Entertaiment

Entertaiment

Entertaiment is about having fun, diverting or amusing ourselves. It can be anything from playing a game of marbles to watching a theatrical performance or solving the daily crossword puzzle. Children’s entertainment, such as play, is an important part of their development, and teaches them social skills (as with dolls and pets) or motor skills needed for sports and music. Stories, especially in the professional storytelling tradition, are particularly powerful entertainment. The story of Scheherazade, for example, inspired a number of orchestral works by composers such as Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel, and was made into a film by Pasolini and even a modern computer game.