Entertaiment is a word that can describe many kinds of activities, ranging from personal choice of pre-recorded entertainment for two, to a banquet arranged for a large group; or performances intended for thousands. It has a strong association with fun and laughter, but may also be serious in intent, as in ceremony or religious festival, or political satire. The connections between different types of entertainment are demonstrated by the way a story can inspire several retellings, such as the Scheherazade story in the Persian professional storytelling tradition, which was then turned into a musical work by Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski; a film by Pasolini; and an innovative computer game.
