Entertaiment is a broad category of activities that stimulate the brain and realease seratonin, dopamine and other chemicals. Often the stories hit on themes that we have evolved to deeply react to, such as backstabbing and murders. This is the basis for why the brain finds entertainment so rewarding. This is also why some people do not find some entertainment to be entertaining.
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