I dealt high-limit blackjack in a casino for 6 years and the VIPs are less of a caricature than people think. The corny jokes, the sexual innuendos, and the disgusting way they enjoy displaying their wealth is all accurate.
@rylee_l2 жыл бұрын
Yup, that’s what I was thinking too
@jonathanqueen32942 жыл бұрын
I’ll disagree only because of the setting. Not that I’m in anyway a VIP, but some of my most fun times have been making dumb jokes with my friends outside of work. Like a way where you can have something you don’t have to take so seriously.
@badkarma12622 жыл бұрын
I mean I dont consider myself a VIP but with the money I make I can be arrogant at times. Its totally just a way of celebrating and nothing that you should take personally. As long as you do the work you are told I dont give a shit.
@A_O_Leary2 жыл бұрын
I think Jeff Bezos penis rocket showed VIPs/ billionaires are not cool. Wealthy does not mean cool. Trump had a gold toilet.
@shotokhan19922 жыл бұрын
i deal in a casino too and this is true. you will hear the same stupid, corny jokes every single day. the acting wasn't bad. there are a lot of people out there who are actually like this.
@theonlymixman2 жыл бұрын
It's funny hearing about that because we, Russians, encounter the same thing: extremely stereotypical "Russians" in Hollywood movies. Now you know what it feels like
@IamtheCitizen11102 жыл бұрын
Or us Arabs
@lucreziadonega11212 жыл бұрын
Same with us italians
@mrabaloneful2 жыл бұрын
Virtually everybody 😂
@thedoctor24052 жыл бұрын
oh did I mention Indians?
@Octopus_Lamp2 жыл бұрын
in american tv shows Canadians are always shown as kind and aperently we say “a-boot” instead of “about” (not as bad as the other stereotypes tho)
@infinitymixtapes95622 жыл бұрын
That sexual proposition scene might have been one of the most nauseating moments of the show for me. Probably because it was probably the most realistic
@anitamihholap59262 жыл бұрын
I know, right? The overall suspense getting on your nerves as is, and then there's the possibility of a great character getting molested. Him turning the tables was SO satisfying.
@Sana-gq9ow2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Lubin-md4ml2 жыл бұрын
I think it was the most uncomfortable, yet funniest scene in the series😂🤣 I laughed so hard at it, *iL cHanGe yOur LifE*
@anitamihholap59262 жыл бұрын
@@Lubin-md4ml *digs nails into his dangly bits* Satisfied?
@TheTrueMariWho Жыл бұрын
Ghislaine Maxwell & Jeffrey Epstein style
@The00Lisa002 жыл бұрын
The most frustrating part about the VIPs for me is they're all sitting around with these wine glasses and all I'm thinking is my God they can't drink out of those wine glasses with those masks on, they need straws! Drove me crazy 🤣
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
You know what makes even less sense? How the guards can aim their guns so perfectly with the Playstation masks on. We even see through No.29's eyes, and it's fucking hard to see!
@prod.SIMPLEA2 жыл бұрын
@@alexvaughan1013 the masks have little holes so the guards can see, i have a mask and it haves holes its hard to notice from the outside that it has holes but i can see thru really well
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
Speaking of masks and drinking things, I remember in Cobra Kai S1E3 at the Halloween party. Eli/Hawk wore a surgical mask to cover his lip scar. When he drunk with a straw, instead of pulling the mask down to his chin, he pulled the bottom part up so it still covered his lip.
@Kemipops812 жыл бұрын
Oh my God....Same here 😆😆😆....Give them a straw.
@Kemipops812 жыл бұрын
How is that series please? Thank you ❤️
@Graenolf2 жыл бұрын
Other than the two women (and player 001) I don’t think any players peed that whole time.
@ll31912 жыл бұрын
I did
@BLUEGOBEATS2 жыл бұрын
001 actually could have just used water, there’s an empty water bottle shown in the corner of that scene.
@likent79922 жыл бұрын
@@BLUEGOBEATS ur just saying that because dude Saudi
@poptartninja2 жыл бұрын
and the dude during ToW
@jamiestrand10072 жыл бұрын
@@likent7992 no
@dealphawolf2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who actually liked the VIPs because of the fact that they are that way? Like, I'm sure that most aren't like this, but is it really so unbelieve that a bunch of bored rich guys would act like this while watching poor people kill each other?
@rars0n2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Yes it is.
@linnarlobe49392 жыл бұрын
I agree. I didn’t even realize that the fans do not like them.
@linnarlobe49392 жыл бұрын
Maybe the VIPs come across different in English dub? Because of the language. Idk 😂🤯
@sophieamandaleitontoomey93432 жыл бұрын
Honestly they were supposed to be vile and rotten to the core. Whenever I hear someone speaking English in Kdramas it just sounds weird to me. Even Descendants from the Sun the American just felt out of place when he spoke. I’m starting to think it’s not completely their fault in that regard. But in regard to being disgusting and vile, I think all of them nailed it.
@juzores12 жыл бұрын
I think their ethnicity is affecting your judgement, they were horrible an absolute cringe.
@irene-bz2yq2 жыл бұрын
As someone who's been watching kdramas for four years, let me tell you something. it's very common for foreign actors to have cringe worthy dialogues in kdramas. It's not a new a thing and that's why I don't think it was necessarily intentional from the writers of Squid Game to make the VIPS stereotypical Westerners.
@amanred93372 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched many kdramers but I imagine that you are right in that it wasn't intentional. The only counter point is that the dialogue between the Korean characters was on the most part pretty convincing. It's more that they probably had no authentic reference for how these people talk. Probably would have been better to write very little dialogue and hardly have them say anything.
@gracealice72882 жыл бұрын
yeah i agree. i’ve always just assumed they talk so weirdly cause translations when writing the dialogue but then again when making subtitles for the korean audience, but making it easier to follow if they do understand english?? like i always just assume it’s fro their ease? idk
@lawkey142 жыл бұрын
first time?
