About Entertaiment

About Entertaiment

The word entertainment is most often abbreviated to entmt. You will see it on a flier for an event or in an industry news publication, where space is limited. It is also sometimes seen in headlines or on TV news banners where the word is used to convey a sense of excitement and drama.

The term entertains is associated with pleasure, diversion and amusement: the fun of solving a crossword puzzle; a ball providing entertainment for the guests; the excitement of a race. However, it may serve a more serious purpose as in ceremonies and celebrations, religious festivals or satire. In addition, familiar forms of entertainment demonstrate a remarkable capacity to cross over between different media: the story of Scheherazade, told in the professional storytelling tradition, has inspired a work of music by composers such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski; film director Pasolini and a variety of innovative video games.