progressive politics and regressive entertainment. like peanut and butter.
April 21, 2012 8 Comments
After finally finishing The Hunger Games book — remember books? — I allowed myself to visit the Cinemark Century Theatres in Redwood City in order to see the film. At 3 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, no less. Because I’m a rebel.
Coming straight at you, here are my rapid reactions.
April 15, 2012 8 Comments
When I traveled a bit last summer, it seemed like all of my friends (and their kids) were reading The Hunger Games or had already read it. Suzanne Collins’ work sounded appealing, as I enjoy science fiction and this seemed to have some sort of social consciousness to it. But it took the release of the Hollywood blockbuster for me to finally get around to reading it myself.
(Warning: I don’t recap a lot of the plot, but you might not want to read these reflections if you haven’t read the book yourself.)
