The solidly built Mr. Burke suggests a pugilist next to the fluttery yet intense Mr. Scott, whose Leo is at his most self-revealing in the second-act sequence in which he entertains the media.
Ways in which he entertains his followers include quiz questions ("Brought work in office to a standstill by re-asking Indy on Sunday Xmas 2009 quiz question: 10 countries with 4-letter names. No Googling"); a campaign against clichés ("Apparently, the party must be rooted in people's lives.
And then there's "Look at Me, Look at You," a plush R&B ballad in which he entertains "a dozen fantasies," including one in which his lover is "standing over there like a Nefertiti or the queen Dido".
When the god arrived, he was seated on the barzman and given food (parts of the slaughtered victim) and drink, after which he was entertained with song.
Following Charles of Lorraine's brief visit to Florence, during which he was entertained by the Grand Ducal family in Palazzo Pitti, the Grand Ducal palace, the tone of Marguerite Louise's letters to Charles compelled the Grand Duke and Cosimo to spy on her.
Although at this stage there is seemingly no belief about which he cannot entertain doubt, Descartes finds certainty in the intuition that, when he is thinking even if he is being deceived he must exist.
At IFC.com, Michael Atkinson offers a provocative post about the virtues of Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," which, he says, entertains blithely as it subverts the conveniences American audiences ordinarily crave.
His bank balance was only part of his wealth: he also owned several villas around Italy with prosperous estates and vineyards attached, as well as the usual trappings of the elite, such as 500 citrus-wood tables with ivory legs, all alike – perfect for lavish dinner parties at which he could entertain 1,000 of his closest friends.
