"brain candy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982 February 10, “Capsule Reviews”, in Daily Times, Ohio, USA, retrieved 2012-10-02, page 16:",
          "text": "Venom is spine-tingling brain candy about a deadly snake on the loose in a London townhouse during a kidnapping attempt.",
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          "ref": "1992 February 19, Ron Alexander, “Metropolitan Diary”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-10-02:",
          "text": "After years of chewing on murder mysteries as my form of “brain candy,” I thought I'd sample westerns for a change of pace.",
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          "ref": "2003 June 9, Bryan Walsh, “Movies: Enter The Animatrix”, in Time:",
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        "(idiomatic) A narrative, commentary, etc. which amuses and holds one's attention, but which lacks intellectual depth or importance."
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