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Alice tries to tidy the house before the Kirbys arrive for dinner, worrying about what they will think. Penny refuses to put on an act: "I'm not trying to impress them, or pretend we're anything that we aren't." Meanwhile the family carries on as usual, painting, dancing and cooking.
Kolenkhov's Honest Verdict
Alice scrambles to get the house ready for the Kirbys' dinner visit, hiding the typewriter, the kittens and the vibraphone in the cellar. Penny tells her to stop worrying and promises not to put on airs. Across town, Mrs. Kirby complains about her sensitive stomach and dreads the meal.
The chapter sets up the collision between the two households before it happens. Alice, who has seen both worlds, tries to protect her family from being judged, and Penny refuses to be anyone but herself: "I'm not trying to impress them, or pretend we're anything that we aren't." That line is the film's ethic in one sentence, and it also guarantees the disaster to come. Meanwhile Mrs. Kirby, with her sensitive stomach and her dread of unknown food, is already treating the visit as a risk. The two women are preparing for the same evening with opposite assumptions, and neither will be ready for what actually happens.
A1–C2 es la escala MCER. Las tarjetas por encima del nivel elegido se atenúan y la reproducción no se pausa en ellas.
“Darling, I'm not trying to impress them, or pretend we're anything that we aren't.”
It draws the line between hospitality and pretending to be someone you are not.
Neutral
“Life is running around inside of me like a squirrel.”
It turns a burst of joy into a squirrel racing inside her, odd and vivid at once.
Informal
“As long as she's having fun.”
It quietly resets the measure of success: her joy matters more than her skill.
Neutral
“Kolenkhov always said art is 110% sweat.”
A comic twist on the sweat-over-talent idea.
Informal
Siguiente · 14get mixed upLa escena: The Kirbys Come on the Wrong NightShe knows the Kirbys are rich and formal, and she is afraid her family's odd house and habits will give them the wrong impression.
She tells Alice to stop worrying and says she will not pretend the family is anything other than what it is, even for important guests.
She worries about the food and says her stomach is sensitive. She assumes the vegetables will be raw and insists hers must be cooked.
Penny starts painting DePinna as a discus thrower, Kolenkhov arrives for dinner and dance practice, and the family carries on exactly as usual.
