Why Do We Need Entertainment
If you look at the synonyms for entertainment. --amusement, pleasure, leisure, recreation, relaxation, fun, enjoyment, interest, diversion--you notice that it does not appear to have to do with work. So, earlier in our recent past, either because our work was manual labor, or we were supervising laborers, entertainment was more, "of the mind," yet, today, when most people work from a desk, (or even in the entertainment field), that which we call entertainment would be a busmen's holiday, and not truly an escape at all. So, truly, entertainment now represents occupying the mind in a different way than normal. Even a real-life detective might find it an enjoyable practice to solve a murder in 44 minutes given the fact that it is not real life, with the tedious responsibilities of notifying the families of victims or sparring with perpetrators, and attorneys of both sides.
