The Demented Psychology of Being a Fangirl

[@imchristinac]

She’s rounding white men up like the draft

[@saralivvv]

fr

[@lily.10010]

BARS

[@silvan_night5609]

CACKLING

[@MidnightLeo]

💀💀💀

[@madpears573]

this is so good

[@gizzbug]

The way she casually starts singing the French national anthem so well at the end oh my god

[@laur3nn1808]

fr it was SO GOOD

[@passivelyobsessive5460]

i thought it was an audio clip of someone else at first until the little giggle and I was like "whoa"

[@LexisManzara]

even the pronunciation, like WHAT

[@brandi01394]

I feel like whoever tried to explain the prequel book to you did you a disservice. There is so much more context that you need for the characters to understand why Lucy Gray is the way she is and the same for Coriolanus. Also reading Corio’s inner dialogue is key to the plot!

[@camryn_tayler]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@sophiaguzman4757]

Is that really how his name is spelled??? 💀💀💀

[@KierstonKxsh]

@@sophiaguzman4757unfortunately I think so 😂

[@sophiaguzman4757]

@@KierstonKxsh The author did him sooo dirty 😂 😭

[@ellayde.]

this is not poetic torture brittany this is starved heterosexuality in a world where the male specimens are not up to standard

[@bracejuice7955]

A world of mid women all feelings they deserve the top 1% of men

[@lizzybabyy33]

Nail on the head, wow

[@JamesHightower18]

Neither are the women Tbf 😂😂

[@ellayde.]

@MickeySticky_teasin_me idk who is "yall" mickey, i'm cuffed up with a sweet + funny metalhead and i don't find any of the men she mentioned attractive

[@joeypheonix2163]

Wow you nailed it SO PERFECTLY

[@jaylove9520]

I love how the episodes always start off as “omg he’s so hot LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF HIM” and devolves into a rant about the political and economic state of todays society. Every time. Without fail, and I love her for that

[@jennacoomer8457]

Yesss

[@Baralai]

And ends with the French Anthem 😂 (beautifully sung as well)

[@AmeonnaSal]

Hahahaha exactly!

[@Jenpai1]

Brittany ending the episode by singing the ENTIRE French National Anthem is sending me

[@hwatinyy]

Me too 😭

[@annaburgooo]

And she sounded so good

[@XxPinkFunhousexX]

i read this comment going into the episode and i kept waiting for her to start talking about anything even remotely related to this contextually, but the fact that she literally brought that up out of NOWHERE for NO REASON one minute before the episode ends is what really made this for me, i knew it was coming and i still did not expect it

[@Jenpai1]

@@XxPinkFunhousexX NO GENIUELY still has me in chokehold

[@beafraid5467]

I live in France and Brittany’s rendition of the Marseillaise is probably the most emotional rendition of it I’ve ever heard lmao. Just enough pathos and ferociousness.

[@haleymarkham8952]

There is also safety and security in fangirling… the part of us that acknowledges it will never happen feels safe; we don’t have to be vulnerable and we never have to get hurt.

[@tiffany.Elizabeth.]

Unless…… lol. 🙃

[@Luckyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

so trueeeee

[@elyseshires6314]

this just reminds me of that tweet “you women will allow men to be something they would never allow you to be: ugly & loved” EDIT: PLEASE READ THE BOOK! She is NOT quiet. Her whole character is beautiful and alluring and talented. that’s why Coryo tries to gain her trust so that she will be able to win him the Plinth Prize

[@maeveramsey9251]

rachel's performance was greater than i even expected. i don't understand why brittany thinks she can complain about rachel's portrayal of lucy gray when brittany didn't even read the book. her (appalachian, not southern) accent was accurate too.

[@Myh9801]

YES! when she said he was considering abolishing the games I laughed. He never thought of that, just thought of winning the money to rebuild his family and his personal success.

[@tessa3388]

@@maeveramsey9251 Agreeeed

[@izabellevallee1184]

@@Myh9801fr, I was thinking “girl what makes you think he wants to do that?”

[@jjprentiss9192]

fr y’all need to read the book

[@RuthBrown-u3p]

Me, a 31 year-old fully-grown woman, sat ready to listen to big sister Brittany scream at me about her white-man-of-the-week obsession

[@queenofthefae1]

Same but I’m 33 🤣

[@pipperlue]

Same but I’m 37 😅

[@april6620]

Same, but I'm 44yo. Gigglesnort

[@roisinska]

same but i'm 33!

[@zerokaoningyo3509]

same but i’m 17 with a mortgage and three kids

[@cam6731]

I'm not French at all but Brittany singing the French national anthem with whatever mic effect that was has HEALED my ✨️SOUL✨️, and I would like to thank our great leader for sharing that with us.

[@laurenfinney5390]

NO AS A FRENCH PERSON IT WAD SO GOOD I can barely remember the lyrics 😂😂😂 it was so good

[@carlamarieb6704]

But like why was is she so good lmao

[@id3389]

I was taking a nap with this video in the bg and the French national anthem WOKE ME TF UP! THAT WAS GLORIOUS!

[@humanure0]

fr wtf now i like the french

[@brinnze7408]

I literally listened to it 10 times I’m like obsessed for some reason

[@myohmayaa]

lucy gray is a performer in the book- and just like the movie, she sings when she has something to say, and she always has something to say because she’s a strong and intelligent woman. she’s also seen as attractive by everyone, and coriolanus even specifies the first time he sees her that her makeup would be super popular in the capitol (if i’m not mistaken). since she’s covey she travels a lot and isn’t supposed to be “normal”. even if she was from 12, she’s always been a baddie and Rachel did a phenomenal job at embodying that.

[@rosinamacdonald3082]

I agree I think Lucy Grays character is so nuanced and since we do not get her thoughts or perspective her motives and strategies in the games are unknown. I think Rachel did a great job portraying that nuanced sort of confusing bit that Lucy Gray was playing. She was clearly using some type of performative strategy throughout and it is confusing and hard to understand and that was shown in the movie well I think.

[@myohmayaa]

@@rosinamacdonald3082 i totally agree! super great take. i think people should either read the book, or really analyze her character before they say she’s too pretty or like unrealistic, because the whole point of what makes her character unique is that she’s theatrical and performative in the best ways- and rachel nailed it

[@lunavioleta001]

I disagree. Lucy Grey being conventional "attractive" is just boring. Why can't she be a great performer and make everyone feel like she is beautiful without looking like a super model. We can't have our main heroine look at least like a normal person though. We can't have a female character be just judged by their personality and character it's telling how shallow y'all are.

[@tessa3388]

@@lunavioleta001Isn’t it a bit more shallow to expect a working class girl to be plain? Again, copy and pasting your opinion on multiple threads isn’t going to make it a better take.. lol

[@lunavioleta001]

@@tessa3388 Who said anything about plain? See, you just told yourself. If they aren't conveniently attractive, then they are plain to you. Their personality and creativity means nothing. It's all about look, isn't it? And it isn't about how poor or rich they look, it's about people's perspectives and shallowness. Or are you saying that the only poor people that are beautiful are the ones that are skinny and look like models?

