In any case, there was always a wooden cabinet in which something could be seen. The model that we find most often in Dutch sources is a closed cabinet placed on a standard with one or more viewing holes, allowing the audience to look at an image in the cabinet. Presumably, the viewing holes were equipped with a lens, creating a depth effect and offering the image a lifelike sight. With that guarantee of lifeliness, the owner of the cabinet could lure the public to his attraction, where they could then take a look for a fee.7That makes the weirdo a precursor of the cinema, a form of audiovisual entertainment on location, where the owner of the cabinet took care of the auditory part: he provided the images in the cabinet with explanation and commentary and thus played the role of explainer.
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