The Hunger Games (film) formed an opinion about "The Hunger Games" as a parable of the Occupy Wall Street activity. "The Huffington Post" reported that Penn Badgley, a supporter of Occupy Wall Street, saw the film as a social commentary on the movement. Burnett also states that "Collins doesn't use the terms 1 percent and 99 percent, but it's clear that those in the Capitol are members of the 1 percent and everyone in the Panem districts is part of the 99 percent". Steven Zeitchik and Emily Rome, in the "Los Angeles Times" and the "Dallas Morning News" reported that, among other disparate interpretations,
The Hunger Games (film) for responses from audiences on the controversy and reported that most found criticism of Lawrence's weight "misguided". One response pointed to Collins's physical description of Katniss in "The Hunger Games" novel which reads: "I stand straight, and while I'm thin, I'm strong. The meat and plants from the woods combined with the exertion it took to get them have given me a healthier body than most of those I see around me." "Los Angeles Times" writer Alexandra Le Tellier commented that "[t]he sexist commentary along with the racist barbs made by so-called fans are as stomach-churning as the film's cultural