@Kazaam8182 жыл бұрын
Why though? I just always felt it was unrealistic portrayal and immersion breaking and honestly when my wife and I watched it together it was immediately noticeable
@amanred93372 жыл бұрын
@@Kazaam818 Don't think anyone is denying that the the dialogue in these scenes is unrealistic and cringeworthy. People are questioning more if this was intentional from the writers to stereotype them in this way or just bad writing..
@hunibear21932 жыл бұрын
15:12 Plus, a detail I realized while watching is that they represent the players with knights in the mini glass Bridge. I thought it was odd, as pawns would've been more accurate (their expandability and how pawns move on a board) but then I realized they were repsenting the players as knights because they're *horses* Because the VIPs view them just as that -- expendable pieces and "horses to bet on"
@user-yt4bt4yf5x2 жыл бұрын
*Pawns
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
The horse analogy comes full circle from episode 1 when we see Gi-hun betting on horses like a dumbass. Then in episode 9 when he wins the games, Frontman tells him the contestants are 'his horses'.
@fe4r_stormattack232 жыл бұрын
@@alexvaughan1013 ik
@andipfeife4762 жыл бұрын
never thought about that because in germany we call knights "Springer" which translates to jumper and theyre jumping on the platforms
@Jdoug3052 жыл бұрын
I means if they were pawns they wouldn’t rlly give them a choice
@mothbutgay2 жыл бұрын
Honestly i didnt mind the VIPs i was pretty confused to see that ppl didnt like them they were there to show how disgusting rich people can be and i think it works
@user-uy1my1oc1h2 жыл бұрын
are you implying that “69 lol poo poo” isn’t comedically genius?
@commentresurrection18412 жыл бұрын
I actually think it shows how horrible poor people can be lol
@rickybobbyracing91062 жыл бұрын
@@user-uy1my1oc1h That was my issue 100%. Was just cringe to use the 69 joke twice, and to 'explain' what that joke means for the morons who didn't get it
@Horny_Fruit_Flies Жыл бұрын
I like their acting. They behave like moron frat bros who were born into wealth, which is what most rich people are. They are not better, more intelligent and more sophisticated than you are. They are like every other person, they just lucked in to having loads of money and loads of power. Like a child given super powers.
@JakeKoenig Жыл бұрын
No, they were in the show to show how disgusting WHITE people are. That's why a TV show about a game in a racially homogenous country thousands of miles from any white people had white males as the ultimate villains, and why it painted those white men as much worse than the rich Koreans who masterminded the entire game to begin with.
@MsAidanbrown2 жыл бұрын
I liked that theyre jokes were dumb, and that they weren't the smartest, mostly because we tend to deify billionaires and claim they have a level of knowledge we don't.
@FerociousPaul2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@notanagger48612 жыл бұрын
Most self made billionaires are extremely smart and ambitious people. However, those born into litteral billions tend to be ignorant and just a normal level of intelligent, simply because they were never required to be orherwise.
@notanagger48612 жыл бұрын
@@ThreeFontStreet I grew up around very rich people, most of them french or belgian. From experience I can say most of them acted very classy and mature. Overall very pleasant but very indifferent people. I can’t say how diffirent the american elite is, but I can say for sure that the french/belgian elite is comprised of overall extremely smart and mature people.
@moseskingofteabrews20212 жыл бұрын
Their*
@TheGreatestSpy4life2 жыл бұрын
@@notanagger4861 Name one "self made" billionaire. Most billionaires we know got "small" loans of a million dollars or more to create their businesses. Elon used his families blood money to get Tesla going after being unprofitable for years. The VIPs most likely represent those born into wealth much like we face in today's current society
@bubblegumdreams99342 жыл бұрын
How is everyone ignoring the room the VIPS are in, there’s human bodies as ornaments everywhere! 😬
@GarryWilliams5552 жыл бұрын
I thought they were mannequins lol
@dustingaethje13322 жыл бұрын
@@GarryWilliams555 nope lmao
@anitamihholap59262 жыл бұрын
Human furniture. And they definitely aren't getting payed enough for this.
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
The 'furniture' were actually played by real people. Standing perfectly still, naked and not cringing at the VIPs? Amazing acting talent! We should be blowing up their Instagrams!
@anitamihholap59262 жыл бұрын
@@alexvaughan1013 if you were replying to what I said, then human furniture literally means what you described.
@char46752 жыл бұрын
I think the VIPS are also supposed to represent us, the viewer. The reason is just like us, the VIPS are viewing the people suffer or "play" through all the games while relaxing and being very comfortable, enjoying drinks and snacks like many of us were when watching Squid Game. Plus while watching they frequently make meaningless comments like "why the fuck did he do that" and "wow what a shame" and also judge the players decisions. Many people have hated on characters such as Sang-Woo for their actions, forgetting the horrifying situation they're in
@Zygothdarkknight2 жыл бұрын
Yeah , As a watcher we are the same as VIP but we watch dead people in a fiction not in real life. And yeah VIPs are very realistic written characters.
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
@@Zygothdarkknight Frontman also compared the games to horse racing. Sadly, even though many horses are put down, people in real life still enjoy betting money on horses.
@katrianem21242 жыл бұрын
You don’t like the caricatures of western billionaires? Now you have an idea of how nearly every culture feels after Hollywood is done with it.
@frofrofrofro9002 жыл бұрын
True
@zainatophee2 жыл бұрын
Touché 😁
@foxdoe75402 жыл бұрын
My biggest problem is not that they are white or western, hell there is one russian and one chinese, the problem it's that they are cartoonish in relation to everything else. Idiots like that couldn't get a thing as big as the Squid Game going for more then 1 season, they'd get busted.
@loveliestfawn2 жыл бұрын
No, they're just shit actors. And what do we have to do with Hollywood?
