Entertaiment in Modern Times

Entertaiment in Modern Times

Entertaiment

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Entertaiment refers to the ways that people relax, enjoy themselves and relieve boredom. Although technology changes the availability, cost, variety and speed of entertainment products, some forms remain familiar. Storytelling, music, theatre, dance and games are recognisably the same as in earlier centuries. For example, the Scheherazade story from professional storytelling traditions has been retold in orchestral works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel; into films by Pasolini and others; and into innovative video games. (4,5)

These examples have been selected automatically from various online sources.