Entertainment
Entertainment noun - The act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public.
Vaudeville and entertainment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vaudeville" instead a noun "Entertainment".
Vaudeville
Vaudeville noun - A variety show with songs and comic acts etc..
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Entertainment and vaudeville are semantically related. You can use "Entertainment" instead a noun "Vaudeville".
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- The British version, specifically "music hall" entertainment (which lasted a bit longer than vaudeville did in the US), is best shown with the classic episodes of The Muppet Show.
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Known in the entertainment industry as the Alphonse and Gaston Routine (named after the "Alphonse and Gaston" comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper), this is a comedy trope from the days of vaudeville.
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It evolved in the 1920s to advertise circuses, carnivals, fairs, and vaudeville shows, and continued to shift to a more entertainment-driven focus in the 1930s.
Source: Genre Shift
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