Emva kokuqala kwalo nyaka, i-Liongate yazisa lo mthetho wawugutyungelwe nguSusan Collins "i-Ballad ecula iintaka kunye neenyoka", abalandeli baqala ukukhathazeka ukuba iziko lendlela liza kutshintsha kwekhephu. Kodwa kwavela ukuba yonke into ayilulanga, kuba libali lekhephu elitsha liya kuba ngumcebisi uLucy, amantombazana avela kwi-Ofisi ye-10 ye-10 elambileyo.
Ngexesha le-comic-comic eNew York, uMvelisi we "IMidlalo eNgala" Nina uJacobson uxele ngokuguquguquka komlinganiswa, ethembisa ukuba ayizukubangelwa yingqondo.
I-Lucy iqaphela ngakumbi ngamandla obufazi bakhe. I-China ivuya kakhulu, ungumfazi we-lacoby. U-Lucy uyamangalisa ngakumbi, kuba ngumculi. Udlala ngendlela yakhe kunye nesihlwele,
- UJacobson uthe.
Ukuba ukubheja 'kwimidlalo elambileyo "yenziwa kwisenzo, ikhontrakthi kunye namandla aphezulu kweyelenqe kunye neenyoka" kugxila kwi-lucy ngokwakho, esebenzisa italente yakhe yokucula ukuze abe yinto yakhe oyithandayo ICapitol, ngaphambi kokuba uthathe inxaxheba kwimidlalo. I-China ngokuqinisekileyo iya konwabisa abacinezeli ngomculo, kodwa i-lucy inesicwangciso sayo.
Ewe kunjalo, cinga ukuba sithetha ngentlanganiso entsha noJennifer Lawrence noJosh Hutcherson, abalandeli akufuneki babala, kodwa itheyiphu ithembisa ukuba inomdla kuyo nayiphi na imeko. Kuyinyani, nkqu nomhla wokugqibela we-premiere ye-"ballads malunga neemvumi kunye neenyoka" azikabikho.