Squid Game: A Dystopian Korean Drama Featuring a Pakistani Migrant Worker
Popular Netflix series Squid Games is a dystopian survival drama about unfortunate people trapped in debt who enter a series of six survival games. The losers die while the single winner takes away 46.5 billion (US$38 million) South Korean won. One US dollar is equal to about 1,200 Korean Won. Anupam Tripathi as Ali Abdul in Squid Games One of the characters in the series is an exploited Pakistani migrant worker named Ali Abdul who just wants to send money home to help his family in Pakistan. Ali's role is played by Indian actor Anupam Tripathi. Tripathi has previously played other foreign characters in the genre often referred to as K-drama. Squid Games has achieved top ratings around the world in spite of its very violent content. It is the top-rated show among Netflix subscribers in Pakistan. Household Debt as Percentage of GDP. Source: IMF Squid Game is a powerful indictment of capitalism as practiced in many countries, including South Korea...