escapist

And that makes for a meandering, challenging, non-escapist viewing.

Thus his love of escapist, desperately lighthearted writers like Laurence Sterne and Miguel de Cervantes.

Perabo says it's because female viewers want an escapist fantasy when they're working hard balancing families and careers.

And the theatrical world is picking up on that and again making escapist fare for the summer audience.

Shannon Donnelly on the genre's surprising comeback and why viewers are flocking to escapist fare.