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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 May as Well Be Ripped from the Headlines

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Summary
Nutrition label

55% Informative

This time around, Squid Game doubles down on both its relentless brutality and its critique of capitalism.

The show is steeped in income inequality and a winner-takes-all mentality.

One of the episodes is even called “ Bread and Lottery ,” in case the drama’s premise didn’t already have the idea of “bread and circuses” whirling around your head.

The new crop of contestants is people with little to lose who can’t imagine anything worse than their existing lives.

The two sides become increasingly polarized, seeing each other as the enemy while the Front Man sneaks into the game and manipulates them all.

There are some fun updated touches, like real life K-pop star Yim Si-wan as Myung -gi.

VR Score

44

Informative language

35

Neutral language

20

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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