[@klymothe]

women wanting cute “ugly” men that are funny and smart and men only seeing the surface is the most accurate thing ever

[@pinkmenace2452]

it's because women are seen as objects not people

[@MichelleSmith-gt1py]

why do we keep giving them access to us? they're literally like 'we only see you as warm bodies to boost our egos' and we still want them? ick

[@kleighmclain]

I need you to read the book so bad. You will not feel any sympathy for Snow at all. He was horrid from the very first page all the way through. The movie you just couldn’t hear his thoughts

[@spooksah917]

Yup there were so many moments where if you read the book you knew he was thinking some nasty vile shit when all it was on screen was like a flicker of thought on his face

[@steffycats]

Agree! In the book you could tell he was already a bad person and the rest of the story just solidified his beliefs. The movie paints him as a young innocent boy who gets turned bad through circumstances

[@mollykelley03]

yeahhh i get he’s hot but he is the worst from the start

[@DeerieMee]

He may have been terrible but goddamn did I have a lil chuckle a few times. Dude was sassy

[@arianamitchell7050]

and lucy gray is not quiet or demure. idk what book her friend read

[@nolwennquiquemelle3667]

As a french person who was cooking onion soup while listening to this episode, you left me speechless when you started singing the french anthem. thank you, I didn't know I needed this, and it made my onion soup taste better.

[@juliaerin1938]

I think that Disney in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s did a great job of differentiating princesses. Ariel, Jasmine, Belle, Meg, Mulan, etc are all SO unique personality wise.

[@marshmallowk]

I loved mulan as a kid ❤ she was my hero

[@shannonceleste5557]

Yes! They not only look and act different from each other- they also fit into their stories so seamlessly (bc they’re written as fully developed human beings). There’s such a huge difference when you compare those ‘Disney princesses’ to the main characters Disney is coming up with today.

[@HippieHobbity]

we really need a “yell cam” so every time she turns away from the mic to scream into the void, we can get a face cam there and we dan truly finally feel shouted at directly by brittany broski

[@space__girl]

most significant and life altering comment ive ever read, couldnt agree more 🫡

[@earthlypig]

YES

[@jeandunk]

please that would be amazing

[@22suprstar22]

Omg this is the best suggestion ever 😂😂

[@ac.runnnn]

Nuh uh too scary

[@toffearth]

I need her to read the book and react to that. I think it shows just how psychotic Snow was. I don’t he ever truly loved Lucy Gray - he wanted to own her and control her.

[@lindegraaf19]

i am currently ill like a victorian child on my couch & i am so elated to listen to this podcast that i feel my symptoms disappearing

[@eater_of_yeets]

I am ill like a Victorian child dying on my couch as well and I too feel that my symptoms are leaving me 😂❤

[@elizabeth9820]

Girl same I think this is the first time I’m not listening in office HAHA

[@YourSilentPrincess]

i just ate a pickle and it was really good

[@lucy-laine]

PLS THIS GOT ME CACKLINGGGG

[@MartianEmbrace]

Did we all get hit w the plague or something? I'm also laying in my death bed rn and as soon as I started listening to this podcast, I felt the illness leaving through my pores lmaooo

[@melindacecile]

I swear, week after week, Brittany perfectly articulates *exact* conversations I have with my friends and coworkers and *they* all look like I'm crazy. And then I come to this comment section, and I'm reassured that I'm not alone

[@kimberly.aerial]

truly, where are all you people irl??

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

@@kimberly.aerialTexas! Unironically lol.

[@YourSilentPrincess]

same!! i need to find ppl like yall

[@MissFelice]

You are definitely not alone!!

[@izabellevallee1184]

The thing I find frustrating about this video is that you have no problem with how attractive Tom Blyth is in regards to his performance of Coriolanus Snow. But you have a problem with Lucy Gray being pretty. You said you think she is too beautiful considering she is part of the working class. Lucy Gray literally survived because of her beauty, it even says so in one of her songs “you went to the dogs and I lived by my charms.” I encourage you to read the book because I believe it would change your opinion about Coriolanus Snow and see how he is so demented even before his “switch”.

[@tindraakerlind9748]

!!!!

[@deltafournumbers]

I think what's being lost in translation between Brittany and the comment section is that whoever explained the book to her did a shit job of it and she's missing so much context that would completely change her opinion. She isn't being malicious and she isn't jealous, she's just been misinformed about the plot

[@bobtina6120]

​@@deltafournumbers I'm sorry but wtf is the point in doing this if you've never seen the movie or read the book. It's just another pointless podcast episode.

[@facundoclemente9275]

​@@deltafournumbersthen she shouldn't have done a video about it. what insight do you have to talk on something you don't know? if anything that makes the criticism even more valid

[@user47816]

Her whole take is giving internalized misogyny tbh

[@bethchills]

Just to throw a little info, Lucy Gray’s accent is an Appalachian accent. The music isn’t country either, it’s Appalachian folk. It was great to have some representation!

[@emma124]

yes this!!!

[@luxilios]

i commented ab this too!! growing up around Appalachian culture was so fun, but people everywhere talk down on the accent. so cool to see it positively represented!!

[@MonsterMorgan88]

I feel like the Appalachian accents get the most “mocked” and that’s why people think it’s a “fake southern accent”😂

[@cocomayaki]

I'm polish, never have been in the US and yet I could hear that's Appalachian accent🙊 also she was really good Lucy Gray. Lucy was strong and independent proud of her chosen family and yet using her beauty and voice when needed. Corio was a psycho from the begining end never loved her like ppl love. He had such a disgusting thoughs about her and everyone else. He was cute I get it 🙊 but he was the same guy from the first words about his family till the end ☠️ just have more power

[@MonsterMorgan88]

I am from the deep Appalachia 😂 I can’t tell you how much I get made fun of just in the next big town over

[@whitneymle3045]

Brittanys brain is something that should be studied, girl has all this art, pop-culture, music info, white man crushes and still finds time to learn the French national anthem. I am amazed.

[@Relesui]

Best comment

[@toemilkk]

no fr i don’t think people really take the time to realize, home girl is SMART. like girl could be a professor fr

[@jordanallen3078]

Your take is exceptional. Exceptionally strange and off-putting.

[@Juli505_]

She's so wise

[@Icycold21]

Her perspective of Lucy Gray was so WRONG. Lucy is never described as quiet in the books. They also did not bossify her at all. In fact they made her more passive in the movie because in the book she actively kills someone with a snake in hand to hand combat.

[@bookzt]

they most deffiently do bossify her. Just their whole design of her and the cocky personality is a total 180 from the bravery we see in the books

[@Icycold21]

@@bookzt there’s nothing in the film that Lucy Grays says that’s not in the books. Tell me what line she says that changed her personality?

[@bookzt]

its not the words she says specifically, but the way they are expressed through the acting. @@Icycold21

[@Icycold21]

@@bookzt So you know how Lucy was acting in the book? I didn’t realize you could hear and see her from words, even though it doesn’t describe them.

