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  You can call this, Method shooting (a show).
context: Life imitating art imitating life >
  
  once the documentary about the reality show comes out, it'll be imitating art again. >
  
  Why can't you ever make a documentary about the thing you plan to make a documentary about? >
  
  I like Community >
  
  Oh, that is nice. >
  
  Pop Pop! >
  
  The real Squid Game is in the execution. >
  
  Because of the implication >
  
  Are you going to hurt these gameshow contestants? >
  
  No I would never do that... But the implication... >
  
  
  Contestants — who weren’t paid to participate in the series — say they were told the actual game would take roughly two hours to play and shoot, but instead that turned into an almost seven-hour ordeal for some contenders. All of this was carried out in an unforgiving U.K. cold snap that saw temperatures drop to zero degrees Celsius in Bedford on the day of filming. A number of contestants collapsed on set — likely due to a combination of cold and fatigue from the eight hours of prep time before the game even started.
  
  Least exploitative reality show >
  
  seriously how hard would it have been to chuck an Extra's pay of $50 or whatever at each. would be a blip on the budget >
  
  But then they could save $50/person by not paying them... >
  
  Found the Studio accountant.  😜 >
  
  From what I’ve heard it wasn’t even the games that were the problem. It’s everything else >
  
  It was the fact that they were freezing in an airplane hangar, and that it was being run like a TV show set rather than a competition, and the competitors had to hold positions for 30+ min instead of getting rest time >
  
  30 minutes....?
  Some of us have to hold position for eight hours... >
  
  Eight hours? Are you a professional red light green light player? What on earth makes you freeze in an exact position for eight hours? >
  
  I can understand why they were surprised at the inhumanity of it, especially when compared to MrBeast’s Squid Game.
  In MrBeast’s game, all of them were paid for their appearance and paid extra in random prizes during the games and the game was done in relatively comfortable conditions with realistic timelines set for the game. 
  Whereas in Netflix game, it was done in the cold and apparently none were paid before hand. And for some reason Red Light Green Light took 7 hours. Literally how. >
  
  It's hard to stand perfectly still in the cold. >
  
  Also for 30+ min at a time, everyone has played Red-light green-light before, but no one has done it in these conditions >
  
  You aint never played RLGL if you never waited half an hour on red light. 
  Back in my day, the leader would call red light, go home to dinner, watch some prime time television, go to bed, and then, before school, they'd consider saying green light. You had to wait there, motionless, hungry, bored, and tired. You had to earn it. 
  Legend has it some kids never stopped waiting for that light to change. >
  
  This is how people in the UK learn to ignore the red lights and just walk over as long as no cars or police are coming. >
  
  fr jaywalking is an imaginary crime >
  
  Yeah fr everywhere except like Germany and Scandinavia >
  
  And Austin TX, where the police body slammed a 19 year old college girl for jaywalking when she went out for a jog. >
  
  Did they not watch the show? >
  
  What did they expect? Pillow fights? >
  
  That'd be pretty close to the show, yes.  The whole deal was "play harmless relatively easy children's games, then fucking die if you lose," not, "play a several-hour grueling endurance competition in freezing cold until you pass out." >
  
  Big difference is in the show, if they quit they died. In the reality competition, if they quit they.. *checks notes * didn’t win the prize money. No one was holding a gun to their heads. >
  
  Right, so you would figure they'd keep it similar while removing the inhumane parts.  Instead they took out the inhumane parts and added checks notes different inhumane parts. >
  
  You’re missing the part where every single participant could have walked off if they didn’t like what was happening >
  
  No, I'm not, that doesn't change anything.  Gonna copy a comment I made elsewhere:
  The issue is: is it ok to allow people to harm themselves for someone else in exchange for cash? The generally accepted answer to that is no. We require jobs to implement safety measures as much as possible, they can't just advertise openly that they're unsafe to get by those laws. We require sports to not just kill its players, and that's moving more and more towards player safety; gladiator arenas featuring willing contestants are right out.
  There was nothing necessary in what happened here. It wasn't even an intended part of the game. It was due to negligence. The ability to opt out does not and should not preclude them from responsibility for that, unless game shows are given some special exception that no profession or sport is allowed. >
  
  This was a competition not a job. We let people play football, hockey, race cars, box, MMA, in exchange for pay all the time. >
  
  Read the comment again. >
  
  I've seen a couple "Squid Game Reality" shows pop up here and there and have decided to not watch a single one of them. The entire point of the show was that treating humans in that way for entertainment was morally corrupt as you prey on their desparation. To look at Squid Game and go "hey! we should make that a reality" takes a particular level of greed >
  
  Capitalism go BRRRRRR! >
  
  But did you die? >
  
  Sadly yes, but i lived! >
  
  I just watched the movie 2 days ago. Nice. >
  
  
  The British native was among roughly 228 contestants immediately eliminated from “Squid Game: The Challenge” on Jan. 23 in a game of “Red Light Green Light” that will go down in the annals of reality TV history.
  
