Does entertainment have the capacity to ruin society?

Entertainment: Something that is enjoyable to watch or listen to.

Sensational and mindless

Amuses or holds your attention.

distract

∑ Americaπs Next Top Model

∑ 300

∑ Simple Life

∑ Seinfeld

∑ Red Chili Peppers Concert

∑ Eating B&J Banana Split Ice Cream.

∑ Petting Ruariπs Cat

∑ Halo or GTA San Andreas

Ruin Society

∑ Minds of children-become acclimated to violence

∑ Less prone to intelligent/productive thought

ß He now thinks that drugs are cool

ß Less likely to take pictures and paint portraits.

∑ Corrupt the way that we think society should be

ß Twilight Zone

ß The Hills

∑ Buy what we want: focus on consumer

ß Buy my identity (Hills, Springsteen, Bono, Oprah)

Counter arguments

ß Entertainment does not create action

∑ I buy Miller lite for the taste.

ß Society has always run like this

∑ People have always been entertained by the same thing.

∑ Roman coliseum, Odyssey, Iliad.

∑ Distraction

ß Entertainment can elevate

∑ Role models

∑ Mock the bad

∑ Twelfth Night

∑ Romeo and Juliet