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Privileged literacies
Chad, Intriguing questions you have there that show just how reliant hype-media is on visuals and aurality/orality. You're also spot on regarding the scene playing out like a theater of the absurd. But this performance ultimately breaks down when the ... -
Engagement, activism, fiction/"reality"
Benjamin, wonderful piece! You bring up very important social issues, and your bread-and-circuses analysis is spot on, fitting the bill on and off the screen. I am somewhat pessimistic of the film's target audience wanting to engage with the latter ... -
Film --> Reality TV --> Film
Interesting notes, Melody. I haven't read beyond the first book, so I'm assuming, from the editors' notes and your analyses, that the media themes become even more pronounced in following installments. We've known for a while now that ... -
Youth
Thanks for the thoughtful post, Anna. I'm especially appreciative that you point out that the brutal combat happens between "one young man bludgeoning another" because, if it weren't bad enough that characters of lower social status ... -
Gender/Revenge Flicks
Virginia--as well, Hanna's father figure/mentor might be problematic here. I was thinking of mentioning Natalie Portman's Mathilda from The Professional, when I realized that, unlike Babydoll, Katniss, and Ree, Mathilda is being inducted into a ...