It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Only Entertainment by Richard Dyer
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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 five new chapters on topics from serial killer...
Only Entertainment by Richard Dyer is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Only Entertainment aloud.
Only Entertainment is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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