[@bookzt]

your arguing with a 15 year old that read and watched bosbas for fun. If you cant handle others opinions, then why dish yours out?😘😘 @@Icycold21

[@abigailpaige8552]

here are my notes: 1. Rachel Zegler gave Lucy Gray an Appalachian accent so that’s why it sounds like a southern accent. 2. Lucy Gray was beautiful but she was supposed to be different from the boring and grey people in District 12 since she only got stuck there when she was traveling for music. She technically was not from that district. 3. I would love another prequel movie but I want to see another games. I would love to see Haymitch’s games when he won. He was the winner of the 50th Hunger Games (2nd Quarter Quell), and won against twice as many people since they reaped two pairs of men and women that year. I just know those games were INSANE and it can show us how Haymitch won and how he got to his present day- alcoholic self that we know. That’s the end of my notes. :) edit: I am not contradicting or disagreeing with anything Brittney said these are just my opinions on the topic. I love my leader of Broski Nation!

[@spacegalaxy19]

stop haymitch’s game would be batshit crazy that would be amazing to watch

[@lillywilliams4298]

YESSSSS

[@guera2003]

Sooo true reading about how Haymitch won his games is heartbreaking and crazy I would love to see that

[@MinicManor]

SAME SAME SAME SAME SAME

[@samara.ariel.jpg_]

yes good notes 👍🏽

[@amyipsen979]

I hear a lot of people say that rachel zeglers “southern accent” was really bad but i think that it was definitely supposed to be an Appalachian accent. I’m front Pennsylvania near the poconos and the further into the mountains you go the more people sound like her so it was really nice to see that culture be portrayed on screen for once and I think she did a really good job on the accent it sounds really accurate at least for where i am

[@topgunenjoyer]

fr im from kentucky and i saw so much of my culture in it

[@maeveramsey9251]

yep her appalachian(!!) accent was perfect

[@g1lol]

woahh kinda surreal reading this comment while i’m sitting here in the poconos lol

[@allisonselman9175]

Yessss. I agree! It was heavyyyyy but so are most folks accents around where I live lol

[@mellarkhijacked]

I second this as someone from West Virginia. Her accent was amazing

[@AidanRoberts-w5u]

Rachel did a fantastic job playing Lucy Gray. Her “southern accent” seems off because it’s a mountain accent. District 12 is geographically in the Appalachian mountains.

[@emilyfreeborn3613]

As someone who’s written essays on the book it makes my blood legitimately boil when people who haven’t read it say rachel turned her into a girlboss 😭

[@DeerieMee]

Right???? I felt she kinda was in the book as well. I actually thought she was more quirky in the books. Also looking up the accent she was doing she did a pretty good job! Also very thin and beautiful? Isn't that basically how she's described? 😫 She's starving and snow is like obsessed with her

[@WhatAlex]

i agree

[@oliviareynolds4429]

Couldn’t agree more! Rachel played her exactly like the book

[@brooke4608]

Ngl I disagreed with like everything Brittany said about Lucy gray and Rachel zegler acting. First of all it’s not a “bad” Southern accent it’s an Appalachian accent 😭 like would you be saying she has a “gen z” face if she was the hot white man of the week? Anyways

[@LAUGHOULOUDtv]

@@brooke4608 1) Completely agree with the accent thing. It really annoys me when people say that. 2) The whole "white boy of the week" thing was funny at first, but like... why is she ONLY talking about white men... like exclusively…?

[@cinnamojelly]

As someone from the very rural area of Kentucky, I really appreciated Rachel's Appalachian accent and the inclusion of bluegrass/folk music. It may seem very cringe or weird to others, but it was a nice representation of our culture that usually is mocked or looked down on.

[@Me-vn3gz]

was her accent accurate at all?

[@Demxnicisthebest]

@@Me-vn3gzI thought it was and Katniss was supposed to have the same accent Jennifer Lawrence just didn’t use it

[@zew08]

yes!!! she had an appalachian accent it was sooo good

[@mikoria.]

it was annoying how sometimes she spoke with the accent and sometimes she dropped it tho 😭😭

[@cinnamojelly]

She sounded pretty similar to how the people where I live in Eastern Kentucky speak. Of course it wasn't perfect, but it was really good

[@daveedoodle6371]

I just feel like she got misled by her friend who read the book. Lucy Gray in the books is way WAAAAY louder and energetic and opinionated, mothered so hard. Rachel Zegler is amazing but obviously, she was toned down in the movie because idk how they'd fit so much of that personality in less than three hours of a movie that's focused on another character. But Lucy Gray is definitely not "girlbossing" in both the books and the movie and if anything, she was TONED DOWN in the movie. Her character's personality is also very much complex as well, something that I think Rachel Zegler portrayed so well even with only limited appearances. She's smart, she's cunning, sassy, sarcastic, very strong-willed and knows what she wants. But she's also very caring and soft and sentimental where she gives and does so much for her family and she isn't afraid to show that softness and vulnerability to the people she trusts and also not ashamed to ask help. She's such a transparent and kind girl, just everything. I hope Brittany reads the book.

[@crims0nchin]

GET A GRIP BRITTANY ITS A WHITE MAN WITH SCURVY

[@kikimurray7328]

This comment is taking me out

[@plumcocoe]

take this back . Now.

[@alli9300]

Bruh fr. I love her sm, she’s my mother Mary all day long, but her running list of white men is absolutely despicable 😭😭😭

[@okayokayfineilldoit]

theyre literally always british too i just wanna be like babes trust me i live in england and ive Peeped the Horrors

[@mackie12712]

I want a book following tigress - that way it’s a new story but we get to see snow from her perspective and how his image changes in her mind. We could learn more about the fashion industry in the Capitol and how she became a stylist and then her decent into heavy plastic surgery. Her story would be so interesting.

[@gr33ntea_]

Reading the book now and Lucy Gray is not quiet or stoic like your friend said lol she’s very much a charismatic cheeky if not obnoxious character. The Rachel Zegler hate is so disappointing. She’s a beautiful woman who is killing it right now, and who’s hating???? WOMEN

[@petalchild]

Men are hating on her as well, be real now.

[@juliahatemachine]

i was NOT expecting to see Brittany singing the french anthem and it was so out of the blue that i couldn't stop laughing but hey that's the magic of the Broski Report. thank you leader for one more much needed counsel to enlighten the Broski nation, we appreciate your efforts!!!

[@chaseswag]

One thing that was interesting about TBOSAS movie is you don’t get any of snow’s internal monologue, so if you’re just watching the movie you don’t realize the true disdain and resentment he has for pretty much everyone around him, including lucy gray. He only really “cares” for people when he thinks they can help his own personal cause in some way, and he views them as possessions. This is a theme throughout the entirety of the book, while in the movie it seems that he only becomes that way at the end. It’s definitely a neat choice for the viewer to be subject to what everyone around snow is subject to (his deceptiveness), but I highly recommend the book if you want a greater understanding of his character!!

