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Old 12-01-2017, 02:34 PM   #4
jason taylor
 
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Default Re: Equipping fantasy "Movie Star"

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Originally Posted by Purple Haze View Post
I am having trouble picturing the media infrastructure necessary for a TL3 "movie star" even in a fantasy world. How are "movies" made? Distributed? Marketed? What are the tabloid equivalent? The gossip columns?

In the real world there were a few rich and famous TL2 professional athletes. But performing artists....
There is no reason there cannot be actresses. Theodora of Byzantium was an actress-or an "actress"-depending on which version you believe. There can also be female bards. Or any other type of entertainer. And these can be iterant.
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