@Glupinickname During lockdown someone in the UK set up a paid DMing 'agency' and all the DMs were 'experienced burlesque performers'.
I still chuckle at the idea of watching that Christina Aguillera movie and going "I should open a club! I've been running Call of Cthulhu for years, how different could it be?" @LeviKornelsen
@Taskerland@Glupinickname@LeviKornelsen It was a basic requirement of early 1980s gaming that not only did you have a mix of characters in the game, but also at the table. A single burlesque performer was recommended until 1983 when that was replaced with advice to "have someone in your group with a first aid qualification and a sommelier"
@LeviKornelsen@Taskerland@Glupinickname Strangely and almost uniformly in my experience of D&D any player intent on playing a Bard type are usually the same sort of person who thinks they are "zany" and have all the personality of a cubicle with a "You don't have to be mad to work here but it helps" sign.