The show will run for 10 episodes and contestants will compete through a series of games inspired by the original show. The second season of the Korean drama was the most watched series in history, with over 1.5 billion hours watched in the first 28 days.
The irony of this announcement is not lost on anyone who watched Squid Game, which is a narrative that is explicitly against the kind of voyeuristic cash- grab competition show and the kind of systems that would encourage down-on- their-luck individuals to compete for money at the risk There is no way that this show is going to be different from the ethos of Squid Game. When MrBeast did the same thing a few years ago he missed the point.
What part of a show that encourages people to commit murder for entertainment feels similar to the format of a reality show. The announcement feels like it's from a bad time when art is only used to make money, and intellectual property is only used to tell stories. It might be funny, but there is something sinister about American capitalists taking this show and making it into something that celebrates exploitativeness.
Challenge will be filmed in the UK, according to the press release. I am not going to encourage anyone to apply for the job. It's just in case.
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