No, America Isn't The Hunger Games.
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
4.2 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
‘Hunger Games’ actor Josh Hutcherson compared the dystopian movie’s authoritarianism to America under Trump, saying “they didn’t listen” to the movie’s warnings. But who’s really missing the message? Let’s talk about it.
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| 0:23.0 | Hollywood actor Josh Hutcherson, who of course starred in the Hunger Games series, |
| 0:27.0 | is now saying that Hunger Games mirrors a lot of what the US is currently going through. |
| 0:31.2 | We haven't heard that take before. |
| 0:32.7 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:40.8 | Yeah, you better. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. |
| 0:43.9 | Today we're talking about Josh Hutcherson and The Hunger Games. |
| 0:46.6 | And you guys know I am a Hunger Games fanatic. |
| 0:49.5 | Okay. |
| 0:50.2 | So anytime we get the opportunity to talk about these books, these movies, I'm going to take it. |
| 0:54.8 | And Josh Hutcherson, who I do respect and I like as an actor and I think as a person based |
| 1:00.0 | of what we've seen, has sort of handed me on a silver platter the opportunity to talk about |
| 1:04.0 | these things in relation to politics. |
| 1:06.3 | He did a recent interview with GQ hype where he talks about the hunger games and the current state |
| 1:12.0 | of the U.S. and authoritarianism and fascism, which we've seen other Hunger Games actors do. |
| 1:16.7 | Recently, Elizabeth Banks, who plays F.E., had this take. |
| 1:20.0 | Obviously, she props up this fascist regime that she benefits from, and it's not until she realizes who, you know, really comes |
| 1:31.3 | to care for and see how unfair it is when they want to pull Katness and PETA into the games |
| 1:37.3 | again. Like, that's not the deal here and what's not supposed to be like this. And now she's like, |
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