How movies can make you smarter
How movies can make you smarter
People think of movies as a source of entertainment, but there is more to watching movies than being entertained. With the changing playing field in global business and the cease of interaction with each other, it’s not a wonder that entertainment has now evolved to be “infotainment”. Do we get anything else from watching movies besides entertainment? Can movies make us smarter?
Movies make us learn all kinds of things from technology to literature, history and language. Theater, known to be a “bastard of the arts” practically has all the elements of a basic education: Music, literature, production design, dance and even history and politics. Being the precursor to, what later became Hollywood entertainment, the impact on everyone went far beyond the glitz and glamour of the stars. It went beyond the pursuit of the almighty Greenback.
