“That's fucked up. Look how tiny she is.”
Por qué es buena
A crude verdict plus a look at how small she is shames the plan in one breath.
Registro
Informal
Úsala tú
That's messed up. Look how much more she carries.
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Addressing the Elephant in the Room, Explained
This Is the End · 2013
Capítulo 12 de 27 · 3'45"
Once Emma is safely upstairs, the men try to talk about the obvious problem — one woman, six men — and only make it worse. "I'm just trying to lay it out there," one insists, as the attempt to sound harmless turns into an argument no one can win and Emma comes downstairs to catch all of it.
Key moments
Start here, then watch the full scene- 1:29–1:51
The Guys Joke About Emma's Food
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Addressing the Elephant in the Room, explained
What happens
Emma Watson turns up alive after hiding in a drainpipe for days, and the house celebrates. Once she goes upstairs to rest, the men have to confront an awkward fact — one woman and six men under one roof — and their clumsy attempt to talk about it goes badly. It ends when she reappears and says she heard everything.
What's really going on
The comedy here is the gap between intention and effect. The men mean to make Emma feel safe, and the more they talk about it, the worse they sound — one says he doesn't want the group to 'give off a bad vibe,' and the conversation immediately turns into everyone accusing everyone else of being the problem. The joke is that naming the awkwardness creates it: as one of them puts it, nothing was wrong until someone brought up the vibe. By the time it escalates into loud, incriminating jokes and a running argument over who started it, Emma has heard the whole thing from upstairs. Her quiet reappearance turns their claim to be protecting her into the thing she needed protecting from, and their defense — that they were talking about not doing anything — is the least convincing line in the scene.
Key lines & what they mean
- “That's fucked up. Look how tiny she is.”
- The objection to giving Emma the food they don't want: it's mean, and she's small enough that it feels especially unfair.
- “Guys, listen, listen. I think we need to address the elephant in the room.”
- Jay's opener: he frames the awkward subject as the thing everyone is thinking but no one will name, and asks the group to face it.
- “I'm just trying to lay it out there.”
- The defense of saying the uncomfortable thing: he insists he is only putting the issue plainly, not accusing anyone.
- “We were specifically talking about not raping you.”
- The desperate correction after Emma overhears them: they claim the entire argument was about protecting her, not harming her.
Theme
- Trust — The men try to reassure Emma but sound so incriminating that she overhears exactly the fear they meant to prevent.
- Identity — Everyone rushes to deny being the bad guy, and the argument becomes about whose face or joke proves they are.
Qué aprendes en este capítulo
Puntos de enseñanza
Repasa justo después de verMi nivel3/8
A1–C2 es la escala MCER. Las tarjetas por encima del nivel elegido se atenúan y la reproducción no se pausa en ellas.
Puntos de lengua
Toca una tarjeta para saltar a ese momentoFrases de oro
Una gran frase en sí misma: por qué y cómo usarla“Guys, listen, listen. I think we need to address the elephant in the room.”
Por qué es buena
He names the obvious problem with one idiom, and the room instantly misreads it.
Registro
Neutral
Úsala tú
Let's address the elephant in the room before we plan anything.
“I'm just trying to lay it out there.”
Por qué es buena
He shields himself from blame by saying he is only putting the facts on the table.
Registro
Informal
Úsala tú
I'm just trying to lay out the options here.
“We were specifically talking about not raping you.”
Por qué es buena
The strangest defense in the scene: the word specifically makes the worst topic sound like reassurance.
Registro
Informal
Úsala tú
We were specifically talking about not inviting him.
Siguiente · 13make any guaranteesLa escena: Drawing Matches to Fetch the WaterIdeas clave
Lo que te llevas- The elephant in the room is the obvious unspoken issue
- Give off a vibe means to send out an impression
- Be used to doing takes a gerund, not a base verb
- Bring something up means to raise a topic
Preguntas frecuentes
La pregunta, luego la fraseWhere has Emma Watson been?
Hiding in a drainpipe for several days. She says she stopped hearing people and started hearing growling noises, which fits the zombie theory the others have.
What is 'the elephant in the room' here?
The fact that one woman is now staying in a house with six men. Jay is the one who insists they address it, even though naming it is what makes everything awkward.
Why does the conversation go so wrong?
Because trying to sound harmless makes them sound worse. They start debating who might be a danger to whom, which is exactly what Emma overhears from upstairs.
What does Emma say when she comes downstairs?
That she heard them discussing which of them would get to assault her. The men immediately argue that they were talking about not doing anything — a defense that convinces no one.