Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (Jennifer Lawrence) was a helpless victim of her dystopian society. She was involuntarily entered into a reality television show, in which she and 23 other contestants were forced to fight each other to the death - leaving just one survivor.
The audiences of Panem enjoyed every single moment of it; they loved the drama, they fell in love with different tributes, they mourned them when they died - and they completely forgot that they were watching real people.
Big Brother is, to be honest, no different.
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The whole concept of the Channel 5 show is based on encouraging aggression, confrontation and bullying - even more so in this year's Power Trip format.
We throw people, from different backgrounds and of clashing personalities, into a house. We plant cameras everywhere to watch their every move. We cheer and jeer them, depending on our mood - and we, essentially, encourage them to fight. To bully. To create drama.
And it almost always reveals an ugly side to people desperate to come out on top; to survive the vote - or just survive - they need to be memorable. They need to be the Alpha Male / Alpha Female.
In short, they need to be The Bully.
This year we have Helen Wood, who has been slammed by the general public and even by show host Emma Willis for her disgusting treatment of fellow housemate Jale.
Nobody expected much of Helen Wood, to be honest; she was already famous when she went into the house due to her claiming that married man Wayne Rooney paid her, and another escort, to take part in a threesome back in 2010.
But remember the year of Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty?
Jade Goody was the nation's sweetheart, beloved for her funny remarks and sweet nature - but, when she returned to the Big Brother house for a second time, she became the bully.
Joining forces with Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd, Jade launched a campaign against Shilpa, dubbing her a "princess" and launching into a furious tirade against her when she quietly reprimanded them for using up her chicken stock cubes.
It made for very uncomfortable viewing:
Chris Keates, a leader of the teacher's union, told an anti-bullying seminar in Manchester that Big Brother legitimises bullying.
She said: "Tackling bullying is made even more difficult by its seeming legitimisation through particular television programmes.
"How do you discourage bullying when youngsters see celebrity status and money can be acquired on the basis of shouting and swearing at others, when there is a clear implication that to be successful in business goes hand in hand with rude and aggressive treatment of others?"
And, while the public are usually on the side of the show's victim - the Shilpa Shetty or the Jale Karaturp - we forget that the show's producers are editing the drama. And we forget that, if they really wanted to stop the bullying, they could just remove that person from the house.
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Helen Wood has been issued fourteen warnings - and she has been given a 'golden ticket' until the end of the show.
Helen Wood has been told: “Big Brother thinks your behaviour is unacceptable and Big Brother does not tolerate unacceptable behaviour.
"If this type of behaviour occurs again then Big Brother may have to issue you with a formal warning or take further serious action.”
So far, we're still waiting to see if Helen Wood will be 'punished' for her actions by Big Brother.
But we have a feeling that, when she leaves the house, she will have been punished enough by the constant broadcasting of her awful behaviour.