  That history has one dirty annal. >
  
  You should always prepare for annal night. >
  
  The critique of inhumane conditions are attributed to the filming process, not the games per say. It's hard to believe that standing still in the bitter cold, hours at a time, was part of the "game". The "inhumane conditions" were probably a result from the long periods of time between shooting takes and poor preparations on the "set". 
  If the long standing time, living conditions, and chilling weather were part of the game for the show, that's a different conversation (moral or not). Which is unlikely since there are allegations of the game being rigged to favor certain contestants; that the producers would  like to see for future games. I wouldn't be surprised if they already narrowed it down to the top 12 before the start of games, and have those actually compete for the grand prize when the games are more manageable. >
  
  this. just because the show is inhumane-themed, doesn't necessarily mean the experience itself is designed to be inhumane.
  for example, the contestants of the Australian reality show Genocide Island actually praised the accommodations off set. >
  
  
  Genocide Island
  
  Please tell me that was not an actual reality show. >
  
  'I’m good at them. They’re games of chance, luck and wit.'
  Hmm... >
  
  So ... it was more accurate to the show's message than the original series itself. >
  
  Yea, that's the problem. >
  
  Method directing >
  
  You’re telling me a reality show based on a scripted show about a game where only one person makes it out alive was a nightmarish disaster? 😱
  Quelle horreur! Who could’ve foreseen that coming? >
  
  Why do so many miss the point here? >
  
  Because you’d have to read the article to not miss the point >
  
  If you go on a reality show, you kind of have to expect that you're going to be exploited.
  I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying you're naive if you don't expect to be exploited.
  Putting you through uncomfortable situations, exploiting your drama, is the entire point. >
  
  Read the article. They were explicitly lied to about the nature of the challenges and the conditions they'd be in. That's not "buyer beware", it's false advertising. I'd be amazed if this doesn't end in a class action lawsuit. >
  
  What I'm really confused about is... why didn't people just leave? They weren't being paid. They must know there's a very very slim chance they'd actually win that cash prize against 200ish other contestants to begin with, and seeing how the show was handled should've made them seriously reconsider their chances.
  The first time someone tells me to stand perfectly still for 20 minutes without a jacket in freezing weather is when I tell them to go fuck themselves and call a taxi. Pretty sure denying access to toilets is a crime. >
  
  They would have had to sign some stuff in order to participate, and part of that may have included an obligation to go through with the entire shoot.
  Whether or not that's actually enforceable never really stops companies from putting it in there. >
  
  You can't actually consent to inhumane treatment in most of the developed world. It makes the contract legally void (not 100% sure about the UK, but I'd be shocked if they didn't have some clause for that in their contract laws).
  Unfortunately a lot of people do not know this and put up with a lot more than they should for fear of getting sued. >
  
  "Squid game isn't supposed to be about hardship. It's about games" one source said... 
  Fucking lol. I bet when all those ppl getting shanked across multiple rounds were thinking about the game aspect of the situation. Then again the show is filmed in the U.K. so maybe that's part of the tomfoolery over there now. >
  
  I think you're missing the point.  None of the games in the show were as hard as this real one.  They were kids' games, played almost exactly like the kids play, the only difference being the consequences for losing.  If they wanted to have some cutthroat stuff between rounds, sure, but the idea they'd be in a several-hour endurance competition in freezing cold is absolutely inconsistent with the games in the show. >
  
  Ya but most of the people wouldn’t have been eliminated in the tv show if people weren’t being actively killed during the process. So to get a winner during a game show naturally it’ll be harder to thin the herd since the cast can’t hurt each other. >
  
  My teacher was in this lmao, he came back telling stories about people getting hypothermia, cramps and other things, he was near the front of the pack so he couldn’t turn around to see what was going on behind him but he could just hear people screaming for the medic.  The reason it was so horrible was because they were playing red light green light in freezing temps but instead of just pausing for 5-10 seconds they were paused for like 30 minutes so that Netflix could film all the different angles and stuff.  He claims his sensor went off falsely because he didn’t actually move, at first we didn’t believe him but then he showed our class a video that he took of a bunch of people whose sensors went off right before the finish line and they were all chanting, “WE DIDNT MOVE! WE DIDNT MOVE!” The game is rigged, the conditions are horrid and Netflix F’d up. End of story >
  
  Your teacher wouldn’t have had his phone to be taking videos so… this is false. >
  
  I know this is reddit and people lie all the time but I am for real right now, I think they were given their phones back once they got out, I will edit this comment after class on Monday, if I can get it I will also post the video. >
  
  I can absolutely confirm, without being able to say why, that players did NOT receive phones back until the next day at the hotel. I'm not able to say why, but you can probably figure out how I would know but also not be able to talk about it. >
  
  People apply to be on game show based on inhumane conditions. Are surprised when it’s difficult. >
  
  The irony alone is just amazing. >
  
  Irony poisoning is  too much.  The Squid game was a commentary on how capitalism makes us tear each other apart for the prize. >
  
  MrBeast’s Games > Netflix squid games. >
  
  NETFLIX (San Diego) - LET'S FILM A SHOW OUTDOORS IN BRITAIN  
  NETFLIX (Amsterdam) - I'LL PENCIL IT IN FOR DECEMBER >
  
  I wonder if anyone actually read the article? People were expecting to go and play difficult games, and be eliminated, what they didn't expect was to be standing still in a jump suit in freezing temperatures for HOURS whilst the TV crew got the right shots. They were lied to about how long it would take. That's fucked up, that's not what they signed up for, it's poor organisation, they need more staff, more cameras. It just sounds like a shitty situation. And yeah they could of left but it's super irresponsible for netflix to dangle millions of pounds in front of people so they will stand in the cold for hours, and they knew people would stay otherwise they would have postponed the shoot. People went expecting a game show, not a competition to see who could withstand hypothermia the longest. >
  
  Honestly this post doesn't even belong in this sub. >
  
  Yeah, it's not particularly oniony