Netflix drama " squid game " has achieved another success. The actor Lee Jung Jae and the heroine Zheng Haoyan won the 28th Screen Actors Guild Award for the best men and women in the drama category After the lead actor award, Lee Jung-jae won the best actor award for this drama at the 74th Emmy Awards after a few months.
At the same time, Hwang Dong-hyuk, the director of "Squid Game", also won the Best Director Award for this drama.
"Squid Game" won Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor and Director in a Series, a first for a non-English language show. It also created a precedent for an Asian to win the Best Actor Award for the first time.
To this end, Lee Jung Jae also brought his wealthy girlfriend, Lin Shiling , the ex-wife of Samsung head Lee Jae-yong , to make a public appearance and went to the United States to receive the award together.
"Squid Game" has occupied the first place in the foreign Netflix TV drama department since its launch, and occupied the second place in the world Netflix drama department, which is the first time in the history of Korean dramas.
"Squid Game" mainly tells about 456 Koreans who are frustrated in their lives. They have become marginalized people due to crime, greed, depression, gambling and other reasons. A bonus is the bait to walk into a game of challenging extreme survival.
The participants in this survival game decide the winner through simple games such as "hibiscus blossoms", "drawing lots", "tug-of-war" and "bead game". .
can say that "squid game" is a very cruel struggle to survive in a secret room, and it is ironic that the name actually comes from a traditional game of Korean children. The original game rules are that draw squares, triangles and circles on the ground as limit. Because these figures are arranged, it looks like a squid from a distance, so it is called a squid game.
"Squid Game" actually uses the simplest children's game to expose the complexity of adult society, in fact, it uses innocence and cruelty to compare the essence of human nature.
"Squid Game" has aroused a high degree of discussion and attention since its broadcast. It not only became the Korean TV viewing champion, but also became the first Korean drama to top the Netflix list in the United States.
In recognition of the "surprise" that "Squid Game" brought to the audience and to commemorate the influence of Korean film and television dramas on American popular culture, the Los Angeles city government also announced that September 17th every year will be established as "Squid Game Day" in Los Angeles.
But despite this, there are many bridges in the "Squid Game" drama, and similar plots or scenes can be found in other film and television dramas. According to incomplete statistics, the plots in "Squid Game" are at least too "similar" to the plots in 9 works from 5 countries, and even some segments are very similar to Korean variety shows.
Many netizens call it a "plagiarism and stitching monster", but it is undeniable that the actors in the show have performed very well. Whether it is the protagonist Li Zhengzai or the supporting roles, they have contributed a lot of wonderful acting skills, making this drama The show shines brightly.
and at present, the film and television dramas and animation works produced by Netflix have become synonymous with high-quality film and television works. Basically, the ratings produced by Netflix are quite good. And in recent years, whether South Korea or Taiwan can play in Netflix dramas can basically win a lot of awards. Just like "Above the Lights" starring Ruby Lin and in Taiwan has also won many Golden Bell Award nominations and has become the biggest winner of the Golden Bell Award.
So actors not only have to pass the test,And also need to meet a strong film and television production company, so as to have the possibility of winning.