[@xithecreator]

This is one of the worst takes about Lucy Gray, I think you should read the book before you speak on it again. Rachel Zegler NAILED the role. She was always an independent thinker, she was part of the covey which don’t identify with the districts. She was always gritty and strong. She is like katniss where they both HAD to do what they had to do to survive, if you want to interpret that as “girlboss” I think you are very mistaken. They are not fighting for their life because they are women, but because they had to SURVIVE. Also, Lucy Gray’s whole thing was being a performer who was the “song bird” of the district, she and her covey would perform every night or so for the district. Rachel is absolutely stunning and she is the perfect person to have been Lucy Gray, her voice, her acting, and her aura nailed it.

[@maddie6585]

FACTS!!

[@kittysharpe5269]

Whoever explained the books to her did a horrible job, which makes her take on it sound jealous. I think she definitely needs to read the books

[@tessa3388]

Rachel Zegler is actually really suited for Lucy Gray because her beauty is a part of the character, she is a performer and uses her talent and beauty to her advantage

[@wlweloise7270]

EXACTLY. when you read the book you realise that snow wasn't in love with her, he's obsessed with her beauty and wants to control her.

[@samits-wv9jc]

This girl just comment things without actually research soooo😅

[@umami6462]

yea i think it's very clear in the movie that men want her

[@myohmayaa]

TRUTH

[@reythewallace]

YES how they explained his reaction in the book when she sang the song in her final interview... completely different vibes in the movie @@wlweloise7270

[@amberspriggs6994]

As far as the girlbossification of Lucy gray, katniss was also heavily girlbossed in the movie vs the book. Book katniss is very much just a girl which I loved.

[@kikimurray7328]

I feel like they generally did an alright job at showing how out of her element Katniss was. She didn’t want to do the commercials she was horrible at it and she was constantly complaining about how she didn’t want to be the mockingjay. I think they could have done a better job at translating that but overall Katniss was shown to be out of her element I’d say

[@proathiest]

I think they would've had to make the movies 5+ hours in order to capture Katniss like the books did. Which obviously they can't do. Also, on the outside I think they did well, its the interdialogue is what they missed. But like I said, they would not be able to make those films long enough.

[@amberspriggs6994]

@@proathiest I totally agree. I understand why they did it and I don’t think there’s a better alternative, just something that happens when translating media from book to movie. I’m not complaining, I loved the movies but movie katniss and book katniss are just different in my opinion 🤷🏻‍♀️ not hating, just observing

[@clover2739]

To me that was less how they showed Katniss at points and more how they portrayed Peeta, like they took away his snark and how he’d bite back to Katniss which makes him seem more quiet then they add in scenes like him struggling in training and getting laughed at, so Katniss has to tell him to throw that heavy weight thing… whereas that didn’t happen book wise since he didn’t struggle at training and excelled at hand to hand combat, I can’t tell what the decision was there but it made them especially in the first movie very unbalanced which seems like a girlbossed version of Katniss

[@ban1o]

calling lucy gray a girlboss is kind of wild to me when she literally spent the whole games running and hiding and only survived because Snow cheated like 3 different times lmao. Just because she didn't run after Snow like a puppy and she stood up for herself doesn't make her a girl boss.

[@bexsammartino7749]

I usually agree with Brittany's opinions, but in this case I would recommend reading the book and then going back and re-watching the movie (a recommendation I make to everyone since its one of the best prequels I've ever read). I actually think Lucy Gray was portrayed extremely well in the film. The whole book is from Coriolanus's perspective, so she's a bit hard to pin down in the books beyond his interpretation of her. But Rachel Zegler brings the charm and grit that the character would need for the sequence of events to make sense. Her personality also makes sense given her background as a performer. I really don't think she's a girl boss in the same way that Katniss isn't either; they are both resilient survivors forced into an awful situation. I don't think Lucy Gray is ever described as shy in the books, maybe scared (she is, after all, about to go into the hunger games). Her accent is also Appalachian, which is what most/all of District 12 would sound like if the films were book accurate due to the region specificities. Overall, these books and movies are more allegories than anything else, and the point is to critique society, especially the entertainment industry.

[@brandi01394]

Completely agree! I wouldn’t say Lucy Gray is shy at all, she loves to sing and perform. And I don’t see her as a “girl boss” either just because she won the games.

[@Myh9801]

Yes you put it so well!! I couldn’t help but keep saying “read the book read the book!” while she was saying Lucy Gray was shy/cunning. Like Rachel did amazing giving Lucy Gray so much more depth

[@jessicalyon1740]

yes I also agree with this! I would really like her to read the book as some of her opinions on the movie aren’t quite accurate. She said something about “You can tell Snow is try to fight the corruption of the capitol but you see is slow decent into madness towards the end” but if you’ve read the book you know he’s a horrible villain from the START lol

[@Jellybellyirish]

I fucking HATE to say this but she seems jealous of Rachel, not doing a drop of research let's her continue to dislike her for no reason as well.

[@bexsammartino7749]

@@jessicalyon1740 yes I think the film suffers from not having Coriolanus’s inner dialogue bc in the books he is quite unhinged from the start lol

[@sarasthoughts]

Brit, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of Coriolanus. He never loved Lucy. He finds her embarassing to him, inappropriate, to him she is just a tool to climb the social ladder and then a toy to play with out of spite. He wants to own her and puppet her. The MOMENT she stops being of any use to him and becomes a potential loose thread he HUNTS HER DOWN, the same way he kills Seanus. He is a narcissist with zero potential to love. You NEED to read the book because it's harder to understand how COLD he is from the movie.

[@savoracle]

this oh my god!! thank you!!

[@nessamo]

It's really interesting the way that some people interpret the film adaptation and create their own understandings. Because Lucy Gray and Coryo fell in love in the book slowly but surely because of Lucy Gray's background in her family/culture dynamic but also it was her personality to be a little flirtatious. But also the book (obviously) carries a lot of background and creates so many answers that you never even knew you had questions to in the Hunger Games' original trilogy. I truly believe that Rachel Zegler did an absolutely fantastic job and accurately portrayed Lucy Gray. She was rebellious and as so many have put it (including Rachel) "she was a performer forced to fight".

[@FOHaab]

You didn't seem to understand the book either, lol. Coryo never truly loved her.

[@laurtar]

I love that Brittany has her white boys of the month but Hozier is the only constant. She is truly committed

[@saltypigeon3110]

but she can’t move to Ireland

[@riverkoritko4411]

i feel like there are season long arcs and monster of the week arcs. like hozier is high rn since the new album but someone like harry had a long arc earlier this year. i think pedro had an arc but robert pattison was a man of the week

[@ellayde.]

oooooh the rent about the girlbossification and insipid homogenization of female characters and how it's actually more stereotyping than progressive was needed and so well worded thank you Mrs. President 🫡

[@Chloe575_]

Amen 🫡

[@cremeuxkraft9019]

Fanfiction where broski is president?!❤

[@miataylor2543]

@@cremeuxkraft9019 that's real life wdym?

[@abbycollins2003]

thank god rachel zegler actually read the book and didn’t make character decisions based off of tiktok discourse. also, how the hell does she have gen z face? she hasn’t had any plastic surgery. she doesn’t have veneers. for god sakes it’s not like she looks like kylie jenner… she’s just a gorgeous girl.

[@rayleaemma5645]

it just means she has a young face. and wth do you thing gen z looks like because it isn't that. she never insinuated that it was because she had something done to alter her appearance so I don't know where you got that idea from.

