Film Review: 'The Hunger Games'

[bookgazing]

'The Hunger Games' is a satirical, sci-fi polemic that despite its lack of rallying battle speeches manages to rant and rail against the dangers of materialism, economic inequality and greed through its costuming and world building¹. Now, as you might have guessed from my use of the words 'polemic' and 'rail' to describe it the political stance of 'The Hunger Games' is not exactly subtle. If anything its very narrative deliberately rejects taking a subtle approach to political criticism, as it makes much use of traditional satirical techniques like visual exaggeration, contrast and hyperbole to make its points.

Any piece of media that dresses the characters who support a repressive regime like this:



clearly cares nothing for the understated approach to political criticism.

( Let the games begin. )

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Rachel Stark - Why Katniss is a Feminist Character (And It’s Not Because She Weilds a Bow and Beats Up Boys)