Three years ago this interview with VIP #4 from Squid Game 1.

It’s a blatant stylistic choice on the part of Steven Zaillian, who wanted the limited series to feel foreboding and suspenseful, as opposed to the sunny and colorful aura that its idyllic setting can sometimes invoke.

But that’s how the book feels. Like a humid mediterranean summer. It’s daylight horror.

Why do I have to live in the grim darkness of the far future where there is neither plein nor soleil?

Sunny has been so great so far! (Three episodes in.)