@jeterpakab51332 жыл бұрын
I don't mint the caricature They're powerful billioners who whatch poor asians fighting to the death for fun I like this position to be honest
@marsfrommars69252 жыл бұрын
Yo I hear that Sang-woo guy went to SNU. Just thought I'd let you know.
@TwixiMixiPixi2 жыл бұрын
TYSM!!! I really needed to hear that. that is so useful :)
@stefss68332 жыл бұрын
What? Really?
@aakankshabannur33632 жыл бұрын
literally gi hun the whole time:
@euenfheiejrj2 жыл бұрын
I definitely thought it was SMU lol so obviously I’m in a bubble in the US
@vario64922 жыл бұрын
Death by snu snu
@andreiscutaru46472 жыл бұрын
hey,did you know that Sang-Woo graduated SNU business school?
@fwfnation3532 жыл бұрын
First in his class!!!!
@im4ft6222 жыл бұрын
Wait, really??
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Great detail, easy to miss!
@anu32262 жыл бұрын
Top Of His Class
@thetroll89852 жыл бұрын
No omg I didn’t but did you actually know that sang woo graduated from snu business school
@mudslidelife60032 жыл бұрын
Also can we please have a video on Ali. I never cried so much when Sang-Woo (who was 1st in his class at SNU Business school) played dirty during Marbles
@jcepri Жыл бұрын
I creied when the 2 girls played matbles and one lets the other win. That was so moving.
@CalvinClassic-ht4ow11 ай бұрын
@@jceprinaw Ali getting betrayed was worse
@dottoysm2 жыл бұрын
Also noteworthy regarding the “mystery phone person”, the Frontman speaks to them in English (obviously this isn’t apparent in the English dub, but in the original Korean and other dubs he speaks In English). So it is even more unlikely it is Oh Il Nam, since when the Frontman and Il Nam speak, they speak in Korean. Maybe it’s the Main Organizer, or the top VIP…
@wourag38852 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the fact he always spoke to them in English (better English than the VIPs too!) made me wonder who it was every time…also I did wonder how he always managed to arrive just as the person called!
@dottoysm2 жыл бұрын
The frontman spoke English well! (Turns out the actor also worked in America) Better than his brother in fact 😅
@nicholaslawrence69262 жыл бұрын
Yes, because the Front Man mentions "the Host" on the phone, so he could not have been speaking to Il Nam then.
@raphaeldavin96422 жыл бұрын
It's not Il-nam or one of the VIPs beside that the Frontman always speaks to them in English which implies that it is someone from outside Korea. However, as we know that the game probably not only happen in Korea (with each of the game presumably has its own host) and in some lines during the conversations like when the Frontman made sure that no trace left when the VIPs arrive which implies that it's someone in charge or a leader, I guess there's some sort of the supreme leader of the game which organizes and oversees all the games around the world while the host is only the leader on each branch of the game. But that only my theory so I hope it will be revealed in season 2. Probably this mysterious phone caller will also become the new villain in the next season of the Squid Game besides the Frontman/In-ho who presumably becomes the new host of the Korean game after Il-nam's death.
@efoxkitsune94932 жыл бұрын
Okay, I have a theory that Sang-woo didn't actually gradualte SNU top of his class... I think he cheated his way through. There are several instances that made me think that was the case. And I think it would be very much in keeping with his character.
@royalpain92812 жыл бұрын
Considering how much EVERYONE keeps talking about it it makes sense.
@biffbidderman81642 жыл бұрын
No I think he prolly did graduate from his class fairly but the expectations are what weighed him down and it also makes sense since most asian mothers are like that
@Mynameisdarkxxo2 жыл бұрын
I feel like he’s proven to be too smart to lie about that- the rope technique, the shapes, etc
@efoxkitsune94932 жыл бұрын
@@Mynameisdarkxxo Well, the fact that he's smart says nothing about whether he actually completed his studies properly or not. Cheating effectively and getting away with it at such a university requires a lot of inteligence and resourcefulness in itself.
@zsqwal2 жыл бұрын
@@MynameisdarkxxoMaybe he cheated and graduated unintentionally? He could be intelligent but he didnt know until he graduated. He mightve seen people cheat and get caught but he didnt and he thought about the strategies.
@RGC_animation2 жыл бұрын
So basically, you are suppose to laugh at the VIP's, not with them.
@benshihadeh85612 жыл бұрын
Am I the only person on Earth who wasn’t bothered by the VIPs performances?
@user-bp2is5dj3h2 жыл бұрын
yeah i thought it was quite good tbh, really showed the difference between the childish elites and the actual players
@user-qi7oc7rm9m2 жыл бұрын
I wasn't bothered by their performance either. To be fair, I thought some of their word choices were a little odd. However, I got the sense that they were meant to be caricatures of billionaires, hence the ludicrous behavior. Hate to say it, but ultra wealthy people tend to not care what you think about them if you're a lower status. Plus, I got the sense that they were all buddies, so they felt comfortable being lewd around each other. I guess you could look at them as a mockery of western billionaires, given that most of them are white, American- sounding. I didn't get that sense, though.
@KnucklesxReala9112 жыл бұрын
The situation get even more abstract if you watch it on a different language than Korean or English, in spanish they sound fine as it is
@nairsheasterling94572 жыл бұрын
I wasn't. The audio mixing felt slightly off like a dub, but other than that, it was fine.
@mchenryjeremy2 жыл бұрын
I just thought the acting was to display their arrogance. Many wealthy folks have no class and can be ignorant to the point they look dumb.
@CZsWorld2 жыл бұрын
My Mom says I'm a VIP.
@yurlcaldemn84052 жыл бұрын
Gasp.
@aesopmays20522 жыл бұрын
You're a very important person to her
@friendofapollo2 жыл бұрын
lol
@spacelemming01282 жыл бұрын
whats her number
@fe4r_stormattack232 жыл бұрын
@@spacelemming0128 ayo tf
@NebMunb2 жыл бұрын
Graduated TOP OF HIS CLASS from SNU BUSINESS SCHOOL. THE PRIDE OF SSANGMUN-DONG!
