Kate’s got me thinking about entertainment. Just entertainment in general, and the time we spend on it. It’s been rolling around in my mind for the last few months. But at year’s end, I see lists like this, and any other list proclaiming “best of the year”, and it’s always entertainment. Movies, music, games, plays, television, books. I’ll allow that books do not always fall under the entertainment category, and neither does some television — those can also be education, which is a fairly noble thing — but for the most part, the things that stick with us as good things of the year are generally things which when viewed critically are just frivolous novelties. Are we so spoiled, pampered and comfortable in our society that the only things that seem noteworthy are those which have left us feeling amused?
yeah…