feel anxious about something
Don't worry about gaining weight.Knocked Up · 2007 — Capítulo 7 de 12 · 2'57" · C1
Baby Books, Then Vegas, Explained: fooling ourselves
Someone is joking about weight and unread books, but the fight is about fear and whether two people are in this together. "I am terrified, and I am falling apart" comes out before the charge of commitment. Then one line says it would be easier if "we stop fooling ourselves," and somebody heads for Vegas.
Qué pasa
Someone jokes about a huge belt buckle and about gaining weight. The reply is panic: stop the jokes, they are falling apart. Unread baby books become a charge of no commitment, a refused proposal comes back up, and one person says they should stop fooling themselves. After an apology, marriage is compared to a tense sitcom, and someone says they should go to Vegas.
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a whole mess offucking kidding melighten the moodThat's right
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fooling ourselves
stop deceiving ourselves
After telling the other person to go, fooling ourselves frames the split as a kindness to both.
We should stop fooling ourselves about saving this little cafe.
También en esta escena
- a whole mess of
a huge messy amount of something
- fucking kidding me
you cannot be serious
- lighten the mood
make a tense moment feel lighter
- That's right
a fake yes, then the jab
- in this with me
on the same side of this with me
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Keep about soft between worry and gaining.
Don't worry about gaining weight.mock someone to their face
Do not make fun of me. Okay? I am hormonal.emotionally coming apart Not a body falling to pieces, but a person about to break.
I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!something not taken seriously Not an actual joke, but treating real fear as laughable.
I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!manner clause: like plus a full clause means everything is being handled as a joke.
I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!Stress terrified, then lift falling apart, and do not flatten them.
I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!a swear used to intensify — It pumps up a complaint; leave it out in formal talk.
Okay, I'm sorry you're freaking out, but I just walked three fucking miles through Koreatown to get here!panicking hard — Casual and blunt; don't aim it at elders.
Okay, I'm sorry you're freaking out, but I just walked three fucking miles through Koreatown to get here!treat something as real
You can't take anything seriously!Run gonna as one beat and do not pause inside it.
I didn't read the baby book! What's gonna happen?have a baby
How did anyone ever give birth without a baby book?not the slightest care — Maximum contempt; keep it out of polite or written talk.
Who gives a flying fuck about the baby books?not enough real investment Commitment means staying in the pregnancy, not a vague promise.
It just shows your lack of commitment, Ben!that is how it came across
Did you just say "my lack of commitment"? 'Cause that's what it sounded like.asked someone to marry you
It almost seems as though you forgot I proposed to you, like an asshole!as-though clause: as though turns the proposal reminder into a pretended guess.
It almost seems as though you forgot I proposed to you, like an asshole!refused him directly
And you said no to me!did not intend to
Because we didn't mean to do this together, okay?try to keep a relationship going It means the relationship, not a broken object.
And... And we tried to make it work and that was good, I suppose.not the same kind of person
Because we are two completely different people.contrastive focus: The contrast blames hormones and lets the person off the hook.
You know, I know this isn't you talking, it's your hormones, but I would just like to say,a jerk — Fine between people already fighting; not for polite company.
Nice. You are such an asshole.a water pipe for pot — Drug slang; it sounds hostile outside that crowd.
You know what? Go fuck your fucking bong, you fuck!just this one time
I will fuck my bong. Doggie style, for once.sex from behind — Explicit sex joke; do not use it in public or at work.
I will fuck my bong. Doggie style, for once.I follow what you mean
I totally know what you're talking about, man.smoke marijuana — Casual word for marijuana; too loose for official writing.
like, it would be endless. "Don't smoke pot. Don't have samurai swords in your room."could complain the entire day Not walking onward, but keeping the complaint going.
I mean, like, I could go on all fucking day.short, sharp, witty lines
You know, instead of all the funny, pithy dialog, everybody's just really pissed off and tense.really angry — Everyday anger; too rough for a formal email.
You know, instead of all the funny, pithy dialog, everybody's just really pissed off and tense.leave this place now
Let's get out of here, man. Honestly, like, let's just go.Link out of and leave the weight on here.
Let's get out of here, man. Honestly, like, let's just go.Baby Books, Then Vegas, explicado
What's really going on
The weight jokes never touch the fear. One line says it outright: "I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!" What comes back is only an attempt to "lighten the mood" after a walk through Koreatown. The baby book is not the real charge. Skipping it is called a "lack of commitment" and proof of not being "in this with me." The reply then goes to a proposal that was made and refused. The split is spelled out next: they "didn't mean to do this together," they "tried to make it work," and it would be easier to "stop fooling ourselves." After the apology, someone lists what Allison will not allow and calls marriage "an unfunny, tense version of Everybody Loves Raymond" that "lasts forever." Vegas is only the door out.
Theme
ParenthoodA baby on the way turns weight jokes, an unread book, and a refused proposal into a test of who is actually in this.
MarriageSomeone calls it an unfunny, tense version of a sitcom that lasts forever, then treats Vegas as the way out.
Escucha con atención
- worry about gaining — Keep about soft between worry and gaining.
- I am terrified — Stress terrified, then lift falling apart, and do not flatten them.
- What's gonna happen — Run gonna as one beat and do not pause inside it.
- get out of here — Link out of and leave the weight on here.
I am terrified, and I am falling apart, so stop treating everything like it's a big joke!The jokes about shoes, a belt buckle, and earrings hit someone who is already terrified. The line shuts the bit down: the fear is real, and this is not a joke.
That's right. The ancient Egyptians fucking engraved What to Expect When You're Expecting on the pyramid walls!Sarcasm, not a history lesson. Agreeing that ancient Egyptians engraved a pregnancy book on a pyramid makes the baby-book panic sound ridiculous.
It almost seems as though you forgot I proposed to you, like an asshole!A comeback to the commitment charge. The speaker says a proposal was already made, badly, and the other person already said no.
And I think it would just be easier for both of us if we stop fooling ourselves.The exit line. After saying it does not work and that they are completely different people, the speaker would rather both of them quit the pretense.
Marriage is like an unfunny, tense version of Everybody Loves Raymond.A sour definition of marriage, picking up the lines just before it: same problems as the sitcom, no funny dialogue, everyone pissed off and tense.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why does the unread baby book turn into a fight about commitment?
One line treats the book as evidence. "It just shows your lack of commitment, Ben!" is followed immediately by "That you're not in this with me!" The book is the prop. The charge is that the other person is not actually in it.
Why does a proposal come up in the middle of this fight?
It answers the commitment charge. The speaker asks whether "my lack of commitment" was really what got said, then says the other person forgot "I proposed to you, like an asshole," and "you said no to me." It is something already done and already refused, not a new offer.
Why compare marriage to Everybody Loves Raymond?
The next lines explain it. "All the problems are the same," but instead of "funny, pithy dialog," "everybody's just really pissed off and tense." It is "an unfunny, tense version" that "doesn't last 22 minutes" and instead "lasts forever."
Why does someone suggest Vegas?
It is the next beat after the marriage complaint. "Let's get out of here" is followed by "Let's go to Vegas," "Let's do it," and "Why not?" Nothing here says what happens after they leave. The only motive on the page is getting out.
Does anyone accept the apology for the outburst?
Yes. "I'm really sorry about all that. That was really inappropriate." The answer is "that's okay. It happens all the time here. It's fine," and then "not at all" when the sorry person says they feel stupid. It is waved off as ordinary.
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