Gender Stereotypes In The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games movies are interesting, particularly for Harley Quinn, because although it is thought by some as a “girl’s movie,” the gender of its fans is fairly even, with a near 60/40 spilt. This is good for Harley Quinn, because although we want to pull in that female audience as one of our main demographics, we do not want to lose out on the male demographic that is known for going to comic book based movies. As for age range, The Hunger Games two largest demographics were between ages 13-17 and ages 25-55. …show more content…

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