‘The Hunger Games’ finds conservative and liberal fans flocking to the movie’s message

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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in
The Hunger Games

But it is a 'critique of current culture' or an 'indictment of winner-take-all capitalism'?

By Ethan Sacks / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Monday, March 26, 2012, 5:21 PM

An epic centered on a woman defending her family from the excesses of big government and a predatorial pop culture. An anti-war tale in which kids are the victims of an authoritarian government.
Which version of “The Hunger Games” did you see at the multiplex this weekend?

In the wake of the “The Hunger Games’” huge box office success - it earned a non-sequel record $152.5 million at the box office in its debut weekend - some liberals and conservatives are sharply divided about the film’s themes as they are on most issues.
“Any story that resonates with so many readers as the movie has done with viewers is going to have people ... I guess you’d have to call it hopping on a bandwagon,” movie historian Leonard Maltin, critic for “Entertainment Tonight,” told the Daily News. “And because it’s an allegory, people can content themselves by reading into the movie whatever they please.”   READ MORE