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The fabric bouncer that decides what the world gets to see.
theater originGreek tragedies used none; later Romans dropped them into floor slots
iron versionReal fireproof curtains separate theater stages from audiences by law
cold warChurchill's Iron Curtain speech divided Europe with one metaphor
blackout techWartime blackout curtains hid cities from enemy bombers
final wordCurtains slang for death since early 1900s gangsters