Both in the traditional media structure and with the presence of new digital platforms, TV series and movies reveal global codes while affecting the masses. The "Squid Game" series, which was released globally on September 17, 2021, on Netflix, one of today's most popular digital series and movie platforms, became the most viewed original production in a short time. With an interaction that crossed borders, it became a part of popular culture. The series is told through stories that take part in South Korea where adults play children's games. The punchline is that the participants are struggling with hunger and misery while many social issues are explained through games. While the games represent the battle areas, the participants will either survive and move on or will face death. "Fear" and "violence", the elements that are placed in an essential part of the narration, demonstrate the universal face of these concepts again to us viewers. It also makes it possible for the human-centered cinema and medicine disciplines to be overlapped. It is known that during recent years, the relationship between cinema and medicine has been addressed both in lectures and in publications in academic extent. As the concepts of "fear" and "violence", which are among the subjects of psychology, also take part in the language of cinema sets the effect of an interdisciplinary study forth as well. In this framework, the series "Squid Game" will be examined through the method of "psychoanalysis" by going around the perspective of cinema and by benefiting from the theories of thinkers such as Lacan and Freud.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | August 29, 2022 |
Acceptance Date | August 9, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Issue: 17 |
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