<strong>Only Entertainment</strong> explores entertainment as entertainment asking how andwhether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from othe... » 

Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment asking how andwhether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other formsof art.Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment from musicals toaction movies disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in moviessuch as The Sound of Music and Speed and argues that entertainment is part ofa common sense which is always historically and culturally constructed.This new edition of Only Entertainment features a revised introduction and fivenew chapters on topics from serial killer movies to Elizabeth Taylor. In thefinal chapter Dyer asks whether entertainment as we know it is on the wane. «