Entertainment is business: the business of fucking art in the face.

Eugene Mirman
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Entertainment is a business. It's a business that must make a profit, a business that will always find a reason for failure. But it's also a business that can be very entertaining. That's why, as much as it pains me to do so, I have to say that entertainment is the business of fucking art in the face.

The great artists of the world, from Shakespeare to Shakespearean comedy, from Chekhov to cinema and television, from Picasso to music and art, have been infected by this disease. This disease has affected our entertainment as well as our arts - and it has done so through the medium of the business of fucking art in the face. It's a disease, a madness, a terrible affliction...it's entertainment.

Source: The Will To Whatevs: A Guide To Modern Life

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