1. Introduction -- 2. The idea of entertainment -- 3. A bit of uplift : classical ballet -- 4. Quality pleasures -- 5. Entertainment and utopia -- 6. The colour of entertainment -- 7. The sound of music -- 8. Sweet charity -- 9. Action! -- 10. Lethal repetition -- 11. Four films of Lana Turner -- 12. First a star : Elizabeth Taylor -- 13. The son of the sheik -- 14. Don't look now : the instabilities of the male pin-up -- 15. Coming to terms : gay pornography -- 16. In defence of disco -- 17. Getting over the rainbow : identity and pleasure in gay cultural politics -- 18. The waning of entertainment.
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Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as The Sound of Music and Speed, and argues that entertainment is part of a 'common sense' which is always historically and culturally constructed. This new edition of Only Entertainment features a revised introduction and.
Only entertainment.
Performing arts-- Social aspects.
Popular culture.
Amusement.
Beeldvorming.
Filmkunst.
Music.
Performing arts-- Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.