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The Social Network · 2010 — Chapter 14 of 23 · 3'17" · B2

Sean Parker Wakes Up at Stanford, Explained: the shoe's on the other foot

A Stanford student wakes up next to a man who turns out to be Sean Parker, then tests whether he remembers anything about her. He does not, though he can recite her major and hometown. Later she finds The Facebook on a computer and calls it "freakishly addictive."

What happens

At Stanford, a student wakes up with a man she barely knows, who turns out to be Sean Parker, the founder of Napster. They trade jokes about names, money and lawsuits. Before leaving for class, she opens The Facebook on her computer and finds it addictive; while she is away, he emails himself her contact so he can reach Mark Zuckerberg.

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Phrase of the scene

the shoe's on the other foot

The situation has reversed

Amy 先是没认出睡过的人，肖恩反过来说 You see, the shoe's on the other...，把被认不出这件事甩回给她。

Now that I'm the client, the shoe's on the other foot.

Also in this scene

  • slept on

    A one-word swap turns a sex joke into a literal one

  • entrepreneur

    Someone who starts and runs a business

  • freakishly addictive

    So compelling it feels abnormal

Everything marked in this scene

30 notes across 73 lines

Phrase · A2be late for somethingI'm late for biochem.
Phrase · B2kick someone's assI should just kick your ass.
Slang · B2kick your assI should just kick your ass.
Phrase · A2go to a partyHow do you go to a party and you meet someone...
Slang · A2kidding- You're kidding. - No.
Phrase · B1for a little whileWilliam Taft Elementary, for a little while.
Phrase · B2be an entrepreneurI'm an entrepreneur.
Soundentrepreneur

stress

I'm an entrepreneur.
Phrase · B1wouldn't say something- You're unemployed. - I wouldn't say that.
Phrase · C1the shoe's on the other foot

The situation has reversed

You see, the shoe's on the other...
Phrase · B2sleep with someoneI just slept with Sean Parker?
Phrase · B2sleep on something

A one-word swap turns a sex joke into a literal one

You just slept on Sean Parker.
Phrase · B2not technically- You're a zillionaire. - Not technically.
Slang · B2zillionaire- You're a zillionaire. - Not technically.
Phrase · B2be sued by someoneeven less when you're being sued by everyone who's ever been to the Grammys.
Phrase · B2blow someone's mindThis is blowing my mind.
Soundblowing my mind

liaison

This is blowing my mind.
Phrase · B1hop in the showerI gotta hop in the shower and get ready for class.
Soundhop in the shower

liaison

I gotta hop in the shower and get ready for class.
Phrase · B1even though ...Biochem, even though you're a French major whose name is Amy.
Grammar · B2a French major whose name is Amy

relative clause with whose: Whose links the major to the name in one compact clause.

Biochem, even though you're a French major whose name is Amy.
Phrase · B1help yourself to somethingThere's juice or anything else you can find. Help yourself.
Phrase · B1mind if I do somethingYou mind if I check my e-mail?
Soundmind if I

liaison

You mind if I check my e-mail?
Phrase · A2go aheadYeah, go ahead.
Grammar · B2By running too fast and getting twisted in the curtain

by + gerund: By plus gerunds explains the imagined cause.

By running too fast and getting twisted in the curtain.
Phrase · B1for a little bitYeah, after you passed out last night I went on The Facebook for a little bit.
Grammar · B2Stanford's had it

present perfect: The perfect links the past start to the present moment.

Stanford's had it for, like, two weeks now.
Phrase · B2freakishly + adjective

So compelling it feels abnormal

It's really awesome, except it's freakishly addictive.
Phrase · A2everything's greatEverything's great.

Sean Parker Wakes Up at Stanford, explained

What's really going on

The scene is a seduction that keeps turning into a business meeting. Sean is charming and unemployed at once, and the girl's test — "You don't know my name, do you?" — exposes exactly what he is: someone who collects people instead of knowing them. The Facebook appears almost as an afterthought, praised as "freakishly addictive," and that phrase is the point. Sean sees a product that holds attention, and within minutes he is using her computer to reach its creator. The charm and the opportunism are the same skill, which is what makes him dangerous to everyone he meets.

Theme

IdentitySean is introduced by what he made, not who he is, and the girl tests whether he knows her at all.
AmbitionEven half-awake, he spots Facebook's pull and moves to get close to its founder.

Listen for

  • entrepreneur — stress
  • blowing my mind — liaison
  • hop in the shower — liaison
  • mind if I — liaison
You don't know my name, do you?

The quiet accusation that defines the encounter: he was present but never actually paid attention to her.

It's really awesome, except it's freakishly addictive.

Praise with a warning built in: the site works so well it swallows your time.

Biochem, even though you're a French major whose name is Amy.

He finally proves he listened, listing the facts he remembered after failing her name test.

I just need to find you, Mark Zuckerberg.

The pivot from flirtation to business: he uses her email to reach the founder of Facebook.

Questions about this scene

Who is the man in this scene?

Sean Parker, the founder of Napster. He is introduced through the girl's surprise at waking up next to someone famous and broke at the same time.

Why does the girl test him about her name?

She suspects he was not really paying attention to her. When he guesses wrong, it confirms that he treats people as contacts rather than individuals.

What does Sean do at the end of the scene?

He uses her computer to email himself so he can contact Mark Zuckerberg. It is the first sign of his interest in Facebook.

What does the girl think of The Facebook?

She calls it awesome but freakishly addictive. Her praise tells Sean the product works, which is exactly what he wanted to know.

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