Does anyone else out there find the idea of playing a Hunger Games ‘game’ more than a little bit ironic? I do understand that this role playing doesn’t seem to involve murdering everyone around you in order to survive or the sadistic, poisonous settings of the Games depicted in the novels, but, really, practicing for the Games with a little role playing, even in the name of “strategy,” seems a little twisted.
The premise of the books, in large part, is that the Capitol’s Games are horrific and demeaning to everyone involved — so now we’re invited to join in the fun? Look for the video games alongside the movies, I guess. Bizarre that the entertainment culture of violence and vicarious participation in the suffering of others Collins is skewing in fiction may take shape and form around her story! If the movies are a hit (and they will be, I fear for all the wrong reasons), I predict a Panem-World theme park experience within the decade.
Please share your thoughts. (H/T to Arabella!)
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