Call and response is a
singing form.
The first singer is responded to
by the second.
Call and response comes from
sub-Saharan Africa
and developed in America through
slave work songs.
Call and response has five forms:
Imitation.
Question and answer.
Statement and commentary.
Affirmation.
Surprise.
The Mistress as Artist possesses
her own calls and permits
three responses:
Yes, Mistress
Example: Salvador Dali needing written permission to visit his muse.
As You wish, Mistress
Representative case: Jack Kerouac swigging Canadian Club in the bar bathroom to keep his tab down.
If it pleases You, Mistress
Paradigm: Elvis Presley enlisting in the War on Drugs so he could do more drugs.
The slave
may offer only
affirmative responses.
No commentary.
No surprises.
No questions.
No statements.
No exceptions.
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