Squid Game

Squid Game, with two out of three of its seasons released to date, captures the divide that stems from the mentalities of those in different socioeconomic classes. Powerful billionaires created a system where they discreetly scout 456 people in immense debt and poor living conditions and offer them a second chance, with an opportunity to make a large sum of money (45.6B won, roughly equivalent to 31.4M in USD) by winning games. The games consist of six popular children's games from South Korea, and the system works by billionaires betting huge sums on individual players to win, similar to horse races like the Kentucky Derby. The players are gassed, taken to a hidden island in the middle of nowhere, with the losing players having their bodies burned and potentially having their organs harvested for illegal trading.  Despite these terms, the show encapsulates the power dynamic between the rich and the poor, and the cutthroat nature of "making" a certain status.  When recruited, they are not initially told the games they will be playing, nor the terms of the games, but they are lured into signing a contract, for a chance to win up to 45.6B won (roughly 31.4M in USD). What they are not told until the games begin, are that if they lose, they lose their life.  Each life lost is worth 100M  won added to the prize money, with the intention of the game being to leave one player to win. With these games, genuine friendships are made, yet the players are not told that the intention is to leave one player alive, highlighting the self destructive nature of those in desperation, and the morality that others possess being disregarded as the games progress. Seeing players willing to risk their life and betray others for a small chance of making it out wealthy, and the caring nature of others being undermined due to the power of those who are running the games depicts the advantage that the rich have over the poor, in a cleverly exaggerated manner.