[@FOHaab]

Plastic surgery is a gen z face to you?? Have you never seen a non famous gen z person before?? What the hell?

[@60s70s.Loverr]

@@rayleaemma5645Lucy Gray is 18 at most. she’s young. and the hunger games is in the future.

[@leanneparker6139]

rachel zegler can read the book n that’s great but not appreciate SNOW WHITE LMAOOO

[@wow-jz7me]

​@@leanneparker6139there is literally nothing to appreciate about snow white

[@cricket98741]

The Lucy gray take was not it😭 The argument of her ‘looking to good’ is weird cause like poor people can be hot too? And she’s underfed so of course she’s gonna be scrawny. Plus its set in the future so having too modern of a face (tho this is such a real thing) is smth i think could be excused for this concept.

[@Kingbimmy]

Me personally, I took it to mean the makeup and everything wasn’t realistic. She looked too beautiful in the sense that you can kinda tell she has makeup on all through the movie, which doesn’t make sense for a district 12 person. But idk what should’ve been different in that way, it’s a movie, the main actress who’s meant to be beautiful is definitely gonna have makeup on 😭

[@slushywush]

@@Kingbimmyshe wears makeup in the book, coriolanus talks about her eyeshadow, rouge and ‘greasy lipstick’

[@charr2]

@@Kingbimmyshe was supposed to look like she had makeup on. in the book it said that she wears makeup.

[@facundoclemente9275]

​@@Kingbimmythe book literally explains multiple times that she uses a lot of make up

[@clover2739]

@@Kingbimmylike others have explained that take is still not it if you don’t know the book, because she’s supposed to be wearing makeup. When Snow first sees her at the reaping she actually even had red lipstick and the makeup seems more heavy and he’s confused where a district girl from 12 would get makeup from, and Lucy Gray is very focused on her appearance

[@xoxkassey]

Petition for Brittany to sing a different national anthem at the end of every episode!

[@madic5197]

YES

[@madic5197]

In French

[@melissahw4462]

Brittany cackling at herself after singing the French national anthem always gets me. I love her self awareness. WERK it girl. Also, nice tenor voice!

[@cheyisokay]

Can I just say how POWERFUL Reapers scene was when he covered the bodies with the hunger games flag. The scene made me cry my eyes out.

[@janelist978]

Dude, I am a 38 year old woman who recently discovered her love for writing romantic fantasy: angels, demons, pirates, and sea goddesses. Love what you love and don't ever apologise!

[@asherphoenix]

Girl… don’t speak on the book if you haven’t read it 😭💀 Your take on Lucy Gray was not it ALSO: you’re criticizing Lucy/Rachel for being “too pretty” and then go on a rant about how hot Snow/Tom is??? Come on now 😬

[@lucyparra2119]

It is so annoying that everyone is commenting on Brittany's bad take on the casting of Lucy Gray when 10 min later she gives a beautiful monolog of the dystopian feel of our society and the parallels that Hungergames has to the possible future we are barreling toward.

[@ananyak7323]

well that’s cause her take literally said lucy gray is too beautiful to be a working class woman?? like it’s insane 😭

[@aphemeron]

the exponential increase in white boys of the week/month is like that one scene from pacific rim where they say they'll have to start expecting new kaiju every four minutes 😭

[@beafraid5467]

LMAO

[@maggiecarley]

Hey Brittany. My name is Maggie, and I am 20 years old. My dad died yesterday, and I wanted you to know (if you ever see this) that I find a lot of comfort in sitting down and listening to the chaotically joyful podcasts you create. It has meant more than you know, and I want to thank you for giving me this gift of laughter and a smile during this time. All my love from Green Bay, Wisconsin. ❤️ EDIT: Thank you all so incredibly much for your support and kindness. This is such a special community, and I am very proud to be apart of it. All of my love and gratitude.

[@thesarahcaitlinshow]

So sorry for your loss! You seem so sweet and I’m sure your dad was such a great man. Please take care

[@tiffany.Elizabeth.]

I’m sorry for your loss. That’s very young to have to experience something so tragic. I too lost my dad but not until I was 35 and it was devastating and life felt like a simulation for a while. If you can take time off of work I highly recommend it. The longer the better. It’s going to be super tough for a while especially if you were close. Just know he’s still here with you. After my dad passed I could literally feel him with me for months. And very specific things would happen that I knew was him ‘talking’ to me. Therapy really helps. Even in group sessions (usually cheaper or you can even find for free sometimes) I still talk to my dad a few times a week and ask for help or guidance. Grieve comes in waves and will hit you sometimes when you least expect it. It doesn’t ‘get better’ necessarily but it just becomes the new normal and that’s ok. I found myself creating stronger bonds with extended members of my family. ❤

[@amisnow1923]

Stay strong bestie! Life is crazy and sad and weird but you can overcome every bad feeling! Stay focused on what you want to achieve in life, be kind and enjoy every moment with your friends or family. :)

[@JumboShrimpSalesman]

I’m so sorry for your loss hun. I’m 24 and lost my dad last year, listening to Brittany really helped me too. Keep putting one foot in front of the other you’re stronger than you know ❤

[@shayliana]

Sending you love Maggie. ❤ So sorry for your loss.

[@christinacorey7455]

Umm she completely ATE the French National Anthem in French. Slay.

[@wlweloise7270]

i fully disagree with some of the things you said about the film... district 12 is the poorest district, of course she's skinny, they're starving. also one of the reasons the capitols love lucy is because she's so pretty. snow is charmed by her beauty. also why is it okay for tom to be crazy hot but distracting when rachel is?... aaaaand the working class can be beautiful as well? lucy stands out for her talent and beauty.

[@shaywillis9079]

I think it says a lot that Brittany is mad about a girl being hot but not a man.

[@wlweloise7270]

@@shaywillis9079 i don’t want to judge her for it because i genuinely love her but im confused by her reasoning? it’s not like rachel has gone through heaps of plastic surgery, she’s looked the same since ive known her from her yt cover days. she just looks like that, freaking stunning. why is that an issue for her but not for tom?

[@floydfelix5676]

the double standards are strong with brittney. her obsession with basic white men tells her it's okay to put down beautiful young women (who already get plenty of hate)

[@WhatAlex]

@@shaywillis9079yep

[@ryleykjones]

Okay so my opinion of what Brittany is saying is Tom is from the capital so he’s supposed to be handsome. I think 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@quason__]

As an American who has lived outside of the US since right before the pandemic, I could not agree more with what you said about the US pretending like life has recovered from the pandemic when it really hasn’t. It feels like a different country than it did before the pandemic. People are so disconnected, no one even gives each other the light of day. Things deteriorated quick and they haven’t improved since.

