See also: Entertainment (disambiguation) and The Entertainer (disambiguation) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. It needs additional references or sources for verification. Tagged since December 2009. It may need a complete rewrite to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Tagged since May 2009. A mime working for tips, Paris, France Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as recreations or sports, are more often considered to be recreation.1 Activities such as personal reading or practicing a musical instrument are considered to be hobbies.

Entertainment also provides a lot of fun, enjoyment, laughter.The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry. There are many forms of entertainment for example: cinema, theatre, sports, games and social dance. Puppets, clowns, pantomimes and cartoons tend to appeal to children, though adults may also find them enjoyable. Contents 1 Forms of entertainment 1.1 Animation 1.2 Cinema and theater 1.3 Comedy 1.4 Comics 1.5 Dance and music 1.6 Games 1.7 Other forms of entertainment 2 See also 3 Footnotes 4 External links // Forms of entertainment Animation An animated cartoon horse Some people find animation to be entertaining. Similarly, some people find cartoons to be entertaining.2 Cinema and theater

Many people find cinema /or theater and other live performance such as circus, plays, musicals, farces, monologues and pantomimes to be entertaining. Comedy Comedy provides laughter and amusement. The audience is taken by surprise, by the parody or satire of an unexpected effect or an opposite expectations of their cultural beliefs. Slapstick film, one-liner joke, observational humor are forms of comedy which have developed since the early days of jesters and traveling minstrels.3 Comics Felix the Cat comic strip Comics contain text and drawings which convey an entertaining narrative.4 Several famous comics revolve around super heroes such as Superman and Batman. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are two publishers of comic books. Manga is the Japanese word for comic and print cartoons.

Caricature is a graphical entertainment. The purpose may vary from merely putting smile on the viewers face, to raising social awareness, to highlighting the moral vices of a person being caricatured. Dance and music Many people find involvement in social dance to be entertaining. Some interesting people listen to or watch musical entertainment. Games Bingo Games provide relaxation and diversion. Games may be played by one person for their own entertainment, or by a group of people. Games may be played for achievement or money such as gambling or bingo. Racing, chess or checkers may develop physical or mental prowess. Games may be geared for children, or may be played outdoors such as lawn bowling. Equipment may be necessary to play the game such as a deck of cards for card games, or a board and markers for board games such as Monopoly, or backgammon.5 This can include ball games, Blind man's bluff, board games, card games, children's games, croquet, Frisbee, hide and seek, number games, paintball and video games. Other forms of entertainment Sporting events are a popular form of entertainment. Concert Lecture Magic Mass media Radio Sports Storytelling Cinema See also Book:Entertainment Books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Entertainment Main article: List of basic entertainment topics Broadway theater Busking Escapism History of film Leisure Literature West End theater Entertainment During the Depression

Footnotes ^ "Entertainment". Dictionary.com. Lexi-co Publishing Group. 2007. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entertainment. Retrieved 2007-11-30.  ^ "cartoon - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Lexi-co Publishing Group, LLC.. 2003. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cartoon. Retrieved 2007-11-30.  ^ "comedy". From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. High Beam Research, Inc.. 2007. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-comedy.html. Retrieved 2007-11-30.  ^ "comic strip comic strip". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.. 2007. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106123/comic-strip. Retrieved 2007-11-30.  ^ "Games - MSN Encarta". Microsoft. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/5kwbpT4dT. Retrieved 2007-11-30. 

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