Netflix’s next big television hit is here. Squid Game is brutal, it’s violent and it’s taking the world by storm.
The South Korean dystopian horror follows hundreds of debt-ridden citizens as they are forced to participate in a competition of childhood games — and be killed if they lose. The winner wins a massive amount of cash.
A representative from Netflix did not provide CBC News with a specific number of viewers that have tuned into Squid Game since its Sep. 17 premiere; the streaming giant is selective about which viewership statistics it shares with the public.
But Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently announced that Squid
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