00:00Why does The Hunger Games talk so much about manipulation?
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00:06The true enemy in The Hunger Games is not always the one in the arena.
00:10When watching movies, one might think that everything is based on a fairly simple principle.
00:15Several teenagers must fight each other until only one remains.
00:18In reality, The Hunger Games also tells a story of propaganda and manipulation.
00:22The Capitol controls the rules, the images, and even how the tribes are presented to the public.
00:27A teenager can become a celebrity in a matter of hours.
00:30His costume, his behavior, his alliances and his words are transformed into a spectacle.
00:35And all of this has a very important consequence.
00:38The inhabitants of the Capitol eventually come to view the games as entertainment.
00:42rather than as violence imposed on children.
00:45In the early films, Katniss gradually discovers how to use this staging against the system.
00:50But with Sunrise over the Harvest, we will discover another period of this propaganda.
00:55Because the story takes place during the 50th Hunger Games with a protagonist who is, in turn, a teenager.
01:01We're going to find out what happens when a government controls both the rules of an event
01:06and the images that the public receives.
01:08The Hunger Games uses a fictional competition to explore this mechanic.