[@baeleighbackstrom874]

As someone still in America, yes 🥲

[@HAppytobeHer]

Yes, moved to China in 2018. felt this

[@leaf2309]

And no one wears masks even though the pandemic continues

[@abbyz13]

@@leaf2309some do, but i always see older folks at my gym wearing them :/ it’s the ones who just want to protect themselves who suffer the worst from our general apathy

[@livswift]

THE FRENCH ANTHEM AT THE END IS SENDING ME BRITTANY

[@picklyrickly]

its so interesting to see non-book readers interpretation of the TBOSAS and the characters

[@user-nd3bv1sh1w]

more frustrating than interesting tbh

[@nailfile2928]

@@user-nd3bv1sh1w real

[@FOHaab]

​@@user-nd3bv1sh1wYou didn't write the book. It shouldn't be that frustrating to you.

[@osnapitsabby143]

I would like to add Ballad of songbirds and snakes is written from Snows perspective. And as we know he’s not a reliable narrator. I personally liked Rachel Zegler’s interpretation. You have to understand she’s a girl that has based her and her families survival on her charm and charisma. Using her gift to keep them fed. I think her personality was very well represented in the movie. I loved the representation of the Appalachian culture. I do think we needed to hear snows inner monologue to see just how calculated he is. I do agree there’s too much girl bossification in movies now where the average woman is not being properly represented.

[@gracekennedy7233]

Hunger Games & TBOSB&S are such incredible literary fiction - Brittany, I genuinely think you should read them and discuss further in more podcasts. They include powerful parallels to our time. I think you would have a different feeling about Lucy Gray if you read the books.

[@sydneymaria8036]

the thing about lucy gray is she is a performer, and even in the movie, she’s putting on that front of being strong whether it’s for the cameras or for coriolanus, when she says “well i’m not made of sugar” before leaving, you can see that she’s trying to lighten what is obvious tension between them at the threat of lucy gray being the last loose end, whether she’ll actually do anything about it, or if coryo will do anything to stop her. her last words in the movie are both strong willed because she’s not so delicate where the rain will hurt her, and she’s not so delicate where snow will control her for his own gain, instead she needs to run and leave on her own to survive, but she’s scared, she makes this light hearted, but not so much, comment before leaving. i think rachel zegler did a great job in showing the performer of lucy gray and sometimes the fear she lets through, like in the scene with her and coryo in the woods outside d12 when they first reconnect, she’s still in the arena trying to survive, and that’s still there with her in the end running from coryo

[@number_one_weenie_lover]

THANK YOU!! idk maybe i’m too much of a rachel zegler defender and i love britney don’t get me wrong but i just think this take on lucy gray was not as based in proof or understanding as her other takes.

[@lucyb5673]

exactly she is a theatrical character

[@sydneymaria8036]

@@number_one_weenie_lover totally agree!!

[@melissasotelo9931]

I agree and I’m not a big person for music driven parts if you want to call it that. I think some parts of the movie were a disservice to her character. I think most of that comes from the way they portrayed Snow and his relationship to Lucy. If I remember correctly snow never went to look for the tunnels. Lucy did that in her own during the games. Showing that she has what it took to survive. Or when she told coryo to go help Arachne bc it would make them look good in the eyes of the capital.It’s little things like that give more context about who the character is. I’m wondering if a potential extended cut would right some of those wrongs to show how her being a performer is so vital to the survival of coryo.

[@sydneymaria8036]

@@melissasotelo9931 i totally agree with that!! i read the book right when it came out so i didn’t remember certain details while watching the movie, but i’ve seen people mention those changes and i absolutely agree that it does a disservice to lucy grays character. but i think the changes in the movie (lucy gray doing less for her survival and those actions being attributed to coryo) fully negates brittany’s point about lucy gray coming across as a one note, girlboss, strong independent woman archetype bc she really isn’t that at all and even with her being more proactive in the book, she’s still not that. she’s not a girlboss, she’s a girl who doesn’t want to have to survive but she still has the ability to so she uses her instincts to survive the games and to survive snow. i also really hope there’s an extended cut, id just love to see a longer version of the movie with more detail and more time to watch the events unfold

[@luxilios]

just a small note ab Lucy Gray, her accent is specifically meant to be Appalachian! as someone who hears it all the time, i can say it wasn’t perfect but it was so great to hear in a film :)

[@ClueFinderDirtDigger]

Ditto! It felt off at moments, but I know from growing up in the rural Ozarks that there is really no such thing as a standard accent. When my family (who all were born and raised within an 50-mile radius of one another) get together, we sound like such a rainbow of dialects that an outsider would probably assume we come from all over the country. Lucy Gray being a traveler could have something to do with her inconsistent accent, too; maybe she’s just picked up bits and pieces from all the places she wandered through before she got stuck in District 12.

[@moreliamacias1590]

Not even 7 am and I’m dying laughing at the French national anthem just randomly added at the end

[@reimisia]

As a girl that’s enlisted in the Air Force, your military terminology knowledge always amazes me LOL.

[@abbyt9494]

I’m pretty sure both of her parents were involved in the military!

[@HYPERBOLISTIC]

she’s a military brat

[@ac.runnnn]

Her dad is a retired US Air Force pilot!

[@krystalthepeach1900]

Read the book it's so so good and all the sympathy for coryo just evaporates. There was always always always a motive. Even in his real feelings for Lucy Gray it's all out of his twisted capital proud lens SO well written and coryo is so much more complex than in the movies

[@lucidlore]

32:21 That conversation is so important! Life feels like to me right now that no matter what you do, it's not enough to live. It's like having existential dread every day about something.

[@MadiBooMonkey]

I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts after you read the book. Both Lucy Gray and Coriolanus have a lot more to their characters that the movie wasn’t quite able to convey. Lucy Gray is a performer first and foremost and she is able to use that to her advantage through and through, she knows she has to act strong even if she doesn’t feel strong in order to literally survive. Also her accent comes through even in the book dialogue so I don’t think people would be as shocked by it as they have been if they were to read the book. I think Rachel Zegler did an amazing job portraying the complexity of Lucy Gray’s character. Also Coriolanus and Sejanus’s relationship is a lot more complex once you can ‘hear’ what Coriolanus thinks of Sejanus from beginning to end; it’s unfortunate that the movie can only portray how he acts and not as much how he thinks because how he thinks is SO vital to understanding his character. (Sorry, not to fangirlsplain to you I just think you’d really enjoy the added perspective of reading the book and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it !!)

[@DAVERAJKUMARRALKULDIPKUMARMoe]

singing the french national anthem after giving an in-depth analysis about the hunger games should honestly be on a resume

[@paulamorales5191]

I recently rewatched the hunger games movies after so many years and I had the same realization that we are slowly becoming more similar to the society in the hunger games universe, it's scary

[@ErinOldstrom]

okay so i’m a professional opera singer-brittany fucking brought me to tears with that stupid fucking french national anthem. so incredibly good. hidden contralto queen. she never ceases to amaze me with how talented she is i’m SO MANY WAYS ITS UNFAIR SHES BEAUTIFUL UGH

[@cherriebomb237]

i’m not joking i think being a fangirl and being on tumblr since the age of 13 has permanently altered my brain chemistry

[@kimberly.aerial]

The fact that I was 11 when Glee was released and Tumblr was at its peak definitely set me up for a weird existence

[@noelisratrabulsy9679]

Same! I have an ED!

