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So, can I get an "a" for awesome?The Man from Earth · 2007 — Capítulo 1 de 10 · 2'46" · B2
John Oldman's Farewell Toast, Explained: itchy feet
Friends gather as John prepares to leave. They joke about where he is going, then pass around Johnny Walker green in plastic cups. The toast sounds warm, but "May he find undeserved bliss wherever he goes" puts a pin in the blessing: luck he has not earned, for a man already set on moving on.
Qué pasa
Linda stops by to say hello and good-bye. Someone offers a paper to read on the road, and the talk turns to publish or perish. Friends ask John where he is going and say he has itchy feet. Johnny Walker green comes out, with only plastic cups left. They toast long life and good fortune, then say they are sorry to see him go.
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an "a" for awesomevery politicPublish or perishgive a damn
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itchy feet
a restless urge to leave
Before John explains, someone diagnoses itchy feet, and the next voice offers drugstore medicine.
After two quiet years he has itchy feet and a folder of maps.
También en esta escena
- an "a" for awesome
an A that also means awesome
- very politic
tactful to the point of dodging
- Publish or perish
publish or lose the job
- give a damn
to care even a little
- ducking out
slipping away from the group
Todo lo marcado en esta escena
31 notas en 65 frases
taught her the term before had her means taught her, not owned her
You know Linda. You had her last semester.one of the people I treat as victims not a crime victim; a student new to this teacher
She's one of my victims now. I'm taking her home.a hello that is also a farewell one visit does both the hello and the goodbye
She wanted to come by and say hello good-bye.tactful to the point of dodging
Right after a safe compliment about a teacher, someone labels it politic, amused rather than angry.
Oh, that's very politic.prefer reading to writing another
I'd rather read than write another one.rather than: rather chooses reading and than rejects writing another book.
I'd rather read than write another one.like-as-if clause: like works as as if, so the clause only pretends nobody cares.
Where you going, John, like we give a damn?Glue give a together and land on damn.
Where you going, John, like we give a damn?to care at all — Needle old friends with it, never in a meeting or an email.
Where you going, John, like we give a damn?a restless urge to leave
Before John explains, someone diagnoses itchy feet, and the next voice offers drugstore medicine.
John's got itchy feet.medicine sold without a prescription the cure is a joke that takes the itch to leave literally
There are over-the-counter remedies for that, John.leave for a new place from time to time not a few steps ahead; changing where he lives
I just like to move on now and then.backsides, said jokingly — A host may joke this way with pals, not with people owed courtesy.
Got conversation, some seats for your behinds, And, uh...slip away from this group not a duck; leaving the people here
Is he ducking out on us again?no luxury is too much for friends not that friends are unworthy; nothing is excessive for them
Nothing is too good for my friends.negative hyperbole: The negative wording means no treat is too much for them.
Nothing is too good for my friends.nothing left but plastic cups not moving downward; reduced to the last cups
But I'm sorry- we are down to plastic cups now.an offense the speaker chooses to allow not a church crime; fine whisky in plastic
That's a sacrilege I'll tolerate.let me perform the ceremonial part not receiving a prize; doing the pouring
I will do the honors.come here, you prize — Aim it at a bottle or a prize, not at a person.
Oh, come to papa.the person whose birthday it is
One for the birthday boy - Excuse me. Art?Leave gonna in one piece and give the beat to card.
We're not gonna card you, darling.check your ID for age — A pouring joke among friends, not a real demand for identification.
We're not gonna card you, darling.a wish for long life and luck
Well, to long life and good fortune To our esteemed friend and colleague, John Oldman.a respected friend who also works with us
Well, to long life and good fortune To our esteemed friend and colleague, John Oldman.happiness he has not earned a normal toast would not say unearned; the slight is deliberate
May he find undeserved bliss wherever he goes.optative may: May before the subject makes a wish, not a question.
May he find undeserved bliss wherever he goes.Put the weight on undeserved and ease off bliss.
May he find undeserved bliss wherever he goes.the first sip off the drink not a haircut; the first taste of the glass
One off the top, John.sad that someone is leaving
After the drink and the jokes, someone tells John the group will miss him, and another voice adds truly.
John, we're all sorry to see you go.John Oldman's Farewell Toast, explicado
What's really going on
Linda's hello is also a good-bye, and someone is already taking her home. Praise for Dr. Jenkins is called "very politic," a shade too smooth. A paper, Shadows of the cave, is offered for the road, then set beside "Publish or perish," with a preference to read rather than write another one. Asked where he is going, John hears "like we give a damn," a joke that only pretends not to care. "John's got itchy feet" turns the move into a rash, and the answer stays small: move on now and then, a personal thing, not a problem. "Nothing is too good for my friends" brings out Johnny Walker green, then shrinks to plastic cups, "a sacrilege I'll tolerate." The toast offers long life and "undeserved bliss," fond and a little sharp, before the plain close: they are sorry to see him go.
Theme
FriendshipColleagues share Johnny Walker green and say they are sorry to see him go.
Dark humorThe blessing wishes him undeserved bliss, and plastic cups are called a sacrilege they will tolerate.
Escucha con atención
- get an "a" — In get an, let the t tap once and keep moving.
- give a damn — Glue give a together and land on damn.
- not gonna card — Leave gonna in one piece and give the beat to card.
- undeserved bliss — Put the weight on undeserved and ease off bliss.
She's one of my victims now. I'm taking her home.A teacher jokes that Linda is now stuck in his class, and that he is the one taking her home after this stop.
I'd rather read than write another one.Faced with another academic title, someone would rather read than produce one more paper.
Where you going, John, like we give a damn?Friends ask John his destination and mock the idea that they care, which shows they do.
Nothing is too good for my friends.The good bottle is justified as something friends deserve, right before the cups turn out to be plastic.
That's a sacrilege I'll tolerate.Using plastic cups for Johnny Walker is treated as an insult the speaker will accept.
May he find undeserved bliss wherever he goes.The toast wishes John happiness and adds that he will not have earned it.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why are they drinking from plastic cups?
Someone is sorry they are down to plastic cups now. Johnny Walker green is still poured, and the cups are called a sacrilege that will be tolerated. The talk never says the cups were meant as an insult. They are simply what is left.
What reason is given for John leaving?
No destination is named. Someone says John's got itchy feet. Asked if there is a problem, the answer is no: he just likes to move on now and then, and it is a personal thing. The group is also told they have already covered where he is going.
Why does the toast say undeserved bliss?
The toast drinks to long life and good fortune for our esteemed friend and colleague, John Oldman. The next line hopes he finds undeserved bliss wherever he goes. The good wishes stay, with a note that the luck will be more than he has earned.
Who is Linda?
She is introduced as Linda. John had her last semester. The person who brought her calls her one of his victims, says he is taking her home, and explains she wanted to come by and say hello good-bye.
Why does Publish or perish come up at a goodbye?
Someone offers a paper to read on the road, Shadows of the cave, by M. Jenkins. Publish or perish follows that title, and the next line would rather read than write another one. It is a jab at academic writing, not a plan for the trip.
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