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Zikten posted...

The Frontman said he cared about fair games. But those 2 instances put a huge hole in his logic

That's because the line about it being fair is absolute bullshit. The Frontman has probably bought into it, just to justify to himself why he continues to run the game when he's lived through it, but it's by no means meant to be fair. Every single game indicates that in some way. The games solely exist to entertain the VIPs.

It's a reflection of capitalism. Fox News types love to talk about how capitalism is the fairest economic system, that anyone can start from nothing and become rich, but the reality is that some people have outright advantages and the rich and powerful are the ones who really control things.

pogo_rabid posted...

Really the only thing I found out of character

In that episode where they leave the games, he was about to commit suicide in the bathtub. He's burning charcoal in an enclosed space to give himself carbon monoxide poisoning. I think a lot of us Americans miss it - I certainly did - because it's not at all a common way of doing it in America. Koreans wouldn't miss it because it's apparently common over there.

That episode actually foreshadows all of the main characters' deaths. Aside from Sang-woo:

• Deok-su jumps off a bridge to escape that other gang, he's thrown off the glass bridge.
• Sae-byeok threatened to stab that coyote in the neck, she was stabbed in the neck.
• Ali stole money after his boss took advantage of his ignorance, he was killed when Sang-woo took advantage of his ignorance and stole his marbles.