How does war connect to your concerns about TV, especially reality TV?
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Hunger Games is a reality television program. An extreme one, but
that's what it is. And while I think some of those shows can succeed on
different levels, there's also the voyeuristic thrill, watching people
being humiliated or brought to tears or suffering physically. And that's
what I find very disturbing. There's this potential for desensitizing
the audience so that when they see real tragedy playing out on the news,
it doesn't have the impact it should. It all just blurs into one
program.And I think it's very important not just for young people, but
for adults to make sure they're making the distinction. Because the
young soldier's dying in the war in Iraq, it's not going to end at the
commercial break. It's not something fabricated, it's not a game. It's
your life.
-Suzanne Collins
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