'Squid Game' Makes History at Emmys, Provoking More Thought

Korean drama " squid game " at the 74th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, protagonist Lee Jung-jae made history as the first Korean to win the Emmy Awards actor.

​​"Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae delivers an acceptance speech during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 12th

South Korean drama "Squid Game" was held at the 74th Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles on Monday History was made at the awards ceremony. Its leading actor Lee Jung-jae won the Best Actor in a TV Drama trophy, while director Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Outstanding Directing Award for a TV Drama.

This marks the first time an Asian actor has won an Emmy for Best Actor, and a play produced in a language other than English has been honored for its director.

Hwang, who wrote and directed the show himself, said in his acceptance speech: "I really hope 'Squid Game' won't be the last non-English show to appear at the Emmys."

These Emmys for "Squid Game" once again show us how Korean cultural content can break down language barriers beyond film and pop music, and now also through theater, and by reaching people around the world to create a major "cultural shift" .

Above all, it also makes sense how Korean pop culture resonates with people around the world through issues of general concern, turning their attention to issues plaguing Korean society.

Squid Game Day

Los Angeles has designated September 17th every year as "Squid Game Day" to celebrate the expansion of Asian-American influence in the film and television entertainment industry in the United States.

Los Angeles sets up Squid Game Day

"Squid Game" marks another victory in the fight to improve the representation of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in film and entertainment, educating audiences about Korean culture and traditions, while paving the way for the rest of the AAPI community to tell their stories," reads the resolution.

And the actor Lee Jung-jae will play the protagonist of the new "Star Wars" series "The Acolyte" ("The Acolyte"), successfully entered the Hollywood .

leads East Asia

Korean films have gained international prominence in recent years. Some people say that Hong Kong filmmakers will be jealous because many local filmmakers have been nourished and grown by Hong Kong films. itch. And I guess, if there is real jealousy, maybe Japan is worse than Hong Kong? Japan and South Korea are relatively close in terms of aesthetics. Japanese movies have also had a period of blooming years. Now they are not necessarily stagnant, but their momentum is still inferior to South Korea. It is like racing , obviously leading in front, but in the blink of an eye, another car turns at a high speed, A whistle left you behind, and no matter how calm the driver was, he couldn't help gripping the steering wheel, glaring and cursing.

It might be safer to say: men, even men and women, are versatile and attractive. Forever hard and forever soft, it is not easy for the audience to be satisfied for a long time. It is best for actors to be changeable, just because the audience is changeable, the impermanence under the spotlight is the constant in the world.