I appreciate you point of view on this subject, and perhaps "charmed" is the
wrong term for the experience of walking through a concentration camp.  I
would still maintain, however, that when you experience a place like that,
or walk through the Holocaust Museum (and I have), there is a point where
you are able to suspend your disbelief,  and you are transported
(perhaps only for a moment) into the world created by the exhibit.  It
may cause one to become sombered and horrified -- But that's part of the
"captivated" I'm talking about. Your "riveted," I believe?

Different exhibits captivate (engage) in various ways, some which would NOT
be called entertaining in the "Boy, that was fun" sense.

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On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Doug Lantry wrote:

> Just a thought on entertainment: I was not entertained by the walking
> tour of the death camp at Dachau, but I was riveted and sobered.  And I
> doubt that the people who run places like that, and, say, the Holocaust
> Museum, seek to "charm" or "enchant" their audiences.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if edification was as sought after as
> entertainment?  It is, but only at participating outlets.
>
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> Doug Lantry
> University of Delaware
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