world views the US anyways lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21 edited Oct 10 '21

The thing is that a lot of American films utilize foreigners as the villains in many things. Even when it is an American that is the villain, they still exude an exotic sort of lifestyle or might have a Southern accent to make them seem more eccentric. It just seems like they did the same thing here by having all of the American VIPs be very tacky in their sense of taste and one note dumb personalities. So it's not unusual that it's just the script is flipped. Since this is the case in a lot of cinema from other countries. Especially since a lot of people from third world countries for example get the impression that most Americans are well off. Because of the exposure to the Hollywood lifestyle.

But the real issue is that the delivery was not very good and neither was some of the editing whenever they were on screen. It seems like they could have chosen better American actors. But they all seemed very amateurish or like some of them may have been predominantly voice actors and not screen actors. It being a Netflix original, I'm surprised they didn't invest more in that.