Why The Hunger Games vanished from the pop culture conversation:
MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 13: Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends the Spanish premiere of the film 'The Hunger Games - Catching Fire' at the Callao cinema on November 13, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. . The Gary Ross-directed flick, an adaptation of Susanne Collins’ first novels in the YA dystopian, holds what is still a record for the opening weekend for a non-sequel.
The saga of Katniss Everdeen was one steeped in life-imitates-art irony. The films became about how forces opposing the tyrannical Capital attempted to turn Katniss into a singular figure of hope, with propaganda videos that could have doubled for theatrical trailers.
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