[@lilorlybear1146]

I got on tumblr in my early twenties and this still applies to me lol

[@22suprstar22]

I got onto Tumblr at 16 and now I'm 29 and this is extremely true LMAO

[@candy-stars]

@@noelisratrabulsy9679sammeee so many kids got disorders from that side of tumblr and it’s weirdly validating to hear others felt like that too

[@mckayluuhh]

not reading the book and instead going based off of what your friend said, to then say that lucy gray is “too pretty” to then spending the entire video thirsting over tom blyth is definitely a choice. and it’s a fucking bad one

[@Cowboybooti3]

Shes not a movie critic shes just a baddie leave her alone.

[@crpsebride9]

@@Cowboybooti3 everyone has bad opinions and hers of lucy gray were definitely bad

[@camrynham]

it makes me giggle when brittany knocks the table and the funko pop heads bobble as if they're nodding in agreement with what she's saying

[@Horse4738]

I am so starved of Brittney singing content I feel BLESSED getting the French National anthem at the end of this ep. Undoubtedly inspirational, Supreme Leader ❤

[@Squishy876]

It was so good too!

[@ikaklimaszewska9299]

HOW DID SHE HIT THAT LOW NOTE

[@Erin-vn6ii]

As a fan, it’s disheartening to see you romanticize so many men/male characters while criticizing female ones. Lucy Gray is NOT quiet in the book. If anything, she is louder. Rachel Ziegler is already getting a disproportionate amount of hate due to her gender. It’s sad to see you hop on that bandwagon. If you had read the book, you’d know that Rachel demonstrated a deep understanding of Lucy Gray’s character (both in her performance and in public statements). She was not “girl bossed” in the movie. She was not always strong. I think you misunderstood a lot of the movie to be completely honest.

[@Samantha-vo8dk]

yess!!! i was getting so annoyed listening to her in this ep, i’m so glad someone else thought so

[@tessa3388]

!!!!!!! this

[@jamiek1304]

She hasn’t read the book- so don’t judge her for something she didn’t know 😭. i definitely don’t agree w everything that she said but give her some slack man

[@Erin-vn6ii]

@@jamiek1304 ok but she’s discussing the book. She shouldn’t be making statements about Rachel’s performance as the character in relation to the book without reading the book??

[@tessa3388]

@@Erin-vn6iiexactly tho u right .

[@JennaStreich]

brittany i'm actually BEGGING you to open TBOSBAS book and to read it for yourself because you'll see that Lucy Gray wasn't "girlbossified"-- also Lucy Gray was not quite in the book in the slightest so idk where you're getting that from

[@DeerieMee]

Thissss, it kinda irritates me a bit when people bring up things from movies and say it's changed/bad/plot hole.... When if you read the source material all of that is explained. Like characters girlbossified is an issue but not here

[@kobiib8834]

YUPP I don’t know where she got that’s from. Lucy gray is a performer and was always confident and assure of herself.

[@claireclaireclaireclaire]

thisssss

[@nakamyuts]

as a french, seeing my dear leader singing my national anthem, made me fucking emotional, thank you dearest leader for that intense and wonderful moment

[@nuttmeg20]

I think what's fascinating about the movie compared to the book is that without snow's inner monologue in the movie it seems as though his struggle is to be better than the system and to fight against the urge to be 'evil' whereas I'd say in the book with the benefit of hearing his thoughts throughout it's actually the opposite. The urges we see him resisting and fighting against in the book are those of empathy and compassion. He HATES to feel any of those natural good human impulses of caring about other people because they put his sense of control in peril and he desperately needs to feel in control at all times. In the end it feels less like he gives into darkness and more like he wins his personal battle against his own humanity, succeeding in gaining even greater control of his life by shutting off those empathetic impulses and becoming fully part of the system so he can rise up to the top of it and assume the ultimate position of power over everything.

[@dumbdonny4824]

Love this take as I haven't read the books and always appreciate how books pretty much tell me what's going on or how someone's feeling but in movies/real life it's a lot of social ques and facial expressions and I'm spent confused and missing info very often 😂

[@maddieg3961]

that's why I love pixar's Luca so much. it's a very simple slice of life story without a ton of deep messaging and copy and paste character personalities. the cast is unique and the animation is stunning

[@ellayde.]

a perfect example of that is the kpop industry!! seeing in real time fangirls literally boycotting, going after people or even protesting (in the streets!!??) when a male idol dates someone or gets married is psychotic and a testament of both people's loneliness and level of delusion

[@crystalcuellar58]

THIS IS SO TRUE!!! Boycotting cause a male idol starts dating is another level of DELUSIONAL

[@ShameJar83]

Girl I've been thinking, if Brittany starts getting into Kpop it is OVER FOR ALL OF US IN BROSKI NATION

[@beafraid5467]

Tbh it’s the industry’s fault. They not only exploit but also dehumanize their artists into perfect vessels and nourish hysterical fandom

[@mimik222]

YES

[@MaxsFriends]

​@@beafraid5467well said

[@katnguyenphotography]

It's so interesting to me that they did not put more of Snow's internal dialogue in the film, though I think it makes him a more sympathetic character. If you have time, you should read the book because he is a villain start to finish.

[@gracecooper7485]

she started singing the french national anthem so passionately that I had to stand up and hold my hand over my heart (i am not french)

[@maddylevine7861]

Lucy’s accent was southern Appalachian, which does sound like a weird southern accent. At least I think that’s what she was going for. That’s how I heard it (being from the apps)

[@tirieshajones8795]

Yea I think the Floridian and Texan southerners forget about us in the mountains. We don’t have the same sounding southern accents!

[@rylanjarvis6739]

being sick for a week and watching this on my medication made the ending feel like a fever dream, britney singing the french national anthem will forever be engraved in my brain.

[@chloeverroye26]

Me being French…didn’t expect this podcast to make me stand up and get so patriotic at the end 🤣🤣🤣

[@mallorysmith6529]

you really really really need to read the book. it’s kind of impossible for the movie to convey how horrible snow is because you miss out on his inner dialogue. plus it helps you understand why lucy gray may be portrayed the way she is in the movie. snow is the narrator and is unreliable bc he’s literally a sociopath 😙✌️

[@gracewhite9827]

I love your love for life. It's so beautiful to see you talking passionately about your obsessions how ever silly they may be. I think we should all strive to be fangirls for whatever we like

[@MB-ic3ou]

Wait i’m confused. This whole episode is about how gorgeous Tom Blythe is, especially as Snow, but Rachel Zegler is “too pretty” to be Lucy Grey and took you out of the movie? How is it ok for Tom to be hot but not Rachel??? 😭 Love u but that makes no sense

[@tasheve3015]

she did say both of them?

[@tessa3388]

This is what I was thinking as well. Love brittany so much but I wish she would’ve thought this through more

[@jewelaponte]

she literally said lucy gray is from the poor outline districts. she's from the working class and wish she had a more ordinary face. snow is from the capitol all lavish and pretty, so to her it makes a little more sense that he's attractive. she didn't just say it's only ok for the man to be hot lol

[@tessa3388]

@@jewelaponteI find it odd that poor people have to be ordinary or not attractive- and her character, Lucy Gray, is supposed to be beautiful, as it’s based on a book character who is very beautiful.

