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Entertainment

The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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syncopation

Culture; Popular culture

The stressing of normally unaccented beats, in music such as jazz.

syndication

Culture; Popular culture

The sale of a story or program for simultaneous release by a number of different media outlets.

thriller

Culture; Popular culture

A book, play or film that creates excitement or suspense; especially one dealing with mystery or crime.

Tin Pan Alley

Culture; Popular culture

Until the 1950s, the composers and publishers of the popular music industry in the USA.

underground

Culture; Popular culture

Term adopted in the 1960s to describe anti-establishment or counter-cultural beliefs and activities.

vaudeville

Culture; Popular culture

Variety shows or revues, featuring singers, dancers, comedians and acrobats.

vernacular culture

Culture; Popular culture

Like folk culture, the functional and artistic productions of people outside their involvement in the economic sphere; those things, from music to clothes to houses, that people ...

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