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✨Caesar Flickerman✨ is playing pick-a-side game and the answer is neither (rhymes with his first and last names haha). For me, he personifies that very tricky position of balance. So here's my favorite tiny detail from the mj book (first interview with Peeta):
- Caesar places his hand on Peeta’s chest in a gesture that’s both self-protective and conciliatory. “Okay, Peeta, I believe you.”
The only cannon information we know is Katniss' words:
- I’ll say this for Caesar, he really does his best to make the tributes shine. He’s friendly, tries to set the nervous ones at ease, laughs at lame jokes, and can turn a weak response into a memorable one by the way he reacts.
So the tribute interview experience looks like this, these qualities cannot be taken away from him. Whether they are sincere or not is up to the reader.
For us, Mr. Flickerman, like the tributes for the Capitol, is just a picture on TV, unreal, unattainable. And here is the same problem - we have no idea what these people really are. They are not just an image, something real is hidden behind the screen. Real people with their own lives and opinions, separated from the show and the cameras. So there is room for misunderstanding and lack of sympathy or vice versa (same as irl).
What happens behind the scenes, unfortunately or fortunately, we will never know, and we should not. And that's great!
As for the movie interpretation. The perfection does not exist. Movies did him good ... pArTly (partly bAd). So give us some yet unknown actor born for this role :)
And...Can I have the one that exists in my imagination, please ? Or the one created by wonderful @caesarflickermans
Am i asking too much? 👉👈
✺THG Series Exploration: Mockingjay✺
24: Character Introduction: Caesar Flickerman. Flickerman is the face of the Capitol to both the Districts and the Capitolites. We have a fondness for him, yet we know he's really the advocate and mouthpiece for Snow. Let's blog all things Caesar Flickerman.