Netflix has found in ‘The Squid Game’ its new world phenomenon. Not even on the platform itself they had it, as they surely did not expect to receive a multitude of complaints about a scene from the fourth episode. However, they have been quick to respond to public outrage and have introduced a change to ‘Team comes first’.
The dangers of the strobe effect
If you put the chapter in question, now before it a warning appears in the upper left, highlighting that “some scenes have a strobe effect that can affect light-sensitive viewers“, and there is a scene of more than four minutes in duration – it happens between minute 16 and 20 of the episode– where the main light source used becomes a strobe light.
And is that the use of flashing light can have negative effects on those viewers sensitive to the same, which can lead to discomfort, visual fatigue or headaches. Even more important is that m3 times the chance of having an epileptic seizure in viewers who are photosensitive.
Remember that not the first complaint important to which he has to face because of ‘The Squid Game’, since it turns out that the telephone number used in the series to identify the organization behind this sadistic competition is real and its owner is up to the nose of receive thousands of calls every day …
‘The Squid Game’ premiered on Netflix on September 17 and is on its way to becoming the most watched series on the platform in its entire history. Many already ask for one second season, but its second creator has already made it clear that it is not a priority for him.