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Clerks II · 2006 — Capítulo 8 de 17 · 3'30" · B2

Randal Grills Elias About Sex, Explained: piece together

A conversation about an internet rumor turns into a very personal interrogation. What sounds like banter keeps circling one question—whether the other man has ever had sex—until he offers a deadpan explanation about a tiny creature called Pillow Pants. “You're a virgin, aren't you?”

Qué pasa

Two men are talking about a website one of them has described. One asks whether it is a hoax; the other turns the talk into an interrogation about the first man's girlfriend, Myra. The reply is a straight-faced account of a tiny troll named Pillow Pants.

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Expresión de la escena

piece together

to work out from separate clues

After a run of questions, someone suddenly connects the clues and announces the realization.

It took the detective two days to piece together the timeline.

También en esta escena

  • hoax

    a trick or fake story

  • a crack at her crack

    a pun on opportunity and her body

  • start trusting me more

    you should open up to me

  • the fuck

    vulgar intensifier in a wh-question

  • troll

    a mythical creature; also an online provocateur

Todo lo marcado en esta escena

25 notas en 63 frases

Expresión · B1bring a bit of something to somewhere

bring a touch of something somewhere

My friend, tonight, we bring a bit of TJ to the Jersey 'burbs.
Expresión · A2not know about something

be unsure or skeptical about something With don't, it signals doubt rather than factual knowledge.

Well, I don't know about this, Randal.
Expresión · B1if you've seen one, you've seen them all

once you've seen one, you've seen them all

But if you've seen pics of one chick sucking off a donkey, you've seen them all.
Jerga · B1chick

woman, often dismissive — Informal and often dismissive; avoid it in professional settings.

But if you've seen pics of one chick sucking off a donkey, you've seen them all.
Expresión · A2anything like that

things of that kind

Well, what if you haven't ever seen pics of anything like that?
Expresión · B1what's the point in doing something

why bother doing something

'Cause what's the point in having an Internet connection if you're not using it to look at weird, fucked-up pictures of dirty sex you'll never have yourself?
Gramática · B2what's the point in having an Internet connection if you're not using it

rhetorical conditional: The structure frames the whole question as a scoffing 'why bother' rather than a real request for information.

'Cause what's the point in having an Internet connection if you're not using it to look at weird, fucked-up pictures of dirty sex you'll never have yourself?
Jerga · B2fucked-up

disturbing or messed up — Vulgar intensifier for something disturbing; not for polite company.

'Cause what's the point in having an Internet connection if you're not using it to look at weird, fucked-up pictures of dirty sex you'll never have yourself?
Expresión · B1make someone up

invent a person Here it means inventing a person, not applying makeup.

You made her up, didn't you?
Expresión · B1kind of personal

somewhat private

Well, that's just kind of personal, Randal.
Expresión · B2be all about something

be really into something cock here means men, not roosters.

Maybe you're all about the cock.
Expresión · B2not that it's any of your business

though it is none of your business

Asked about a private matter with his girlfriend, the speaker uses 'not that it's any of your business' to set a boundary before giving an answer.

Well, not that it's any of your business, Randal, but she can't.
Expresión · B1hang out with someone

spend time with someone

Who the fuck else am I gonna hang out with?
Sonidoam I gonna

Squeeze 'am I gonna' into one beat and stress 'who' and 'hang'.

Who the fuck else am I gonna hang out with?
Expresión · B1open up

open up emotionally

Open up and tell me shit.
Jerga · B2tell me shit

tell me the private stuff — Blunt and vulgar; it can sound affectionate only among close friends.

Open up and tell me shit.
Sonidobecause of

Blend 'because of' into one unit and put the weight on 'Pillow Pants'.

Well, we can't because of Pillow Pants.
Jerga · B1Duh.

obviously (dismissive) — Dismissive and childish; use only with people who won't take offence.

Duh.
Expresión · B1keep someone from doing something

prevent someone from doing something

to keep them from having premarital sex?
Gramática · B1even though she totally wants to have sex with me

concessive clause: The concessive clause grants the desire first, then makes the absurd obstacle seem even more decisive.

And so, even though she totally wants to have sex with me,
Expresión · B1bite something off

sever it with your teeth

Pillow Pants will bite it off.
Gramática · B1until Pillow Pants gets peed out of her body on her 21st birthday before we can have sex

time clause: The two time links stack the wait into a condition: only after the monster leaves can anything happen.

until Pillow Pants gets peed out of her body on her 21st birthday before we can have sex.
Expresión · B1talk to each other about something

talk to each other about something

Boyfriends and girlfriends talk to each other about sex stuff, Randal.
Gramática · B2You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.

second conditional: The unreal condition implies the other person lacks the experience, which is where the sting comes from.

You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.
SonidoYou'd know

Let the d in 'You'd' almost disappear; land on 'know' and 'ever'.

You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.

Randal Grills Elias About Sex, explicado

What's really going on

At first the talk is about an internet rumor: 'how do we know this isn't a hoax?' The question of whether there are pictures turns into a test of experience—if he has never seen such things, he must be 'as blind as Anne Frank.' From there the pressure moves to Myra and whether the two have had sex. The answer is not a confession but a straight-faced rule about Pillow Pants, a troll said to live inside Myra and bite it off if he puts his thing in her. The absurdity keeps the exchange funny while the pressure stays personal: 'You're a virgin, aren't you?'

Theme

Dark humorA deadpan account of a troll living inside a girlfriend turns a crude interrogation into straight-faced comedy.
AbsurdityThe more earnestly the rules of Pillow Pants are explained, the more ridiculous the explanation for not having sex becomes.

Escucha con atención

  • am I gonna — Squeeze 'am I gonna' into one beat and stress 'who' and 'hang'.
  • because of — Blend 'because of' into one unit and put the weight on 'Pillow Pants'.
  • You'd know — Let the d in 'You'd' almost disappear; land on 'know' and 'ever'.
You know, I've never pieced this together until right now.

Until this moment, the speaker had never put the clues together; the line marks the instant a suspicion becomes a clear conclusion.

You're a virgin, aren't you?

The 'blind as Anne Frank' jab leads straight into the blunt question: if he has never seen such pictures, is he a virgin?

Well, we can't because of Pillow Pants.

This is his explanation for why he and Myra have not had sex: a creature called Pillow Pants is said to be the obstacle.

Pillow Pants is her pussy troll.

The line makes the joke explicit: Pillow Pants is the troll just described as living inside Myra and keeping them from having sex.

You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.

In his view, the other man's lack of a girlfriend explains why he does not understand that couples talk about sex; the line is a jab, not a neutral observation.

Preguntas sobre esta escena

Why does the questioner suspect the other man is a virgin?

The suspicion grows out of the picture talk: one line says that if you've seen one such picture, you've seen them all, and the reply asks what if someone has never seen anything like that. The answer is 'then you must be as blind as Anne Frank,' which leads to 'You're a virgin, aren't you?'

Why does he say he and Myra cannot have sex?

Because of Pillow Pants: he says a little troll lives inside Myra and will bite it off if he puts his thing in her. He must wait until the troll is peed out on her 21st birthday.

What is Lister Fiend?

It is the name blamed for why a kiss has not happened; the next line asks if it is her mouth troll, but the dialogue never confirms it outright.

Why does he mention couples talking about sex?

It answers the doubt that Myra would tell him such a thing: in his view, boyfriends and girlfriends talk about sex, so it is normal. The next line becomes a jab: 'You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.'

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