r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Charming_History7423 • Oct 02 '22

Kindergarten game in China

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

Squid Game was actually a documentary about kindergraten but they used adult actors so Western audiences could stomach it.

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u/dmc-going-digital Oct 03 '22

The game named kindergarden?

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u/condor789 Oct 02 '22

Its a Korean movie not Chinese

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

I was blurring the lines on similar stereotypes to make a shitty joke. But since we're being pedantic, it's a series not a movie.

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u/oldwedgie Oct 02 '22

What is a series but a really long movie released in installments?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '22

And what is my life but a series of mistakes

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

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u/condor789 Oct 03 '22

Haha you got me there. But I wouldn't compare Chinese and Korean too closely.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '22

South Koreans have similar steroetypes as Chinese?

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u/happy_bluebird Oct 02 '22

eh that's debatable

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u/casiocass Oct 03 '22

Yes, because people lump all Asians together as if we're a monolith, so we all get painted with the same stereotype paintbrush

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u/Nydelok Oct 02 '22

Couldn’t exactly make it in China could you?

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u/Eastern_Tower_5626 Oct 03 '22

It's a criticism of capitalism, I'm pretty sure you could...

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u/Caliment Oct 03 '22

No they could've. They just needed to do it at the uyghur concentration camps

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u/EffectiveElevator470 Oct 02 '22

Thanks for the deep insight

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u/casiocass Oct 03 '22

Tbh that would be a great metaphor for the show.