@Yoonsoulyeol4042 жыл бұрын
I know is guy sang woo 😂
@chada48062 жыл бұрын
I felt like the VIPs spoke and acted in a kind of uncanny, uneasy way. Intentional or not, this fit (imo). It makes them feel disconnected and not down to earth. Maybe that's just me tho.
@dynamicdave26472 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way
@quackman Жыл бұрын
yeah, like Frasier Crane and his brother
@fireelixir8411 ай бұрын
My first theory on the v.i.p.s were that... The V.I.P.S were original squid game winners from the 80s and 90s.
@soh79158 ай бұрын
Also a winner season would be interesting
@KryptonianChaos12 жыл бұрын
This channel has the best takes on Squid Game. If this show were an AP English class in high school I'd come here instead of reading the damn book 👏👏
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Damian Wayne™!
@KryptonianChaos12 жыл бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown Thank YOU!🔥
@adriandamaskos86202 жыл бұрын
Can you please do an ‘Explained Video’ on the Doctor from squid games. I find him one of the most interesting characters in the series. He’s the only one that was partially on both sides, how did he get connected with the guards to harvest other players organs? No one has done an analysis on him before and I think he’s one of the most unique characters in the show! :) love your videos.
@bennysusanto55242 жыл бұрын
what do you mean ? anyone can figure out that some of the guards need money so they give the doctor a special treatment, those guards who keep the doctor aren't even special and just regular young scums.
@Rg-fp2vg2 жыл бұрын
I always liked the vips they fit at the people pretending to enjoy life wile truly enjoying the games
@juzores12 жыл бұрын
🤮🤮🤮
@Rg-fp2vg2 жыл бұрын
@@juzores1 your comment is bad, you should feel bad
@liviwaslost2 жыл бұрын
@@juzores1 so childish
@quackman Жыл бұрын
and their pretentious accents remind me of Frasier and Niles Crane
@monicarenee79492 жыл бұрын
I didn’t mind their acting as much as I minded them explaining the exact things we were already watching. Too much exposition from them. But it was kinda nice finally seeing Americans be the bad guy for once in a movie
@mikekaraoke2 жыл бұрын
For once in a movie, since when did this series feel like a film. lol
@JohanActorOfficial2 жыл бұрын
As an foreign actor in Asia I can confirm that yes language barrier is a difficulty unless one knows the native language, when I started my career in China I got the script mostly in Chinese but also an a4 page of my lines that was translated to English for me but sometimes my lines said “Translation error “ so I had to invent my own lines in English. By the way great job on the reviews of all the theories of Squid games, it’s really an interesting study of the characters.
@jays_world61922 жыл бұрын
Am i the only one that noticed when Je-yeon was explaining her story during the marbles game and she said that a bad person in her life when he killed someone in her life everytime he did something bad he'd pray and everytime player 244 did something bad or a group of people in the games like letting the other team die in tug-of-war he prayed and Je-yeon was the only one back talking him until player 067 told her to be quiet
@niaj42 жыл бұрын
That's why she antagonizes him, she sees through his bullshit, cause of what happened in her childhood.
@CharlotteClarke19872 жыл бұрын
As a person who had studied acting and has a diploma in media studies. I'd say the V.I.P.s were conducted correctly. The stereotype of rich people being dumb with a childish like sense of humour was portrayed and the way they performed was so we laugh at the V.I.P.s characters.
@wilabanodeniro97802 жыл бұрын
As someone with no acting experience whatsoever, it’s blatantly obvious that they made the vips unlikeable on purpose.don’t have to be smart to work that out ffs
@CharlotteClarke1987 Жыл бұрын
@prince where do you live bro and where did you learn to be grammatically incorrect?
@CharlotteClarke1987 Жыл бұрын
@@wilabanodeniro9780 and that's the opinion of someone who has no media, technology, acting or creative media experience.
@CharlotteClarke1987 Жыл бұрын
@prince well I don't want to work in a cinema so I haven't gone down that path. I think you mean actress, director, editor or screenwriter because you don't need a diploma to work in a Cinema, whereas those others you'll need the experience. But once I got my diploma in Media Studies; college basically said "You're on your own. Get a job." British Collages are only bothered if their students pass because that means more money for the tutors and teachers
@IluvKonig2 жыл бұрын
That is very interesting and sad, to hear the director lost some of his teeth, from stress. I heard hair loss, weight loss, etc. But teeth?? The poor fella.
@sangovere7772 жыл бұрын
guys bohemian grove, the acting of the VIPS is pretty accurate and correct.
@Andrew-ob5ij2 жыл бұрын
It just showed the vips were bunch of idiots, showing billionaires are idiots is perfectly acceptable
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@shadi64842 жыл бұрын
I expected VIPs to be such badass characters when I first heard about them, then look what we got lol
@eduardochavacano2 жыл бұрын
You are missing the point. They want to say that the VIPs are very real and you are very familiar with them. Also they want to show how bored these people are and how your life really dont mean anything to them.
@alanpierrers2 жыл бұрын
@@eduardochavacano thank you so much for the clarification
@nobody.61262 жыл бұрын
Lmao they are a bunch of old rich men, did you seriously expect serious characters? I personally think the characters are very realistic to actual rich people
@shadi64842 жыл бұрын
@@nobody.6126 when they were mentioned by the front man for the first time we didn't know that they were a bunch of old rich men, did we? that's why I said "I didn't expect" them to be like this. yes they're realistic (in a way!? well, they're still like children cartoons villains tbh) but I thought they might be the previous winners or some people like front man.
