several distinct kinds of something
There are five different types of chairs in this hotel room.Knocked Up · 2007 — Capítulo 9 de 12 · 2'33" · B2
Can't Accept Debbie's Love, Explained: accept her love
In a hotel room, someone panics over five kinds of chairs, then over baby books left unread. Under that sits a worse fear. "The biggest problem in our marriage is that she wants me around" makes being wanted the problem, and someone says "I don't think I can accept her love."
Qué pasa
In a hotel room, someone counts five kinds of chairs and wants them gone. Talk turns to unread baby books, because reading them would make the baby real, and then to whether they will be taken back. Someone asks how anybody could like them. A marriage is called a problem because she wants him around, and someone says he cannot accept her love. Both want to go home.
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accept her love
let yourself receive her love
Right after being told he is loved, he says he cannot accept her love, and it sounds like a confession.
She keeps showing up, and he still cannot accept her love.
También en esta escena
- holy fuck
a shocked, vulgar outburst
- droll
oddly funny, straight-faced
- take us back
forgive us and have us again
- the biggest problem
the most serious problem
- too good for you
she deserves better than you
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39 notas en 58 frases
shocked vulgar outburst — A jolt with friends only; never with guests or elders.
Holy fuck. What are they all doing in here?remove them from this place
Get them out of here, man. This is too many chairs for one room.be employed by them
There's a guy that works for this hotel. His whole job is to find chairs.that is the entire job
There's a guy that works for this hotel. His whole job is to find chairs.relative clause: The that-clause identifies the guy as the hotel's chair-finder.
There's a guy that works for this hotel. His whole job is to find chairs.stare openly at someone the tall chair is the one staring
The tall one's gawking at me and the short one's being very droll.dryly, oddly funny
The tall one's gawking at me and the short one's being very droll.postponed subject: It is empty; the that-clause is what is actually weird.
It's weird that chairs even exist when you're not sitting on them.regret not having read
I should've read the baby books.Let have shrink inside should've and stress read.
I should've read the baby books.no matter which choice
Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books.concession clause: Reading or not reading leaves the same result: it is already real.
Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books.Keep or weak and say the three words as one piece.
Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books.casual address to a guy — A casual hey between guys; skip it in formal talk.
Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books.forgive us and have us again
Take us back is a nervous ask about being wanted again, not about the route home.
Think they'll take us back?keep asking yourself how
Do you ever wonder how somebody could even like you?embedded question: After wonder, the how-clause stays in statement order.
Do you ever wonder how somebody could even like you?want someone nearby all the time
The biggest problem in our marriage is that she wants me around.to such a degree that
She loves me so much that she wants me around all the time.result clause: So much that marks the result: she wants him there constantly.
She loves me so much that she wants me around all the time.fail even at accepting
That's our biggest problem. And I can't even accept that?Hit even, lighten accept, and let the question rise.
That's our biggest problem. And I can't even accept that?let yourself receive her love
Right after being told he is loved, he says he cannot accept her love, and it sounds like a confession.
I don't think I can accept her love.that person is the problem
There's something wrong with me.made-up word for cozy warmth — A nonsense adjective; do not treat it as a real word.
Love? The most beautiful, shiny, warmy thing in the world?Tap the t in better lightly and move on into energy.
Oh, this is a better energy.pledge her future to someone not dying for him; offering her future
She's chosen to give you her life.the person you share a life with
She's picked you as her life partner!have a pleasant scent
She's cool and she's funny and she smells good and she's nice and her hair always looks different.she deserves better than you
After a long list of her good points, too good for you lands as a verdict on him.
She's too good for you, man.a grubby, annoying creature — A strange insult; it wounds in public, so do not toss it as a joke.
You're disgusting. You know, you're an urchin.hassles you, said crudely — Only if you already insult each other; never at work.
And she busts your balls 'cause you're a little bitch.crude insult for weakness — An insult about being weak; closeness does not make it safe.
And she busts your balls 'cause you're a little bitch.a very dirty personal insult — Straight abuse; speed does not turn it into a joke.
You're a filthy bitch! And I'd bust your balls.verb substitute: Do that points back to giving her life, not to a new action.
Debbie wants to give her life to you, and Allison doesn't want to do that with me.cause me sadness
And it makes me sad all day.Wanna already includes to, so do not add it back.
I wanna go home, too.spoken form of want to — A spoken stand-in for want to; keep it out of formal writing.
I wanna go home, too.Can't Accept Debbie's Love, explicado
What's really going on
The chairs are only the top layer. Five in one room is "too many," and a gold and red one is called beautiful and shiny. The baby talk swerves the same way. Someone skipped the books "'Cause then it's real, you know?" and the answer comes back flat: "Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books." Love is handled like the chairs. Being wanted all the time is named "the biggest problem" in the marriage. "I don't think I can accept her love" sits beside "There's something wrong with me." Someone says Debbie "wants to give her life to you," while Allison "doesn't want to do that with me." Someone is sad all day. Both want to go home. Nobody is shown being taken back. The lines only set the offer of love next to the flinch.
Theme
MarriageBeing wanted around is called the biggest problem in a marriage, and her love is something someone says he cannot accept.
RomanceSomeone asks how anybody could like them, and the talk keeps circling the fear of being loved.
Escucha con atención
- should've read — Let have shrink inside should've and stress read.
- whether or not — Keep or weak and say the three words as one piece.
- can't even accept — Hit even, lighten accept, and let the question rise.
- a better — Tap the t in better lightly and move on into energy.
Dude, it's real whether or not you read those books.Skipping the books changes nothing. The baby is real either way, and the next line says the baby is coming.
Do you ever wonder how somebody could even like you?Asked here, it is a bare question about how anyone could like you at all.
The biggest problem in our marriage is that she wants me around.In these lines, her wanting him around is stated as the marriage's biggest problem.
I don't think I can accept her love.The speaker doubts he can take in the love she gives, and the next line says something is wrong with him.
But you play fantasy baseball because you can't accept her love?The question treats fantasy baseball as what he does because he cannot accept her love. No game is shown.
Debbie wants to give her life to you, and Allison doesn't want to do that with me.Debbie is willing to give her life to him. Allison will not do that with the speaker, who adds that he is sad all day.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why didn't he read the baby books?
The reason given is "'Cause then it's real, you know?" The reply is that it is real whether or not those books get read, and that the baby is coming.
Why is wanting him around called the biggest problem in the marriage?
That is how the speaker puts it. She loves him and wants him around all the time, and he says he cannot even accept that, and that it upsets him. The lines do not name another marital offense.
Why does someone want the chairs out of the room?
Someone counts five different types of chairs and asks what they are all doing in there. Getting them out is tied to "This is too many chairs for one room." The tall one is gawking, the short one is being very droll, and the next complaint is "I don't like them."
Why does fantasy baseball get mentioned?
Only as a question: he plays it because he cannot accept her love. No game is played in these lines, and no other reason is given.
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