I once dreamed a whole short story. Wrapped in its peculiar atmosphere, as if draped in clouds, I walked entranced to my desk at about 4 A.M. and typed it on to the screen.
Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.
I'm entranced by the idea of reading the culture back to itself, because I'm conscious that we as people and also as a culture are myth-making machines. So I'm interested in a resistance to that: What we can bend, what we can break.
The first time I met (Kennedy) was when he came to the Post for a meeting with the editorial board. I became sort of entranced with him.
The longer version is still an exercise in futility. If you never liked that movie, the longer version won't make you like it any more. But fans want to see everything to be entranced in the world of the movie.