I don’t speak Korean, and the subtitles are reportedly bad. But, please explain why Squid Game portrays the only non-Korean main character as a brown skinned man who the entire time snivels in “sirs,” gratitude, sacrifice, and subservience to people equally fucked as him. 
The responses about how this portrayal of Ali as kinder, more polite, respectful, noble, and more considerate than others as a way to “humanize” immigrants like him to a racist and hostile Korean audience is not that comforting 😬😬
To those who added insight or your own examination of Ali’s characterization, thanks for your contribution. Those in QTs and elsewhere whose only thought is that we’re all thinking too deeply, allow me to save you further effort in tolerating thoughtfulness and catch this block.
I referred to this literary trope of the noble savage (exaggeratedly good, simple, best and “purest representation of humanity” outsider) a few times in the discussion as another parallel, along with Tom, one can draw with Ali’s characterization.
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