I went and wrote a screed over on artbeco about the Hunger Games movie and all of its implications for today's American youth. Probably just as depressing and pompous as it sounds
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To some extent kids have always been encouraged to identify with the underdog (at least in stories) so perhaps kids identifying with the kids in the story isn't that surprising. But I think you are right about life getting harder and bleaker, and about there being more and more a sense that American society is pervasively unfair, and it's becoming so obvious that kids are picking up on it younger and younger.
I wish we could do something to turn society around and make it more fair. I don't mind there being winners and losers--but winning shouldn't mean establishing a dynasty and losing should be a temporary setback, not a permanent state.
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To some extent kids have always been encouraged to identify with the underdog (at least in stories) so perhaps kids identifying with the kids in the story isn't that surprising. But I think you are right about life getting harder and bleaker, and about there being more and more a sense that American society is pervasively unfair, and it's becoming so obvious that kids are picking up on it younger and younger.
I wish we could do something to turn society around and make it more fair. I don't mind there being winners and losers--but winning shouldn't mean establishing a dynasty and losing should be a temporary setback, not a permanent state.
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