Since Netflix’s runaway success with Squid Game, the 2021 South Korean collection concerning a gory video game that matched money-strapped gamers versus each other, the banner has doubled down on its financial investment in Korean movie and also tv in hopes of striking gold once again. Now, with a brand-new Korean drama that has actually swiftly climbed up to the top of the charts amidst referral buzz, Netflix might have ultimately discovered its next hit, one with as much dark excitement, sociocultural discourse, and also worldwide allure as Squid Game.
Mask Girl, the K-drama concerned, begins with an easy domino effect: A female’s long-lasting imagine ending up being a pop idolizer are prevented by culture’s mandate that she’s as well unpleasant, stimulating her to wear a mask and also livestream spicy web content as the web individuality “Mask Girl” rather. Where Squid Game remains within the limits of a bloody tale concerning …