rephrase: Hello Ireion, I really like the example you use for dramaturgy. Going into interviews is a huge test of our ability to put on personas. Especially as it is right now in the USA, employers have a very specific view of what they want in an employee. For the longest time, this simply meant performing the behaviors of white businessmen. This has, fortunately, been changing over time to be more inclusive of other cultures and other lifestyles than that of a white businessman, but it still requires putting up a more formal and positive version of yourself towards the interviewers. The way we act in interviews would be way too serious and tiring to act in casual situations, like with friends