Entertaiment is a fascinating category of activity, from the personal pleasures a person selects for himself or herself, to the ways in which familiar activities have become spectator sports and even global competitions. The power of entertainment is demonstrated by the way in which a story like Scheherazade, from the Persian professional storytelling tradition, has inspired multiple retellings: orchestral works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel; films such as Pasolini’s; and innovative video games. (2).
*These examples are programmatically compiled from online sources.