"The Effects of Entertainment on the Taste of Humanity or Where are we going?" - Neal Gabler's 2003 AP Free Respoonse Question
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Considering the attention and respect (perhaps undue) that today's movie and music stars receive, Neal Gabler is completely justified in his argument that entertainment has the capacity to "ruin" society. Pop culture is heavily focused on the entertainment industry and looks to it as a model for new trends and obsessions. As entertainment gradually pushes the limits in what is acceptable, our cultures echo this movement through their accepted values and standards. The deviance of …
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…above. We may see the disintegration of values due to entertainment in the future, and with it the weakening of society's integrity. It is certainly possible that the entertainment industry may shape up or that entertainment may not impair society in any drastic way, but through my reasoning and best judgment I can only anticipate that entertainment does have the capacity to, and will, ruin society if it stays the course it is currently taking.
…above. We may see the disintegration of values due to entertainment in the future, and with it the weakening of society's integrity. It is certainly possible that the entertainment industry may shape up or that entertainment may not impair society in any drastic way, but through my reasoning and best judgment I can only anticipate that entertainment does have the capacity to, and will, ruin society if it stays the course it is currently taking.
