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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 9696578" data-attributes="member: 41932">So, like i commented up thread and it gets a quick mention in the trailer,but Ben's reason for being on the show is to pay for medication for his daughter's illness. The setting of the book A future (2025) <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Dystopia" target="_blank">Dystopia</a> that is slowly dying of both pollution and its own corruption. The government and the Games Network provide the sadistic games shown on the "Free-Vee" in order to keep the rabble content and docile. Anyone who dares stand up is blackballed from any work, if they're lucky. If they're unlucky they're forced to take part in the aforementioned <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyGame" target="_blank">Deadly Games</a> or simply hunted down outright.Free-Vee television has led to widespread illiteracy among the poor and put the 'newsies' out of business so the <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking" target="_blank">winos don't have anything to cover themselves while sleeping</a>. The Network caters entirely for the Lowest Common Denominator, broadcasting pornography and <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyGame" target="_blank">deadly game</a> shows so the proles will <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreadAndCircuses" target="_blank">ignore the rampant pollution and lack of jobs</a>. One character who was able to steal a library card found that with some research he could learn how to construct a cheap nose filter as good as those sold to the upper class. When the protagonist tries to broadcast this information on the Network, the authorities just censor his speech.</blockquote>

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