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[x] pulled down the shade
[y] drew the curtains
[z] turned out the light

Identify x, y, and z

Plus: who said this

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

clue: one of them is barnett newman

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Barnett Newman closed the curtains, Mark Rothko pulled down the blinds and Ad Reinhardt turned off the lights.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:47 (twenty-three years ago)

"got back into bed it was the middle of the night..."

I decree it's Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis.

(yes, I know I'm mising the point)

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:51 (twenty-three years ago)

closed Vs. drew, blinds Vs. shade, off Vs. out,...lights Vs. light.

what is this, though?

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:53 (twenty-three years ago)

z = Nelly Furtado?

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Nelly F would have had to peck out the lights, surely?

Who said that, Jerry?

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

No Pete, she had a diva tantrum and demanded soemone else do it, and even then they had to be like, an artist. The cheek.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I've no idea! Sounds too snappy to be Clement Greenberg. And not snappy enought to be Dave Hickey. Could it be Harold Rosenberg?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

easier to google now i know it properly: thanks jerry

(i always get it wrong bcz on a non-mentalist window you pull down the blind b4 you close the curtains)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

(X) Lord Chiaroscuro!

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

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