🎬culturePROTuesday, April 14, 2026·via Variety
Everyone Wants Squid Game Money Until It’s Time to Not Be Evil
Squid Game turned “watching strangers suffer” into a global business model, and now every rich guy with a camera is trying to franchise the trauma like it’s a McRib.
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