@j.m4a12 жыл бұрын
@@nobody.6126 you have no personal experience with rich people. Why generalize
@Drengodr2 жыл бұрын
A lot of pagan pantheons had their gods each associated with a different animal. Do you think that might be part of the reason all the VIPs are wearing animal masks?
@jozieash50162 жыл бұрын
That’s a great theory. I thought it had something to do with emblems on Western flags or like how past political cartoons represented countries as certain animals
@liviwaslost2 жыл бұрын
That fits so much
@evagarcia8652 жыл бұрын
@@jozieash5016 According to an article I saw on the Internet, several animals represent different things in Korea. Deer are considered spiritual/sacred animals, so the deer guy could be some kind of religious leader. Siberian tiger is the national animal of South Korea, so tiger might be a politician or something. And the article didn’t expand further on the other dudes.
@jamiegreenberg84762 жыл бұрын
i thought it just represented the animalisitic tendicines of the vips I didn't really think about the specific meanings- BUT I thought the owl was a bit of an obvious choice for the head of the actual games
@azathoththe3rd2 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine the games originally weren't designed to be death games but they had to be too maintain secrecy.
@jordanloux38832 жыл бұрын
Why hide if you're not doing anything illegal? I mean it would probably lead to good publicity for them.
@davidcarton60642 жыл бұрын
There are just some things we aren't meant to know, like where Sang-woo went to school or how many years Phil Leotardo spent in the can.
@feliperezende98002 жыл бұрын
Have you seen what Elon musk posts? Trump? Billionaires are weird in THAT way, exactly. Great acting, very poor knowledge of general population that billionaires are SO OUT OF TOUCH that their way of acting might as well be on point. After all, what are the chances YOU have seen a billionaire behind the screen and what are the chances the director of squid game did? Sleep on it 😴
@simonditomasso98682 жыл бұрын
Out of touch and they pay less taxes than janitors ffs
@Landstalker19992 жыл бұрын
Watch Elon on Joe Rogan. He has the weirdest laugh ever. It's much worse than Jimmy Fallon laugh. And that facebook billionaire is also very very weird.
@bigheadrhino2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Zuck and Bezos, there’s plenty of awkward billionaires, the characterization really doesn’t feel too far off.
@ak74brass412 жыл бұрын
Every facet (surface) on a mask represents 1 billion won. From the front man, his winnings, to the VIPs, to the guards future payment. Circle- 1 billion, triangle 3 billion, square 4 billion.
@wsconsn2 жыл бұрын
The VIPs are over the top rich western stereotypes, just like the west has over the top eastern stereotypes. Turnabout is fair play.
@Kwaj2 жыл бұрын
I'm _really_ digging some of the "furniture" in the VIP lounge. A few of those "coffee tables" and "ottomans" are absolutely stunning. IKEA, Rooms to Go, and Pottery Barn definitely need to expand their inventories.
@amymorris23412 жыл бұрын
I loved the body painting, glad someone else did too!
@MattBellzminion2 жыл бұрын
"Human furniture" was a feature in the 1973 dystopic sci-fi "Soylent Green", too.
@constantinoplepasha53322 жыл бұрын
Did someone say Ottoman? Hehe
@frankli41242 жыл бұрын
@@MattBellzminion And clockwork orange
@anitamihholap59262 жыл бұрын
@@frankli4124 Those were mannequins though.
@zefyyz8132 жыл бұрын
Who’s ready for season 2?
@hayleydunnett92702 жыл бұрын
me!!!!
@zefyyz8132 жыл бұрын
@@hayleydunnett9270 riiiight😩😩
@kaciehawkins97752 жыл бұрын
🙌🏾
@lmayson882 жыл бұрын
Meeeeee!!!
@GEOFFREYGIULIANO2 жыл бұрын
I played the main vip - VIP4. I was fine. I'd not know the local extras who played the others. I was flown from LA to Seoul
@axelfoley14069 ай бұрын
You got a great channel!
@microsoftpainenthusiast80962 жыл бұрын
Imagine burping in that mask
@gihun12482 жыл бұрын
Imagine throwing up
@regenpalkar43852 жыл бұрын
@@gihun1248 jello
@pigeon44812 жыл бұрын
Russian VIP: Yes we have our own games. Russian Roulette is one of them.
@quandaledingle12232 жыл бұрын
And its a death game...
@Some_Guy610 ай бұрын
Apart from that dirty pig, i found the V.I.P's to be very interesting tbh. And their English was supposed to be that bad, they are all from different country's (The V.I.P's). They where also accurate very rich people. Sadly.
@Gillan12208 ай бұрын
Their English is bad because a Korean wrote the script for them. The actors suggested that they ad-lib their lines, but the Korean scriptwriters declined their suggestion. So hence we get these odd sounding lines from them.
@lowkeyproductions66818 ай бұрын
I partly wonder if the screenwriters wanted to make the scene as understandable as possible to their Korean audience, by keeping the English lines short and and simple, and putting a lot of extra dead air in the scene (giving audiences more time to process and translate in their heads). That I can forgive, this was intended primarily for a Korean audience after all. I can’t forgive the line delivery though, particularly the actors with American accents. It sounds like amateur theater acting. If they’re in the second season I really hope they take the criticism from the audiences and work on that. It made those scenes nearly unwatchable for me. I groaned every time we cut back to them.
@tristanbackup25368 ай бұрын
Agree. These elites all must from all over the world, they all speak English as a second language in-lore.
@rohitsundaresan23192 жыл бұрын
Theory: what If the VIPs are the host of the other countries games
@liviwaslost2 жыл бұрын
They are too dumb for that
@vario64922 жыл бұрын
Yea
@kaaynaat26412 сағат бұрын
If that was the case, their masks would’ve been made of those gold holographic crystals too (like Il Nam’s). Theirs are just gold rn. Idk how much emphasis this small detail holds though
@societycrumbles2 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm the only person who liked the VIPs.
