Saturday Night LIVE: The Hunger Games Without the White Hat

In this parody sketch from Saturday Night Live, the Hunger Games are reimagined as a post-game press conference, much like those held after major sporting events. Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen, answering hilariously awkward questions from reporters who treat the deadly survival event like a professional competition. With Peeta Mellark (played by SNL cast member Taran Killam) by her side, Katniss fields questions about her tactics, emotional state, and gruesome victories—like dropping a wasps’ nest on a competitor. Peeta defends his own strategy, like camouflaging himself as a rock, in earnest. The sketch humorously blends the deadly seriousness of the Hunger Games with the inane banter of sports interviews, mocking both media coverage and dystopian tropes.