Literature
Why Are You Here?
This is for everyone in the Entertainment industry or, like me, trying to break into it. We’re here to entertain people, to make them feel good about themselves and the world around them, flaws aside. We’re supposed to make them laugh, make them cheer, make them cry, make them wonder, make them inspired. And yes, on occasion, even make them think. Now, there is a time and place for all of that, and I’d be remiss to say otherwise. But, the end goal of entertainment should always be exactly that: to entertain. What we should never do is lecture our audience on how to live their lives. Presenting differing perspectives is all well and good, but we don’t need to tell them who to vote for, which lives matter and which don’t, who they should sleep with, how wrong the body they were born with is, or what/who to believe in. And we especially should not be telling people how evil, wrong, or worthless they are for disagreeing with our personal views, or for simply existing. That. Is not. Our