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To: Yardstick
hmmmm... you make a point I had not considered

They could say the evil ones are the republicans in charge and the poor “Occupy District 1-13”(tm) are the oppressed, but that had not even occurred to me OR my children because the evil ones are the big central government in this movie - which is what the democraps want

29 posted on 04/05/2012 5:53:40 PM PDT by Mr. K (If Romney wins the primary, I am writing-in PALIN)
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To: Mr. K
The piece you're missing is that the big government is a right-wing big government. That's why this is a leftist movie.

Remember that The Hunger Games was conceived during the Bush years, back when the left was fearful of big "fascist" government. Their panic drove them to make several dystopian movies like V for Vendetta and Children of Men that expressed that fear. All had an oppressive right-wing government as the bad guy. The Hunger Games is part of the same pattern.

30 posted on 04/05/2012 6:33:07 PM PDT by Yardstick
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