[@tessa3388]

@@jewelaponteAlso, part of Snows point of view in the book is that he is better than district people, as are the rest of the capitol people, but he is very confused and in awe of Lucy Gray who is beautiful and talented despite being “district”

[@kaxidoscope]

One thing about the Hunger Games: it’s 100% inspired by things that have either happened or could potentially happen in real life. That’s why it’s so eerie

[@trinitymulholland8832]

so true - dystopian media really is a just a remixed reflection of the things that were done to Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour 😭

[@chilichinashop]

@@trinitymulholland8832 I’m so glad someone brought this up! Especially in the handmaid’s tale, these events aren’t just things that could happen, they already HAVE happened and are still happening to mostly POC women around the globe

[@arianamitchell7050]

suzanne collins wrote it after falling asleep between game show channels and the news covering the Iraqi war. it’s VERY indicative of real life

[@deus.ex.sordes]

Girly's accent was supposed to be Appalachian and she actually did a good job. District 12 is Appalachia. Havent watched the whole thing but the clips I heard were good. We're a much different flavor of Southern.

[@Thisismyburner]

As someone who has been writing Hunger Games political fanfiction for a few years, the series will always have a place in my heart. It's so rewarding to see younger people read my works and in turn begin to comment about their own parallel life experiences in our society and how representation of realistic protest has impacted their lives. All hail Suzanne Collins for creating such a careful and accessible framework

[@meridithdemello514]

Rewatching and rereading hunger games as an adult whose been through some stuff really has opened my eyes. I remember when i lived in Las Vegas, on a minimum wage job, renting a room from someone, trying to figure out how to pay rent, feed myself and 2 other people sharing the same room with me, almost becoming homeless at one point...it felt so dehumanizing knowing that we were struggling so much when not even a street over there were people winning and losing thousands of dollars in those casinos and resorts. It really felt like i was living in a district, starving, just providing the rich people more and more (i worked at walmart during this btw). And looking at the rich have fun in the luxury hotels felt like looking at the capital.

[@madiporter5145]

i honestly feel like as far as non fiction books, you’d LOVE The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. it’s funny, it’s witty, it’s informative storytelling but not in a boring way. like, the way he composes each short story is so satisfying. i’m not usually a nonfiction reader but i just finished it and i loved it.

[@sadngroovy]

YES. i've never heard of anyone talk about it and it's the only non-fiction book i enjoyed reading!

[@Victoriatrejo01]

i have notes on the Lucy Gray commentary. she was not quiet in the books at all, she was always as out spoken as she could be. also while her accent in the movie was like not the greatest it wasn’t meant to be a southern one it was supposed to be more appalachian. ALSO ALSO reading the book gives you access to snows inner monologue. he has ALWAYS only been interested in putting himself on top. his infatuation w Lucy Gray only came from her potential to put him ahead. the only person i would say he ever cared about truly was tigris but obvi he still fucked her over in the end. typing this all out has me wanting to write an essay on this book/ movie 💀

[@bibliophilipa1537]

Elemental is probably one of the only more recent disney animation movies that portrays the female character as fearless and independent whilst the guy is the quirky and emotional one! (We love to see it!)

[@hannahg4383]

i wish that movie got the hype it deserves

[@morganfraser928]

I think this is like the opposite of what she’s saying…. We don’t need more absolute girl boss main characters, we need real representation of women, complex. Not just bound to be “independent or “fearless”……making women this one facetted thing -regardless of it’s an inherently good trait- doesn’t do any actual good for us women !

[@남자는뭐자신감]

​​​@@morganfraser928 I completely understand what you're saying but the character this comment is talking about was actually really well done instead of just being independent and fearless, she's hot-headed and has a temper. the movie goes on and with support from her very emotionally open male love interest we see that these outbursts are her not being able to deal with her emotions and being overwhelmed and the burden of trying to not let down her immigrant father. I'm not the best at summarizing but I highly recommend this movie. The video that Cinema Therapy did on Elemental was also a great watch.

[@kdossantos]

her singing the french national anthem brought a tear to my eye

[@katherinetaylor5638]

Turning Red was another Disney movie that I think was absolutely incredible and actually did an extremely realistic and wonderful job of depicting adolescent girls-and FANGIRLS at that!!! It legitimized the (fan)girl experience and acknowledged the REAL struggles of growing up as a girl. Obsessed with it and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a more unique take from a Disney movie!!!

[@arlokyle1403]

To me, Lucy Gray felt like a fantastic personality to parallel Katniss specifically *because* of the hardened and strong exterior she presented to the world. I understand that it's overdone now, but people forget that Katniss's archetype and agency as a female lead was a HUGE deal for YA fiction at the time - I mean the biggest female-lead YA success in the zeitgeist before that was Twilight which, while it does have its strengths, is not exactly known for the narrative autonomy or original personalities it gives its women. Lucy Gray as a character exists to offer a deeper layer of explanation to Snow's relationship to Katniss decades later, which is why both girls are from the same district and wear similar colors and revolve around the same motifs etc etc. The "girlbossification" of Lucy Gray feels more like an extension of those parallels, and not like a production company's attempt to co-opt a previously successful trope at the expense of originality - especially considering this is The Franchise that popularized said trope for our generation in the first place. Not gonna pretend I know for certain what their motivations for writing LG that way were, but I just wanted to point out that there *is* narrative justification for it.

[@LAUGHOULOUDtv]

Brittany loves to say she's pro-women, but chooses to tear down other women who are consistently delivering good-quality performances. She's a very big supporter of Jacob Elordi, she even mentions it in this episode, and recently Jacob Elordi and Rachel Zegler have been talked about together in the media because they were asked a very similar interview question, and responded in the same way. However, Jacob Elordi was praised for his answer, while Rachel Zegler received hate for hers... I guarantee you Brittany would react the same way, praising Jacob Elordi and denouncing Rachel Zegler if she came across these interviews before the hypocritical comparisons were drawn.

[@jameswood3606]

“Tear down” when where how she said it took her out a little and called her beautiful in the same breath and if u compare the two opposites snow is from the capital which is known for perfection and being very wealthy where as Lucy grey is from one of the poorest districts and what she was saying is that if she wasn’t as perfect and pristine it may have portrayed the idea of oppression better I am playing devils advocate because I disagree however in no way was she trying to tear down Rachel and I also whole heartedly disagree with the idea that she would praise Jacob and not Rachel and find it ridiculous because in no way does her character even mildly suggest she would respond in that way

[@jameswood3606]

She said her acting took her out in some scenes and with her knowledge in the moment she is judging the character based off of what she has been told the character is like in the book she not once tore her down just critiqued her acting which is completely harmless she didn’t speak on the actor as a person yet you make this wild assumption that she has some sort of internalised misogyny when all she did was critique a film she watched

[@WhatAlex]

⁠@@jameswood3606the fact that you think this is a “wild accusation” tells me enough already…

[@jameswood3606]

@@WhatAlex I said assumption pal and please tell me what you mean

[@WhatAlex]

⁠​⁠@@jameswood3606it’s not wild it was a little misogynistic