the.com/master of ceremonies

The one person allowed to interrupt everyone and get applauded for it.

means The host who runs a show or event, introducing acts, guiding the program, and filling the gaps between them.

from From the title given to the official in charge of royal or religious ceremonies, who managed protocol and order at formal occasions — the phrase itself traces to Latin 'caerimonia' (ritual observance, reverence). Over time 'master of ceremonies' slid out of palace halls and into theaters, banquets, and broadcast studios, shortened in the 20th century to the clipped, jazzy 'MC' or 'emcee' it's known as today.

origin
Latin magister cerimoniarum, Vatican ritual supervisor
job description
make chaos sound scheduled
rap era
shrank to MC, kept the ego intact
weddings
the reason dinner starts exactly one hour late
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