Park, in short, is an unprecedented product of an unprecedented era, when a Korean actor can beam directly into living rooms from Sao Paulo to Stockholm without setting a foot outside South Korea.

This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Squid Game. In the end, Gi-hun a.k.a. Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) lost Squid Game. Netflix's hit Korean drama has never been light and optimistic ...