built to react with stress not electrical wiring; a temperament set to stress
and then he's wired for stress for the rest of his life. So just...Knocked Up · 2007 — Capítulo 11 de 12 · 3'57" · B2
Dr. Howard Is at a Bar Mitzvah, Explained: Don't go there
Labor has started in the tub, with contractions about seven minutes apart, and Dr. Howard is at a bar mitzvah in San Francisco for three days. Everyone is told to stay calm, but an old apology pushes in and is refused. The absence is then sold as something small: "it's just a little hiccough."
Qué pasa
Someone is in labor in the tub. The call for Dr. Howard brings bad timing: he is at a bar mitzvah in San Francisco for three days, and Ben Stone reaches only voicemail while calling on behalf of Allison. The news is then softened, a drive to the hospital is proposed, and contractions, water, and a bloody show are checked against three baby books.
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be mellowDon't go thereon behalf ofpast it
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Don't go there
don't reopen that subject
Don't go there shuts down a reconciliation talk so the person in pain can stay loose.
Don't go there with my old boss. Tonight we are only talking about the trip.
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- be mellow
stay calm and easygoing
- on behalf of
speaking for someone else
- past it
we've moved on from that
- pop a fucking cap
shoot someone, a street threat
- very nice message
polite name for a vicious voicemail
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32 notas en 83 frases
all the years he has left
and then he's wired for stress for the rest of his life. So just...feel guilty about something
I feel really bad about, like, a lot of the shit I did.Shadow a lot of as one beat and keep the f light.
I feel really bad about, like, a lot of the shit I did.that awful stuff — Fine in rough self-blame; do not put it in writing.
I feel really bad about, like, a lot of the shit I did.open that painful subject there is the old fight, not a place
No. I don't wanna go there.Let to stay weak so need to call does not break apart.
You need to call Dr. Howard.speaking for someone else
On behalf of makes a panic call loggable: his name first, then the person he represents.
Hello, yes, this is Ben Stone. I'm calling on behalf of Allison Scott.politely, in case you happen to know
Do you have his cell number, by any chance?The subtitle already has gonna, so do not rebuild going to.
I got his number right here. I'm gonna call him right now.a vicious way to say crazy — A vicious insult; quote it only to take it back.
I shouldn't have told you you were a fucking lunatic.regret saying it
I shouldn't have said that. I feel terrible about it and...When you shadow about it, tap the t once and move on.
I shouldn't have said that. I feel terrible about it and...we've moved on from that
Past it is repeated so the apology stops before the insult has to be heard again.
No, it's okay. We're past it. We're past it.a crude, absurd insult — Only when repeating a fight; never as a fresh insult.
I'm sorry I told you to fuck your bong.stop talking about it
Let's just drop it now. We're over it.what the hell is happening — An angry demand; never use it with elders or staff.
Guess what the fuck's up?labor has started
Allison's going into labor and you are not fucking here.a worthless person — Pure venting; it attacks the person, whoever they are.
Now, where are you? You're at a fucking bar mitzvah in San Francisco, you motherfucking piece of shit!a hostile insult — A sign-off insult; even as a joke it lands hard.
Hope your plane crashes. Peace, fucker!Put the weight on nice and let message stay soft.
I didn't talk to him directly. I left him a very nice message, though.on the point of doing it
What I'm about to tell you isn't that bad.noun clause: The what-clause is the whole subject, and isn't that bad only judges it.
What I'm about to tell you isn't that bad.before you get into it not walking in; before the bad news
You should know that going in.a small word for a real snag
A little hiccough is the soft word he picks before admitting the doctor will be gone for three days.
We can get through this, and it's just a little hiccough, but everything will be fine. Okay?I can handle it
- I can deal with it. - Okay.a ceremony marking growing up
It's a Jewish rite of passage.how much time separates them
I mean, we still have time. I mean, how far apart are your contractions?negative inversion: Not until moves forward and flips is it, so four minutes becomes the bar.
See? Not until four minutes is it really coming.blood-tinged mucus before labor
Bloody show lands like a checklist item, and the next beat shows the other person has no idea what it means.
That's a good point. Have you had your bloody show?if-clause: We have time only if that sign has not happened.
But it only comes out right before the baby's gonna come, so if that hasn't happened, we have time.arrive in time
We can make it to the hospital. It's no problem.Dr. Howard Is at a Bar Mitzvah, explicado
What's really going on
Stay mellow, someone urges, because a stressful room means the baby is "wired for stress" for life. One person still wants the baby born into "a reconciled place" and starts regretting things already said. The reply shuts the topic: "Don't go there," and asks for help staying relaxed. The real break is Dr. Howard. He is at a bar mitzvah in San Francisco for three days, so he cannot be there tonight. That fact is told twice. The voicemail threatens him over the absence. In the room, the same call is "a very nice message," then "just a little hiccough," with a promise that everything will be fine. The plan is simple: drive to the hospital and phone every gynecologist they have met. Seven minutes between contractions is called still early, the tub explains the unknown water, and "I read three of them, actually" shows someone did prepare.
Theme
ParenthoodLabor starts in a tub, and the talk turns to contractions, water, a bloody show, and three baby books while the doctor is away.
Dark humorA vicious voicemail about a bar mitzvah is retold as a very nice message and a little hiccough.
Escucha con atención
- a lot of — Shadow a lot of as one beat and keep the f light.
- need to call — Let to stay weak so need to call does not break apart.
- gonna call — The subtitle already has gonna, so do not rebuild going to.
- about it — When you shadow about it, tap the t once and move on.
Just relax, okay? Just be mellow, 'cause that's what this is all about.Someone is trying to keep the room soft so the baby is not born into stress. Being mellow is the whole point of this moment, not a casual mood.
I shouldn't have told you you were a fucking lunatic.The speaker takes back an insult, having called the other person a lunatic. The following reply treats the remark as already over.
I'm gonna have to pop a fucking cap in your ass.Left on Dr. Howard's voicemail, this rap-style threat escalates the anger that the doctor is away. It is said to a machine, not offered as a real plan in the room.
I didn't talk to him directly. I left him a very nice message, though.Back in the room, this reframes the voicemail as polite. The message just left threatened the doctor, so very nice is a cover, not a description.
We can get through this, and it's just a little hiccough, but everything will be fine. Okay?Said before the bar mitzvah news, this shrinks a three-day absence into a minor snag and asks for trust that everything will be fine.
Yeah. I did. I read three of them, actually.A reply to You read the baby books. Three books is the credential behind the contraction timing, the water question, and the bloody show explanation.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why is Dr. Howard missing tonight?
The phone answer says he is at a bar mitzvah in San Francisco and will not be back for three days. Someone then repeats it in the room: he will be there for the next three days, so he cannot be there tonight.
Does anyone actually reach Dr. Howard?
No. After a cell number turns up, the call hits his greeting, "I'm not here right now. Please leave a message." The report back is "I didn't talk to him directly."
How soon is the baby coming?
Contractions are about seven minutes apart. The next line says it is not really coming until four minutes, then asks if the water has broken. The person in the tub does not know. A bloody show is described as arriving only right before the baby, so without it they say there is still time to reach the hospital.
Why does someone refuse to reopen the fight?
Someone feels bad about things they said and hopes the baby can arrive in a reconciled place. The reply is "I don't wanna go there" and "Don't go there. Okay? Help me stay relaxed." The reason spoken out loud is staying relaxed.
Why is the voicemail called a very nice message?
On the machine the caller says Allison is going into labor, the doctor is not there, and threatens to kill him. Back in the room, that same message is described as very nice. The niceness is the cover, not the recording.
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