Some staff at RCMS have been enjoying the current trend “Squid Game.” Some don’t like the violence but like that it had a lot of plots and twists.

“I would give it a solid 9/10,”  said Ms. Breenae Hackett, one of the P.E. teachers at RCMS.

Squid game has 111 million views on Netflix. It is No. 1 in 94 countries. Actors HoYeon Jung, Lee Sung Jae, Wi Ha-Joon, and Park Sae-Hoo have earned about $150,000-$350,000 for Squid Games.

Squid games presents nine episodes which is about one hour per episode. In this show, children’s games become deadly and money is the only greed, becoming the No. 1 spot on Netflix.

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“Squid Game,” which started to stream on Sept. 17, involves a group of people in South Korea who are indebted. They get tricked into playing children’s games where it turns out that if you lose you die. With a total of 456 players, the winner of the game gets 45.6 billion South Korean won, which translates to $38 billion (USD). Survival in the game does not use knowledge, it uses skills. It features six children’s games:  Ddakaji ( Da-da ka-ji), red light, green light; dalgona (honeycomb); tug of war; marbles; glass tile game; and squid game (final game).

In the first episode, main actor Seong Gi-hun ( Lee Jung-Jae) explains that the squid game was a game he used to play in his neighborhood when he was kid. Children played a version of tag on a squid shaped court. No spoilers but the “Squid Game” itself ends up in a deadly journey. 

“It was cool, I liked it,” said Mr. Kappatos, also a P.E teacher at RCMS.

Mrs. Lori Molnar, another P.E. teacher at RCMS, disliked the show because of the violence.

“I only managed through the first episode,” she said.