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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-09-08 09:16:34
SEOUL September 8 (Yonhap) -- City of Los Angeles announced a “Squid Game Day” to commemorate the impact and influence of South Korean Netflix Series “Squid Game” on American pop culture.
American Korean congressman of Los Angeles John Lee announced on September 7 (US time) that the city council of Los Angeles passed the resolution appointing September 17 as “Squid Game Day.”
The resolution proposed by John Lee regarding “Squid Game Day” includes detailed description of how the Netflix series “Squid Game” successfully spread the South Korean tradition and culture, and strengthened AAPI’s stance through American film and entertainment industry.
“I think it is a first time United States have selected a specific drama to create a day commemorating the impact and influence on American pop culture.” announced John Lee throughout the phone call made between congressman Lee and Yonhap News Agency.
September 17 which was appointed as “Squid Game Day” is a day Netflix series “Squid Game” premiered worldwide.
According to the resolution “Squid Game” is the first non American drama to have been awarded with a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated at Emmys, “Squid Game” has wrote a history.
Continuing on, “’Squid Game’ has successfully managed to break the barrier created by the subtitles which stood between American viewers and foreign dramas.” adding “The drama has won another victor in a competition to build up the representation for the Asian Pacific community.”
To celebrate the enactment of “Squid Game Day” Los Angeles city government will be hosting a declaration ceremony on September 9 in front of the city hall.
According to the congressman John Lee, mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti, director of “Squid Game” Hwang Dong-hyuk, S.Korean actor Lee Jung-jae and the representative of the production company Siren Pictures inc will participate at the ceremony.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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