@frofrofrofro9002 жыл бұрын
Maybe
@Zernium2 жыл бұрын
I think they were fine, they're _supposed_ to be callous scumbags. They have their unimaginable wealth to open doors for them, it makes sense that they don't have well-developed, winning personalities. The 69 jokes went a bit over the top, and like the video says some of the takes and line reads used probably were not the best, but I don't think that a perfect version of their scenes would have been much different.
@Zygothdarkknight2 жыл бұрын
I really like their masks but for the characters , I'm neutral about them.
@silviashefa40972 жыл бұрын
This Horror Show Shows Who We Are A student of mine told me about a new show called “Squid Game.” It is a South Korean “thriller series,” as they call it, which has become a pop culture phenomenon and is the no. 1 show in more than 90 countries. The show presents several hundred people who are all in great financial debt and in dire emotional states. The producers pit them against each other, even if they are very close, and make them hate each other. The winner takes millions of dollars, and the others are killed. This show wouldn’t be so horrifying if it didn’t portray our true nature. The very fact that we watch such a show enthusiastically is proof that underneath the “civilized” façade, our nature is as the show depicts. It works like a magnet. We love to watch the struggle between good and evil, as long as we are safe from the consequences of the battle. The thing is that in this show, there is no good; there is only evil. Indeed, humans are the worst being in reality. What makes us so uniquely evil is the fact that we explicitly want to harm others. We do not want to eat others because we will starve unless we do so; we want to see them suffer! We derive pleasure from others’ pain, and derive the most pleasure when we are the ones inflicting it. We often say that reality is like a jungle, where the strong eat the weak. However, in the jungle, the strong do not want to destroy the weak; they want to eat. Once they are full, they want to sleep and play, and not kill or hurt for fun. In the human jungle, we do not want to eat other people; we want to see them hurting! This is why the natural jungle thrives without any laws while the human jungle, which we mistakenly refer to as “civilization,” is disintegrating despite the laws that strive to limit our barbarity. If we had any hopes of finding goodness in human nature, “Squid Game,” and mainly its popularity, proves that we have nothing to hope for when it comes to human nature. If we can create such shows, and if they can be so popular, then we can do such horrors in real life. The only possible good that can come out of such a show is the realization that it is not fantasy, but an authentic depiction of who we are. Maybe if we realize this, we will be willing to do something about changing ourselves. The current trend is to dull our awareness of the human horror show we live in by making cannabis available and legal. Indeed, the more we learn about human nature, the more we realize that perhaps it is better to numb ourselves through life until it’s over. For now, we’re cheering at the sight of other people suffering, much like people used to cheer at the sight of poor men fighting against lions in ancient Rome. Only if we realize that it is not okay to be like that, our minds might open to other options. If such a diabolical program can be the no. 1 show in more than 90 countries, it means that the entire world is immersed in unhinged viciousness. There is a solution, but it is demanding and must encompass the entire world if it is to succeed. To change who we are, we must initiate a worldwide educational process where such programs are forbidden and pro-human-connection programs are produced and aired. Even if they are not popular, at first, we cannot allow ourselves to be exposed to the violent poison and culture of narcissism that we consume today. They may be sweet, but they are lethal. If people don’t want to watch shows about human connection, they can put aside their media devices and simply talk to one another. This will already be a major improvement to the current situation. It may not sound like fun, but what is the option? To live out the “Squid Game.” Besides, after some practice, we will discover that connection and care are far more rewarding and pleasant than destruction and cruelty, and do not carry the negative side effect that is our current culture...
@nicholasbarber36442 жыл бұрын
in season 2 they should reveal that the old man have a son and that he is now in charge of the games in korea
@dztb27732 жыл бұрын
can i just say i'm so happy i came across your channel! i love the in depth character analysis, and thanks for mentioning the references about books/poets because i would never get them tbh haha! i didn't catch that the telephone man is a person we haven't met yet! im excited for season 2 also: pls watch Attack on Titan! i would love to hear /your/ analysis on it
@chloebrammer1082 жыл бұрын
I always thought of the games as Olympic type games where every game is in a different country and the ones that happened to be in Korea are always the best shows
@cactusschoorsteen39112 жыл бұрын
Episode 7 just felt like a setup to a Hitman level.
@isellBOTSbro Жыл бұрын
I liked the fact that the VIPs spoke so strangely. It fed into the rich soulless narrative. Out of touch, cowardly, and just altogether different from any other human.
@alexrompen8052 жыл бұрын
Being there in person, and watching something on a screen IS a very different experience. Try going to the Opera or watching a horse race
@royalpain92812 жыл бұрын
15:23 THANK YOU for featuring my comment!
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching Royal Pain!
@royalpain92812 жыл бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown anytime! Keep up the Squid Game content!
@hunibear21932 жыл бұрын
Honestly I kindof liked the VIPs. (Okay, maybe "like" is a strong word, but I understood their purpose in the story) And it makes sense why they're weird-- they're billionaires attending an undeground killing game. Ofc they're gonna be weird and immature.
@juzores12 жыл бұрын
Come on, please.
@musateksoy11562 жыл бұрын
I have watched every videos of your about Squid Game. Thanks for all hard work. Keep it up bro :)
@underlinehd1610 ай бұрын
People hate too much on realism
@Aquablue628 ай бұрын
I actually liked how the VIPs were portrayed because that’s how I view their humor would be. They’re pretentious, snobby, and act as if they’re above everyone else. Which is exactly what extremely rich people do
@joeycisneros94842 жыл бұрын
Western culture not liking the characters that are supposed to represent themselves is the funniest part of this whole thing
@vinicus5082 жыл бұрын
3:58 there is no "sir". That's the English dubbed version. In the original, the Front Man speaks in English on those scenes, they dubbed it anyways for consistency, I don't know why the fuck they changed the line though
@laurazacharias2102 жыл бұрын
I love the VIPs masks!! I love all the masks in this show but the VIPs was super dope!!! I love your videos!
