Topic > entertainment in the 1930s - 546

In the early 1930s entertainment began to become popular. The reason for this was due to the Great Depression. Entertainment took people's minds off the struggles they were facing. Country and blues were forms of music introduced in this period, but the 1930s were primarily a time of jazz. Broadway and movies also became more advanced and more popular then. “Film, music and Broadway combined to offer an escape from the dreary life of depression.” (Walker n.pag.) Throughout the 1930s people turned to entertainment to forget about difficult times. Jazz music was one of the main musical genres listened to even in the 1930s. Jazz is "An upbeat musical form that combines the soft sounds of trumpets, saxophones, clarinets, drums and many other instruments." (Walker n.pag.) As a result of the great fame of jazz, a type of jazz called swing jazz was born, which also became popular. Many people listened to the radio and because of this swing jazz became more popular than ever. Jazz music was very successful in the 1930s. Second...