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So wait, what happened in the halftime show? I don't watch sports let alone sports only the US cares about.
Kendrick Lamar did his interpretation of a USA 'game' with some strong visual references to squid game, dancers in the form of a
descending stairs as he rapped 'sit down... be humble', and he did bars from Not Like Us. It was very 'decline of the empire' vibes, and K seemed to be relishing it.
E: oh and Sam L Jackson played Uncle Sam who was like the game master or something, there was a weird line about deducting one life for a cultural foul or something, just to really drive home the USA = squid game vibes.
Sounds pretty cool tbh.
It's a shame most people's take from Squid Game is "Oooh what an exciting game of survival" And not the fact that the games themselves are dystopian
There's a Mr Beast knock off getting advertised on Prime Video currently
Fucking surreal
It is, I've seen that advertised and am just at awe of the sheer stupidity and audacity of the ruling class.
Even better after seeing them seemingly trying to replicate the conditions in real life. Shocked no one died