@Zygothdarkknight2 жыл бұрын
Me too , I really like VIPs masks.
@quackman Жыл бұрын
especially the even more extravagant owl mask w the extra colors for the beak area.
@amymorris23412 жыл бұрын
Am I the only person who felt like this was a darker version of the old movie Rat Race? When catering to the VIPs in that movie, they bet on everything, even the ridiculous. At one point when on a plane, the pilot deliberately causes the plane to experience turbulence and flies erratically so they could bet on which of them would vomit first. I can totally see the Squid Game VIPs doing stuff like that just on their way to the island.
@SFS_Rocketry4 ай бұрын
3:04 Squid games in Germany: Round 6: Squid Game❌ Host there: Ok, here are the rules, who invades Poland first, wins the game, your army is only allowed to have under 250000 Soldiers, you get bonus points, if you can convert Germany to a dictatorship again, good luck have fun! ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
@raphaeldavin9642 Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that the VIPs will also most likely return in the Squid Game season 2 and have a larger role where it will eventually reveals the identity of the VIPs and how they became the guests of the game. Also regarding the mysterious phone caller, some fans theorize that there's another rank even above the host in the game organization since we know that the game probably not only happen in Korea (with each of the game presumably has its own host) and seen in several clues during the conversations like the fact that the Frontman always speaks to the phone caller in English, when he informed them that there will be no disturbance when the VIPs arrive, and when he mentioned the host (Il-nam) to the phone caller which infers that it's not Il-nam or one of the VIPs so according to the theory, it is some sort of the supreme leader of the game who organizes and oversees all the games around the world while the hosts are only in charge of each branch of the game. Probably this mysterious phone caller will also become the new villain in the next season with a foreign actor/actress who will portray this character like the VIPs.
@spark.12092 жыл бұрын
Do a deep dive in to the games them self, like why they chose red light green light or the old glass panel game.
@manifestgtr Жыл бұрын
Honestly, what’s so bad about stereotypes? Anybody with two brain cells understands that stereotypes don’t apply to an entire group (or even most of that group, in some cases). But let’s be 100% honest…many stereotypes are based in truth. How in the hell do they become stereotypes if a certain portion of that population *doesn’t* exhibit such behavior. Just take your lumps and move on, man…it’s not a big deal…
@Custom266219 ай бұрын
Exactly
@dancingoctopus98882 жыл бұрын
I think the VIPs are perfect. They are a stereotype of western culture. After working for years in a strip club catering to the actual members of the population they represent, they are not as far off as people want to think.
@thatkiwi00Ай бұрын
Who’s ready for season 2 this December??
@akeil.46866 күн бұрын
Me ASF !
@woadblue2 жыл бұрын
For the record, no billionaire earns their money through hard work. That money comes from exploiting at least one group along the line in any given industry. No one on Earth is capable of working hard enough to earn that ridiculous amount of money. Most people can't comprehend a billion, let along multiple billions. Some billionaires do in fact earn their money through non nefarious means, however you could probably count them on one hand. That money gets skimmed off the top of employees and customers.
@rumac162 жыл бұрын
Actually I got the feeling that the Japanese VIP had no clue what his white VIP friends were saying he had no reaction to the 69 joke and needed clarification to what it meant, presumably because he didn't understand it
@GEOFFREYGIULIANO2 жыл бұрын
Correct
@GEOFFREYGIULIANO7 ай бұрын
I just ran across this video I played VIP 4. This is a rather well reasoned video. Many thanks.
@Sassywizard2 жыл бұрын
The VIP with the eagle mask was the only one I liked lol. He’s a pretty underrated character. The rest of the VIPs were cringy AF.
@mudkipfan24202 жыл бұрын
The fact that a lot of people dont like the vip shows how many people are not rich
@golbatgirl2 жыл бұрын
I took the VIPs part of the "Good Old Boy's Club" where misogyny is rampant
@mynameisnotimportant28542 жыл бұрын
Squid Game VIPs 1. Elon Musk 2. Jeff Bezos 3. Bill Gates 4. Mark Zuckerberg 5. Steve Ballmer 6. Larry Ellison People running contest: Goldman Sachs JpMorgan Bank of America
@TheOnlyBlancy2 жыл бұрын
did you know cho sang woo was top of his class at snu business school?
@quackman Жыл бұрын
I didn't mind the VIPs' way of speaking. It reminds me of Frasier and his bro Niles. They speak pretentiously to look very rich. these VIPs are very rich, so they've adopted a "wealthy-sounding" heir of speaking.
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
My hot take. What if Squid Game isn't a 'critique of capitalism' like everyone says? What if instead, the VIPs are supposed to represent us, the audience? Just like the VIPs, we paid for a Netflix account so we can watch the Squid Games behind a screen, behind the 'masks' of our Netflix account.
@tomvanoostendorp58912 жыл бұрын
Thats what I always thought the serie was about also the fact that the main character bet on horses so now people are betting on him
@user-qi7oc7rm9m2 жыл бұрын
This! I too couldn't help but notice the similar roles we play as the VIP spectators.
@alexvaughan10132 жыл бұрын
@@user-qi7oc7rm9m I saw a few examples of things the VIPs did that viewers would do. I even did some of them: - Even with the tragedy of No.69, I couldn't help but chuckle at the number, like the one VIP. - The VIPs drank plenty of alcohol to watch the games. I'm sure many of us did that. - The comment that Mi-nyeo and Deok-su's death was "poetic". We were all thinking that! - The VIP who wanted 'favours' from Jun-ho. I'm sure many of us have had pervy thoughts about the characters in these shows. Just look at anime! - The VIP who says "Squid Game" in a questioning tone. I'm sure us Western fans, who don't know the actual game, were like this when we saw the title. - The VIPs came from all over the world, just like how Squid Game has sucked in viewers all over the world. - We also READ THE SHOW'S PREMISE on Netflix: debt-saddled folk competing in a death game, and we chose to watch it. You know, like the VIPs. Maybe I'm kind of f***ed up. But maybe they knew exactly what us viewers are like and fused it with hedonistic billionaire caricatures 😱😱😱
@user-qi7oc7rm9m2 жыл бұрын
I guess the difference is that we know this is fiction, whereas the VIPs know that people are really dying (at least in the context of the show) and find it amusing.
