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Julien Fournier Fall Winter 2023-24

It never sat right with me that the interpretation of Caesar's age and his stage presence are not seen as the exaggerations of a limited third person perspective that they are. This is incredibly obvious in all the fancastings for SOTR and hopes that Stanley Tucci will reprise the role.

And while I'm absolutely not ruling out Caesar's stage presence and age to be what the fandom assumes, I find that the far more intriguing question, the reason why his style did not alter whatsoever, worthwhile to ponder upon.

The prep team is the most outward example for a frequent style change, as their change from Hunger Games to Catching Fire appears fairly remarkable to Katniss. She points out Venia's tattoos and Octavia's changed skin tone, all happening within the time span of less than a year (CF, 3). Katniss remembers Tigris and recognises the extreme change (MJ, 23).

But Caesar did not change, with the sole exception of a different colour for his hair, on his eyelids and on his lips. This marks Caesar as a steady figure in the Games, as the people in front and behind the cameras change every single year. New tributes, new Head Gamemakers, the high fluctuation, especially in terms of working personnel, might indicate a high fragility. Caesar represents the system never changing, and his style is far more important to that than the question how much Botox he must have had injected.

Potentially a hot take but something all the theories about people being someone's relative (eg, the man that started the riot in 11 after rue died being her dad) tells me about the hunger games fandom is that so many people believe it's literally not possible to care about someone that you don't know just because they're human and being treated unjustly