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I'm a bit further into the Madness now (squid Game 2 is on hold while I finish this), and although I like it, and think that story has been teased out well, it's way way way too convoluted. Plus I'm not sure they've nailed the tone correctly because there's this undercurrent of humour, which just doesn't seem to work for me, and leads to some scenes that have been put in to support that, or create atmosphere that supports it, that just don't need to be there. Acting is good too. Liking Muncie, and Quiñones, and Stu Magnusson looks familiar but I can't place him.
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Good point about the tone. Something did feel off, however my conclusion was that it was so that we could endure the madness along with Muncie, along with not knowing who the actual villain was until near the end. It was a solid 6/10 for me.
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I think that can be done without some of the weirder scenes being in there like the guy wanking at the ticket machine in the metro station, and then the subsequent short conversation he has with the staff member afterwards - it's a short scene so you may not recall it. That's in there for humour but it's entirely gratuitous. In contrast, there is a scene where Quiñones dips his hotdogs into his coffee, which is also to support the particular tone they are going for, but it's useful where the other scene isn't, because it tells us something about one of the main characters. My main issue so far (I'm at episode 7, I think) is just how convoluted the story is, which wouldn't bother me if they telegraphed it a little bit more earlier on. Not doing so gives the impression they are just making it up as they go along, to pad air time. It's still engaging me, though, because despite the overall story arc being needlessly complicated, I think the dialogue is scripted well, and it's well acted.
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