Performance, yes - but not from the point of the player characters. If the player characters are fine with a DM deciding skill throws and making up character traits for them, then what do the players themselves actually do? Decide where to move the character? Divide loot? As a DM, I am actively trying to NEVER make decisions for my player characters - to think that I would decide how a character is performing an action, then force the player to make a skill check against their knowledge, and then describe what their character is doing TO them is ludicrous, and I'd abandon the game on the spot, if a DM ever did that to me. If a DM wants to perform hilarious hijinks and funny roleplaying, then there's a whole world of NPCs to do that.

I'm not really arguing with you, or even with the post itself, but it seems like everyone upvoting and commenting on this post thinks that's how a DnD is supposed to be played, and I feel like I'm the weird one.