Good Entertainment

What is good entertainment? I think that the main difference between a good film or song and a bad one is the ability for the audience to relate to the content. When the audience can relate to a piece of art from personal experience is when the piece of art can truly be called “artistic”. People don’t want to just listen to a song or see a movie and think that it was cool and fun to watch, but to take something from the art’s material and be able to comprehend the message that is being presented. I think that art is best when it fulfills both categories. I like films and songs that have a good message, applicable to my life, and are also entertaining. I have been watching the show “Breaking Bad” since the first season came out and I have learned a lot more about life in general than I knew before. You watch the protagonist, Walter White, go from an innocent chemistry teacher to a homicidal methamphetamine cook. The show presents many life lessons in very unique ways. I truly love this show because by watching it, I learn a little bit more about myself and different ways to see the world. It is shows like this that can actually be defined as “artistic”; they present a good entertaining story but also incorporate personal experiences that can apply to a broad audience. I have watched movies before that I’ve enjoyed due to the entertainment it presented rather than what I got out of it. Shows like this are not “artistic”, but entertaining. There is a big difference between a film being fun to watch and a film that presents useful material to apply to the outside world.