Los Angeles has officially designated September 17 – the day when Squid Game was premiered – as Squid Game Day, to commemorate the massive influence Netflix Korea’s Squid Game has had on American pop culture.
According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Korean-American congressman John Lee announced on Wednesday that the city council passed the resolution appointing Sept. 17 as Squid Game Day. Los Angeles city government will host a declaration ceremony on Friday in front of the city hall to celebrate the designation.
The ceremony will be attended by Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, director Hwang Dong Hyuk, actor Lee Jung Jae and Kim Ji Yeon, the CEO of production company Siren Pictures behind the series. The resolution emphasized that the series made history “by becoming the first Korean and first foreign language series to be nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, making history by bringing home three wins.”
“Squid Game marks another victory in the fight to grow representation of the AAPI [Asian American and Pacific Islander] community in film and entertainment, exposing audiences to Korean culture and traditions while paving the way for other AAPI communities to also have their stories told,” the resolution read.
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