What is a cat call?

The history of theater is not always pretty, as evidenced by the arrival of the 16th century mocking whistles known as Cat Call . Members of the audience who wanted to express their displeasure with a particular actor would often go to the loud and strive to resemble the pitiful wailing of the cat. This noise could be heard on stage, a lot to press a targeted artist or a playwright. Instead of a receptive call curtain, many actors accepted the cat's call at the end of the unpopular performance. Modern audience has largely left practice, but the occasional encouragement Jeer or Bronx can still be heard whenever the artist cannot win over the crowd or intentionally offends his audience. For example, hecklers on a comedy show can still release penetrating calls whenever comedian material fails.

Cat call is often paired by people with Wolf Whistle, two -color whistling noise usually focused on attractive members of the opposite sex. Cat call can be a series of loud shouts used as attention, fromAtmath the Salacious Wolf Whistle basically concludes an agreement. The noise is not always intended to be dimensioned, but it should notice it. Anger, Hollers, Bronx Cheers and other rough sounds could fall for this term.

The expression can be a bit confusing, because most cat owners confirm that the call of the real cat is almost impossible. It is more likely that this term came from "Caterwauling, an incredible amount of noise generated by cats that gather in the streets at night. The sound is undoubtedly hard, just like loud Jeers and whistles created during a cat call.