Dear friend,
First of all, let me congratulate you for joining us. Now that you find yourself part of the play, I welcome to the studio. I hope you have already been given a room. Do find your own space here. Try to make yourself comfortable. I believe you are going to be here for a while.
When I met you along the corridor, I suspected you might be new around here. But don't worry, we were all new at one point of time. While I am here, let me orientate you to the best of my ability. I have not been around for long (neither do I want to be for long) but I will tell you what I know, so that when you are more settled, you may go and share with others what you know too.
My new counterpart, you must understand that we are all subplots of our clever playwright. I know you may be very displeased to have not landed yourself a major role in this play. But I must make this clear to you, I too am a minor character, just like you. You remember that lady standing behind the podium with her chanel suit and prada bag? Or that old man sitting by the roadside with his tissue packs? Or that handsome young man running around with his blackberry and arms full of tattoos? They are just like you too, no more, no less. We were all recruited to be minor characters. In this play, there is only one major character. You know who he is. You should have already met him by now, otherwise you would not have ended up here. He happens to also be the director. We are all part of this infinite soap opera. If you want to find out the beginnings of this soap opera, refer to the manual that you should have gotten at the entrance. It would keep you occupied for a long time.
You might already guessed by now, the tricky part about being here. Do not think just because I'm here before you means that I have been given any special treatment. I am not. We have all not been given our lines. When we came in, we were all not given scripts. The playwright has only given us guidelines. The only things here that know exactly what they need to do or where they need to go are the props. That's because they don't need to do anything! They just need to be still. The propsman will place them where they need to be on the stage. Then they will be taken off when their role is done. Do you want to be a prop? Surely not! So as I was saying about the guidelines - I believe that he has spoken to you in private. I don't know what he has told you, or how much you have understood from it. But it should not deviate too far from mine. Whatever it is, just remember the words that you have been told because you must follow carefully. Please follow them carefully.
But of cos, everybody makes mistakes. The studio has plenty of rooms for mistakes. I have made many bloopers myself. Come and watch me on my set one day, and you will find yourself a spectator of a comedy. Anyhow, my point is, if you make a blooper, just stop, learn and do it again. The scenes can always be enacted again. Though the crew may change if you take too long! After all, they need a rest too. So take one, take two, take three or as many times as you please. Just make sure you improve each time, or else the director may get impatient. Get what I'm saying? (:
By the way, if you happen to sustain any injuries while you are at your role, don't worry too much. All of us are covered under his insurance. Just report to him when it happens, and he will work out something for you.
I have to go for now. I will write you sometime again. Till then, I remain
Your faithful friend,
Joywood
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