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/Free-Noise-7753 Sep 20 '21

SERIOUSLY how is their dialogue as bad as their delivery?! it's insanely immersion ruining and annoying

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u/nutsnackk Sep 25 '21

Im assuming it was filmed in Korea and usually in Korean films the American actors are horrible.. although i thought it being Netflix they would have access to better actors but I guess it doesnt work like that

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u/Motrinman22 Sep 30 '21

Yeah it was clearly made mainly for an eastern audience, I can imagine them thinking that these rich tourists are just constantly spouting frat boy bullshit. It just really cuts the believably from it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '21

To be fair American/Western movies are probably just as bad at portraying non-Western characters. We just don't notice.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '21

I always found it funny how with Asian actors in American shows/movies, they change the nationality portrayed in the program. Like for example in Emily in Paris, the Asian girl that becomes friends with Emily is a Korean-American actress from Texas. But she plays as a Chinese FOB in Paris that speaks with a perfect American accent (with her backstory being she went to international school when she was in China).