Word: curtained
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...Balthus is the biography of the mysterious subject, "a painter of whom nothing is known." These figures are always attractive to biographers, who feel that they get to reveal the figure behind the curtain. Balthus was an enigmatic contemporary artist most noted for his highly sexualized portraits of young girls. His paintings, which often featured sadomasochistic imagery, were deemed so scandalous during their debut in 1934 that one was removed from its public display in Paris...
...Upperclass bathrooms are more secure because you have to go through your room to get to them. I have a friend who was taking a shower last year in a freshman dorm when she saw a pair of feet underneath the shower curtain. And the curtain was opened by a naked man who said hello and introduced himself to her. Needless to say, these are not optimal bathroom conditions...
...work with direction that fails to transcend a simple staged reading. And although there are numerous opportunities for the production to overcome some of its weaknesses, the thick fog on stage during the show's opening moments seems to roll into the audience and remain there until the final curtain falls...
Unfortunately, Gore and Jones sampled the alcoholic brew before the play and were quite drunk by the time the curtain rose...
...been largely positive, namely because the cast and crew have tried to steer clear of any sort of pointed commentary. This is a story about one of the most important figures in the Christian tradition, but it's just that--a story (and a great one, no less). The curtain is not going up tonight on a group of dancing, singing Biblical scholars or cultural critics but a group of zealous students ready to have a kick-ass-and-take-numbers good time...