ENTERTAIN | MENTAL
What we consume consumes us.
Entertain your mind wisely.
About Me
Existential from a young age, I am a self-motivated multimedia storyteller with experience writing and editing, and creating content that engages readers. I have a background in publications, startups, and corporate environments and can communicate complex ideas for wide audiences. I am most knowledgeable in editorial strategy, pitching and ideation, and social media. Passions include exploring trending Gen-Z pop culture, traveling the world, and jigsaw puzzles. - Ilana Davis
Entertain | Mental includes Movie and TV analysis, journalistic reporting, creative writing, photo galleries, and multimedia work.
Previous work and bylines can be found on MuckRack.
About Entertain | Mental
Entertain | Mental was originally established in 2018 as a blog for recommending movies, TV shows, and music in the ever-changing streaming landscape. Over time it developed into taking these facets of entertainment and exploring their deeper meaning. Like modern myths, each scene, script, and lyric reaches wide audiences with the hopes of shaping their worldview.
Telling stories about stories.
Can The Wizard of Oz be considered an American fairytale? Were its symbols and themes of fruitful farmlands and the everyday man provide a beacon of hope for a nation recovering from the Great Depression?
Disney's Soul was released during the pandemic; a time when we were isolated and increasingly withdrawn from eachother struggling to find meaning in solitiude. As a result, this highly philosophical (and kid-friendly) film provided audiences with themes that connected to them. How do the teachings of Aristotle and Plato - and their views on happiness/consciousness - relate to the film? Explain it? Refute it?
The Heroine's Journey is fairly similar to the classic archetype of the Hero's Journey. Our character ventures into a world unlike their own, battling foes and finding friends along the way to conquer a great task. The former takes it one step further, as the journey inwards requires the female protagonst to discober herself along the way. This is depitced in two 2023 films - Barbie and Poor Things.
I don’t know. It’s all rather subjective. That’s the fun of it and Entertain | Mental is a space to ask these questions. What we consume consumes us; and that has the power to influence, inform, and - most importantly - entertain.
Contact
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