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SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- It is taken that Netflix’ Korean original series “Squid Game” is breaking down the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles at the American awards ceremonies like director Bong Joon-ho’s film “Parasite.”
The breakout Netflix hit has become a front-runner in what may be the most competitive TV awards season ever and is poised to make history, the U.S entertainment business news Variety said on the 14th (U.S time).
The smash-hit series has been nominated for or has received multiple awards. It first won an award at the Gotham Awards, one of the U.S indie movie awards.
BFCA nominated the series for the “Critics Choice Awards”’ Best Drama Series and the Best Foreign Language Series and chose actor Lee Jung-jae who played the lead role Gi-hoon as a candidate for the Best Actor.
Also, the series has received “The Bingeworthy Show of 2021” award at “People’s Choice Awards,” America’s pop-culture awards. “Squid Game” grasped such feat beating strong competitors such as “Rocky”, “Ted Lasso” and “Mare Of Easttown.”
AFI that selects top 10 works only from American films and dramas awarded a “Special Award” feeling the series’ global sensation.
“Squid Game” has also become the first Korean-drama nominee in three categories for the Golden Globe.
In addition, “Independent Spirit Awards,” also known as the Oscar of the American indie movie industry, has nominated Lee for the Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series in drama category.
News media Variety expects the series to keep up with the feat to aim for the SAG and American entertainment industry’s most honorable award, Emmy Award, which will take place in September 2022.
“Until this year non-English projects have never won — or have even been nominated in — a major category at the SAG Awards, Golden Globes or the Primetime Emmys. But there’s never been a phenomenon quite like “Squid Game” in American TV,” reported Variety.
Netflix is getting ready to “make waves in perhaps the same way another project from South Korea, Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” picked up kudos all the way to an Oscars,” added the media.
Earlier, director Bong who won 4 Oscars with “Parasite” (2020), said in his acceptance speech, “Once you overcome the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”
“This is the moment for ‘Squid Game’ to help break down the foreign-language awards barrier in the U.S,” said Bela Bajaria, Head of Netflix’ global TV, to Variety.
“I was very glad to hear many people telling me that they watched it with subtitles and not the dubbed version. Maybe the ‘one-inch [subtitles] barrier’ that director Bong talked about has now finally really come down,” said Hwang Dong-hyuk, director of “Squid Game.”
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