dystopia

As difficult as we may think of its narrative — the infected, the dystopia, the terrorizing factions — the second episode of this season sets up a core theme of “The Last of Us Part II.”

“Civil War” follows a crew of journalists in a near-future dystopia, journeying to the White House to capture the final stages of an insurrection already underway in a country divided.

I bathed in the flood of YA dystopias that followed “The Hunger Games” — some hard-hitting, some comparatively feeble.

That means some powerful Disney man in a high tower gazed down at the smallfolk from their sky-level suite and decided that what we need are further adventures from our favorite depressing dystopia.

Remember, your dystopia and suffering are their heaven and paradise.