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Although there have been some surprising viewership outcomes. See Daily Mail Australia, 2012.
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This is the essence of what Khader (2014) has described as the effects of ‘Mockingjay delusions’: romantic or tangential storylines are read as an example of Hollywood surplus enjoyment that provides the audience with a way to disengage from the traumatic true message of a film.
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Howie, L., Campbell, P. (2017). 2 ‘Wear a Necklace of h(r)ope Side by Side with Me’: Young People’s Neo-Liberal Futures and Popular Culture as Political Action. In: Kelly, P., Pike, J. (eds) Neo-Liberalism and Austerity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58266-9_3
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