Tony Gilroy’s Andor and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games are two science fiction narratives that follow main characters who are forced to exist under the watchful eyes of their respective authoritarian regimes. Using the repressive gaze, these regimes restrict free speech, justify mass violence against people and cultures, and turn those caught in their grasp into a spectacle for the consumption of the masses. Yet, the gaze is also used as a revolutionary tool as dissidents publicly challenge the cruelty of their tyrannical regimes and use their own gaze to circumvent that of their oppressors. This paper explores the use of the gaze both as a restrictive tactic and a tool for revolution. By examining the disparate functions of the gaze, I will investigate whether the gaze, a ‘tool of the master,’ can ever enact true change, or if it is doomed to be forever tainted by its oppressive roots.
Charlotte Dowell (Thu,) studied this question.
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