According to the Hollywood Reporter,
But the Tea Party is using the movie as a cautionary tale against excessive government power.
I just saw the movie, and, while I can see it as a tale of excessive government power, it can also be seen as a tale of ever-greater income inequality generated by the free markets, as well as a tale of Republican militarism gone mad. So, in the end, a movie - like a story, is what you make of it.
Donald Sutherland recently told the Guardian that he hopes his newest film, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will “stir up a revolution,” which to him means that young people will be encouraged to agitate for left-wing causes like more food stamps, solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, the closure of Guantanamo and opposition to energy drilling and drone strikes.
But the Tea Party is using the movie as a cautionary tale against excessive government power.
I just saw the movie, and, while I can see it as a tale of excessive government power, it can also be seen as a tale of ever-greater income inequality generated by the free markets, as well as a tale of Republican militarism gone mad. So, in the end, a movie - like a story, is what you make of it.