ABSTRACT
To be entertaining, a production, regardless of the medium, must get and keep the attention of its audience. This is not to say that attention is synonymous with entertainment. For example, we might pay rapt attention to a tornado headed our way without feeling the least bit entertained. On the other hand, we might find that a special effects movie based on tornadoes would both get our attention and be entertaining. Attention is probably best seen as a necessary but not sufficient condition for entertainment.
