I think what we are talking about is an emotional experience.You can have an emotional experience at a movie, Disneyland, a museum, a memorial museum at the site of a former concentration camp. On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Gregory Scheib wrote: > 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. > > Gregory Scheib ~ ~ > The George Washington University (<O> <O>) > [log in to unmask] ( ^ ) > / | \ > (_____) > ___ > > 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. > > > > ........................ > > Doug Lantry > > University of Delaware > > [log in to unmask] > > >