Welcome to the Mourning Actors Troupe! The Troupe Master's here to offer you a most heartfelt blessing.
Mourning Actor Recruitment Letter
Dear Ascetics,
Are you tired of this universe, overrun with kitsch Elation? Have you seen through the emptiness lurking behind those false smiles?
We're looking for people who keep it real.
The Mourning Actors have no place for those who flee from life. We welcome only those who face suffering head-on and embrace sorrow. On our stage, there are no hollow comedies, only profound tragedies. No cheap thrills, only souls tempered by hardship.
We journey to every corner of the universe, singing dirges for extinguished stars and mourning the unlamented heroes.
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If you think that's what Mourning Actors are, you couldn't be more wrong!
Comedy isn't necessarily spurious, and tragedy isn't necessarily profound. This organization is named after the Mourning Actor because we believe that being an actor, the very act of it, is something worth grieving.
That's not to say there's nothing to gain from becoming an actor. With the right performance, you can get so much out of it. You can move people, stir their emotions, indulge your inner drama queen, and walk away with some very real worldly perks on the side.
What we mean is this... Those very benefits are the very reason we must grieve. Put another way, what saddens us is the knowledge that change in this world can only come about when performers provide a stage for it to happen. Wisdom is irrefutable, and righteousness stands like a mountain peak beyond reach — we marvel at them, and in the same breath, lament that they cannot reshape the cosmos on their own.
Performance, in and of itself, is meaningless. And yet, to convey meaning, we must perform. Doing something meaningless in pursuit of a meaningful outcome... Nothing could be more absurd than that.
We mourn our own absurdity, and we hold that grief up as our most precious value.
If you've read this far and understood what it means... then reach out to our Troupe Master in whatever way you know how. She'll conduct your interview in her own way.
If you don't understand, well, that's actually a good thing. It means you don't have to be an actor. Your life itself can change the world.
Regardless, the Troupe Master's here to offer you a most heartfelt blessing.