the audience listening
Good morning, everybody out there. Steve.127 Hours · 2010 — 第 4 / 5 章 · 3'10" · B2
Aron Hallucinates a Morning Show, Explained：right on the money
Trapped and hallucinating, Aron casts himself as a guest on a morning talk show, joking with hosts who call him a "self-proclaimed American superhero." He says hi to his parents, then a caller asks how long before anyone reports him missing. His answer — "I'll probably be dead by then" — is delivered like a punchline.
あらすじ
Trapped under the boulder, Aron drifts into a hallucination: he is a guest on a morning show, introduced as a self-proclaimed American superhero. He greets his parents and his coworker Brion, then takes a call from another Aron, who asks how long it will take before anyone files a missing persons report.
注目の表現
right on the moneybig fucking hard herosupreme selfishnessfile a Missing Persons report
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このシーンの表現
right on the money
exactly right
A caller nails the timeline, and Aron agrees before joking he will already be dead.
Her estimate of the repair cost was right on the money.
このシーンの他の表現
- big fucking hard hero
a swaggering hard-ass
- supreme selfishness
selfishness as a punchline
- file a Missing Persons report
report someone missing
- self-proclaimed
self-declared
- get a load of
take a look at
このシーンのメモ一覧
47 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
a special guest
And this morning on the boulder we have a very special guest:self-declared
Introducing the guest, the host calls him a self-proclaimed superhero, a label that flatters and needles at once.
Self-proclaimed American superhero,cheer for someone
Let's hear it for Aron!a genuine honor
Hi. Oh gosh. It's... it's a real pleasure to be here. Thank you. Thank you.Link real and pleasure; stress the first syllable of pleasure.
Hi. Oh gosh. It's... it's a real pleasure to be here. Thank you. Thank you.gee, my goodness — A mild exclamation; safe in most company.
Hi. Oh gosh. It's... it's a real pleasure to be here. Thank you. Thank you.greet someone
Um, hey, can I say hi to my mom and dad?pick up the phone
I didn't answer the phone the other night.would have said
If I had, I would have told you where I was going, and then...third conditional: It imagines a past that never happened: picking up and telling his parents.
If I had, I would have told you where I was going, and then...Would have usually contracts to would've in fast speech.
If I had, I would have told you where I was going, and then...selfishness as a punchline
The host frames Aron's secrecy as supreme selfishness and thanks him for it, praise that stings.
your supreme selfishness is our gain.take a look at this
Get a load of this guy. Oh wait. Hold on.look at this guy — Casual and mocking; not for formal or polite talk.
Get a load of this guy. Oh wait. Hold on.is my understanding right
Am I right in thinking that even if Brion from work notifies the policeconcessive clause: Even if concedes a case that still will not change the outcome.
Am I right in thinking that even if Brion from work notifies the policereport someone missing
The caller explains that a tip is not enough; police must file a report for Aron to count as officially missing.
before they file a Missing Persons report, which means you won't become officially missingnon-defining relative clause: Which refers back to the whole situation and spells out the consequence.
before they file a Missing Persons report, which means you won't become officially missingno sooner than
until midday Wednesday at the earliest?exactly right
A caller nails the timeline, and Aron agrees before joking he will already be dead.
Ah, yeah. You're right on the money there, Aron. Which means I'll probably be dead by then.Stress money to underline that the guess is exactly right.
Ah, yeah. You're right on the money there, Aron. Which means I'll probably be dead by then.rather a
You see, I'm something of a, uh...fucking (intensifier) — Strong profanity; never in formal settings.
well, a big fucking hard hero.by oneself
And I can do everything on my own, you see.is it the case that
is it true that, despiteentirely right
Yeah, that's absolutely correct.「Aron Hallucinates a Morning Show」を読み解く
What's really going on
The whole interview is Aron talking to himself. On the surface it's a comic fantasy — he gets to be famous, charming and modest, greeting his parents on air. Underneath, it's a survival calculation dressed as entertainment. When the caller asks about the Missing Persons report, Aron answers, "You're right on the money there... Which means I'll probably be dead by then." He can joke about it because the fantasy lets him say the thing he can't face directly: no one is coming in time. Calling himself a "big fucking hard hero" is the same move — the bravado that got him here, now turned into a punchline. The show is his mind keeping him company while it counts down.
Theme
SurvivalAron's mind turns the wait for rescue into a talk-show bit, joking about how long until he is officially missing.
Dark humorHe plays himself as a guest and lets the audience laugh at the fact that he will probably be dead by Wednesday.
このチャプターで学べること
- The host agrees with him, then quietly kills him off.
- His bragging hides the stubbornness that trapped him.
- The fantasy lets him apologize at last.
- A missing-persons report is a race against the clock.
発音のポイント
- a real pleasure — Link real and pleasure; stress the first syllable of pleasure.
- would have told — Would have usually contracts to would've in fast speech.
- on the money — Stress money to underline that the guess is exactly right.
your supreme selfishness is our gain.The host's backhanded compliment: Aron's decision to go alone, which he calls selfish, is exactly why the show has such a good guest.
If I had, I would have told you where I was going, and then...Aron imagining what would have happened if he had answered his mother's call — he would have told someone his plans, and the disaster might have been prevented.
Ah, yeah. You're right on the money there, Aron. Which means I'll probably be dead by then.Aron confirms the caller's timing: nobody will file a missing persons report until Wednesday, so his imagined fame comes with a death sentence.
Well, I probably wouldn't be here right now.The punchline to the phone call: answering that call would have kept him out of the canyon, so there would be no interview, no rescue and no story.
このシーンについての質問
Is the morning show real?
No. It's a hallucination Aron has while trapped under the boulder. The host, the audience and the caller are all in his head.
Why does Aron imagine being interviewed?
It's how his mind passes the time and handles fear. The fantasy lets him say out loud that rescue may come too late for him.
What does "right on the money" mean?
It means exactly right or completely accurate. Aron uses it to confirm that the caller's calculation about the missing persons report is correct.
Who is the other Aron from Loser Canyon?
A caller in Aron's fantasy who shares his name and knows exactly how search-and-rescue works. He is really Aron arguing with himself.
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