Squid Game is a South Korean hit series from the Netflix platform that has been unanimous among fans and viewers for less than a month. However, despite its great success in many countries, the latter is more moderate in the USA. What explains such a low success rate in this country with a particularly favorable market?
Less successful compared to that of Lucifer?
The low-resounding triumph of the series Squid Game of USA may well be due to the success of other popular series in the country. Indeed, if the successful Netflix series has clearly established itself in many countries, it is not unanimous on the platform in the United States. This is perhaps linked to the fact that the American series called Lucifer has better captured the attention of Netflix audiences in the USA.
As an indication, the series in question has accumulated 1.6 billion minutes of listening during the week of September 13 to 19. In the same period, Squid Game only totaled 206 million minutes of listening. In truth, during its release, the successful South Korean series remained in the shadow of many other series such as ClickBait and Manifest.
Squid Game: a series recognized as ultra-violent?
Another striking fact that could explain the non-success of this series in the USA could concern its ultraviolent character. Because, several outstanding scenes of the series, in particular those of the first episode, are qualified as “gore” (violent). Through them, participants in a children’s game whose reward is a large sum of money were shot dead.
Moreover, although the series was not recommended for people under the age of 16, this did not prevent many minors from watching it. so much she was on social networks. Due to its violent nature, it can be admitted that this series can be strongly criticized in certain countries such as the USA. Belgium has already sounded the alarm bells.
A nascent unhealthy addiction in toddlers?
If the Squid Game series amazed more than one, it also had adverse effects on another layer of society, children. As an explanation, some children have taken to reproducing various game scenes from the series to the point of indulging in them in the playgrounds. A phenomenon that began in primary school with CM2 classes.
It should be noted that such behavior has been observed in several countries such as France and Belgium. In addition, some addiction to inappropriate behavior has been noted among many young people and adolescents. Such a state of affairs could have prompted a large number of Americans to express reservations concerning theSouth Korean artwork.
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