Of all The Capitol inhabitants in The Hunger Games franchise, Caesar Flickerman is perhaps the most mercurial. As the host and master of ceremonies for the titular blood sport, he's charged with turning the unthinkable into entertainment: presenting the sight of teenagers murdering each other as a sporting event akin to the Super Bowl. He acts as the designated propagandist for The Capitol: tyrannical rulers of 12 subjugated Districts in the future nation of Panem. Unlike the saga's other antagonists, he comes armed with a smile as he assures Katniss Everdeen and her fellow "tributes" that their status — and almost certain death — is actually the greatest thing that ever happened to them. He makes a wickedly clever comment on our contemporary obsession with the media, and how it can distort people's views of the facts.