@Dani-ladyy27 күн бұрын
really nice analysis! ty :)
@squirrelmonkey52 жыл бұрын
The viewing room the vips were in was so beautiful I could hardly focus on the dialogue in their scenes
@shotokhan19922 жыл бұрын
i don't see a problem with the vips' acting. they got together to watch poor people murder each other for money as a form of entertainment - they were meant to be cringey and disgusting. telling 69 jokes while betting on people's lives...i think it worked in showing how little they value other human beings and made them extremely unlikeable.
@3893maya2 жыл бұрын
can you do one about what happened to the VIP that was found in the VIP room? he wasn't seen in the next episode, but I wonder what they would have done with him? any thoughts??
@nicholaslawrence69262 жыл бұрын
They likely killed him since he had earlier been exposed by the undercover cop. Plus the Front Man would have be pretty mad after learning that that VIP had tried to sexually assault his own brother.
@lorenzooliveros7156 Жыл бұрын
@@nicholaslawrence6926 There's no way they could have killed him, he and the others have financed the project. Also, they were from the American ELITE
@TGKisBored7 ай бұрын
@@nicholaslawrence6926agreed
@GUG3XАй бұрын
You know. What makes V.I.P members terrifying even if they represent us? The fact that they do know it's REAL. They do know that people die there.
@akeil.46866 күн бұрын
Obviously dude, they helped in the creation of the game
@HuskyManiac2 жыл бұрын
Technically if you agreed to end the game with 2 players, you could kill the other player outside and sell that player's organs for almost the same amount.
@byoung85292 жыл бұрын
please keep going with the videos, obsessed! xx
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Will do, thanks for watching B Young!
@adriansmith34272 жыл бұрын
Each VIP could be the Hosts from the other games.
@spencerb99982 жыл бұрын
Always viewed the VIP's as a modern day version of Monty Python's, Upper Class Twit Of The Year. We(the working class) can view the ultra-rich as being intelligent in some ways to justify their wealth. But in actuality, they're idiots with inherited wealth. They don't have to be smart, or well read, or into the arts to be rich. The front-man stated how the players face discrimination on a daily basis. The VIP's make bad jokes while people literally die in a far secluded room to be part of the ultra-rich. The VIP's are people so disconnected from the reality of what the working class go through, it's entertainment for them.
@liarliar14082 жыл бұрын
Theory: the vips are previous winners of their squid games. They have money but it is the blood money that they won. There is something sick about winning and goes back to see how other people play out a different strategy in said games. Perhaps this is why gun man goes back to become a VIP himself but his true intention is to demolish the sickness of such games. Theory 2: 001 talks to 456 at the marble game about him not seeing his son for a year to give him a gift or something like that. A year later after the game, 456 got a calling to go see 001 at his dying bed. 456 is about to board a plane and will be delaying to see his daughter, yet another year will have passed and after season 2. So what is the connection here? I dunno but thanks for reading.
@bdheidbhg28472 жыл бұрын
One fact you clearly missed while dissecting the VIPs is NONE of them went to SNU. I bet you don’t even know which character in the show graduated top of his class from SNU Business school?!
@imsleepy61992 жыл бұрын
I like how nobody said that the prize is 45.6B won and gi Huns number is 456
@manofculture658929 күн бұрын
Each player cost 100M won, 456 players total 456B won
@bojackhorseman82512 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Out of all the youtubers making videos on Squid Game. I found yours to be the most fascinationg. You got a new sub buddy. Keep up the quality.
@joesnow70182 жыл бұрын
The acting by the VIPs was beyond CRINGE
@mitsukiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii2 жыл бұрын
The acting was good I jus couldn't watch that shit
@north39882 жыл бұрын
Weakest part of the show for me tried to explain too much they should’ve just been shown in the shadows
@Theo64052 жыл бұрын
It was not the avting it was the writing.
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
In the best way possible!
@carlzombie67222 жыл бұрын
Yo please do these breakdowns on Every Character ! I love Squid Game and I love your videos ! Thanks. One Love ♥️✌️💜☯️🖤💯💯💯♠️
@BryceEdwardBrown2 жыл бұрын
Will do, thanks for the kind words Carl Zombie!
@carlzombie67222 жыл бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown awesome. N you're very welcome but thank you for the amazing content. One Love Bruv ♥️✌️💜☯️🖤💯💯💯♠️
@celaenaelentiya89762 жыл бұрын
Isn't the mystery of the VIP's purposeful? Their backstory is supposed to be ambiguous, the backstory of the entire game is ambiguous! We have no idea what is going on for the majority of the show. Even with 001's puzzle like explanation, we still have no idea how it started or where this is going.
@commentresurrection18412 жыл бұрын
Everybody hating on westerners because of the VIPS are forgetting the man who started it all 001
@dxtni2 жыл бұрын
The Colour of Each Participants wearing has a Hidden Detail... The Front Man Wearing a Grey Mask, The Managers, Soldiers and the Workers Wearing Black And the VIPs Wearing a Golden Colour Mask... HOPE YOU GET WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPRESS
@bellavita7852 жыл бұрын
Pope, Black Pope, Grey Pope?!
@Averaage_Commenter2 жыл бұрын
Game idea for squid game Cones - Takes place In a playground (like sugar honeycombs) with a white Circle on the middle and cones around it,A song plays and the players must walk around the circle,when the song stops they must grab one of the cones,The number of the cones is 1 less than the number of players,Players that didn't grab a cone will be shot.