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Important Pathfinder lore question
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The answer is that as far as I am aware, in PF2e there are no such things.
However, my understanding is that there are often abjuration and conjuration enhanced puppet shows, that have some running schtick characters but are more often than not just light satire of current events. My DM has made use of them frequently as exposition teasers in Andorran, but I see no reason that Absalom wouldn't have it either, being the largest trading port in the Inner Sea.
That said, having places that are experimenting with new magic and technology and the repercussions of those things is always fun. If you are looking for some inspiration, I would suggest Terry Prachet's book Moving Pictures.
To contradict @[email protected] abit, materialism absolutely exists in Pathfinder, it is just the logic of that materialism happens to be much different than it is in our world, as the science of magic is a real thing, along with magic also being part of the emotional and spiritual essence of things. It means you, as a DM, get to play around and decide what the logic means, and if and when you want to break it or keep it.
Most of my knowledge about the movie industry comes from Moving Pictures, so I've already got that down.
I had forgotten about the puppet shows, I've definitely heard about those - makes me think it would be worth making it more of a travelling show, but that could run on a single episode for years as it moves around, so doesn't give a reason for these to be made regularly (I may want to keep a TV crew around for future silly side stories).
I think I'll have to make it a pair of Gnome's pet projects, one that's been experimenting with recording rods and has built devices that use a magazine of rods for seamless recording and playback, and the other as director/showrunner. Probably working out of a shop front in Absalom showing short character pieces, with this intended as their first big show. I can speedrun the development of movies and TV through their various appearances, until they're selling scrying spheres for on-demand streaming.
That sounds like a good way to go. Perhaps as they get bigger, it has affects on the puppeteers market, putting some out of business, but others start making puppet shows for the company, then the government gets involved, etc.
Skies the limit really. The real key is to not get too bogged down in explaining what is happening unless the party is actually knowledgeable about it AND wants to investigate it. Otherwise it can just sorta happen in the background around the plot.