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..but it was all fuelled by ecstasy, not alcohol.24 Hour Party People · 2002 — 第 7 / 10 章 · 4'53" · B2
Martin Hannett's Funeral, Explained：put things in perspective
The Hacienda is packed every night yet never makes money, because the crowd runs on ecstasy, not alcohol — and the cash flows to the dealers. "Drug dealers are like any other businessmen," Tony says, and soon guns follow. At Martin Hannett's funeral, the coffin won't fit the grave, and he sums up: "We're all equal in the grave."
あらすじ
The Hacienda draws huge crowds but loses money, since the night runs on ecstasy rather than drink, and most of the cash goes to drug dealers. Dealers act like any business, chasing market share and eliminating competition, and violence follows into the club. Later, at producer Martin Hannett's funeral, Tony reflects on his own failings and on death.
注目の表現
undercut each otherget rid of the competitionmarket shareturn someone away
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このシーンの表現
put things in perspective
reveal what really matters
At the funeral Tony says death puts things in perspective, then undercuts it with a joke.
A funeral can put things in perspective.
このシーンの他の表現
- undercut each other
undercut one another
- get rid of the competition
eliminate the rivals
- market share
share of the market
- turn someone away
refuse someone entry
- get shut down
be forced to close
このシーンのメモ一覧
85 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
putting money into
We were spending money on the building,...grow one's slice of the market
They like to increase their market share.contemptible people — A sharp insult; never in polite settings.
Oi, you little fuckin' pricks, tell your mum I give you this!tend to: Don't tend to softens the claim: it is a habit, not a law.
Only suppliers don't tend to undercut each other on prices,...eliminate the rivals
Instead of undercutting, the dealers simply try to get rid of the competition.
..they just try and get rid ofthe competition.Get rid of runs together, with of reduced to /əv/.
..they just try and get rid ofthe competition.reach a new place
Soon the violence spread to the Hacienda.refuse someone entry
The narrator admits it is hard to turn someone away once you know he is armed.
When you know someone's carrying a gun it's hard to turn them away,...gerund phrase: The phrase packages 'he is carrying a gun' into one object of know.
When you know someone's carrying a gun it's hard to turn them away,...The th in them often drops, so it sounds like 'turn 'em away'.
When you know someone's carrying a gun it's hard to turn them away,...make an effort to control it
..you're gonna get shut down, so you had to try and control it.followed someone's counsel
I took advice from Plutarch's Life OfCaesar,...dressed up as something else
but your enemies closer. '' The problem is often the solution in a different set of clothes.a tease — British casual for a prank or tease.
- You're on a wind-up, aren't you? - Just fuckin' do one.get lost — Blunt British telling-off; rude with strangers.
- You're on a wind-up, aren't you? - Just fuckin' do one.heading there
I was on my way there... in a Jag.a Jaguar car — British shorthand for a Jaguar.
I was on my way there... in a Jag.had in the past
I used to have Trolls when I was little.Used to collapses into /ˈjuːstə/.
I used to have Trolls when I was little.made time to
I should have found time to tell you earlier,...past modal: Should have found means he did not find the time, and he knows it.
I should have found time to tell you earlier,...relative clause: The when-clause pins down exactly which period he means.
..and there was a time when I was with Lindsay when that was all I wanted...carry regrets
..and obviously I've got regrets.in one's own life
I'm a minor character in my own story.level in death
We're all equal in the grave.would not go in
So huge, his coffin wouldn't fit in his grave.「Martin Hannett's Funeral」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is really about a contradiction Tony can't fix: the club is a triumph culturally and a disaster financially, because its success depends on a drug economy he doesn't control. 'Drug dealers are like any other businessmen,' he says, half-joking, and the joke turns literal when violence arrives. His answer — giving the dealers doorman uniforms, borrowing 'keep your enemies closer' from Plutarch — only hands them the door. The second half shifts from business to mortality. At Martin Hannett's funeral, comfort fails, small talk about grapes and mobile phones can't cover the awkwardness, and the coffin literally doesn't fit. 'We're all equal in the grave,' Tony says, then undercuts it: 'Except Martin... who was a huge character.' The film keeps laughing at the very moment it mourns.
Theme
CorruptionThe club can't survive without the drug trade, and Tony's fix — hiring dealers as doormen — only brings the violence inside.
Death & griefAt Hannett's funeral, death levels everyone — 'We're all equal in the grave' — before the film undercuts it with a joke about the size of the coffin.
このチャプターで学べること
- Market share is the slice of a market you control.
- Get shut down means an authority forces a place to close.
- Put things in perspective resets what matters.
- The best father line is understatement, not praise.
発音のポイント
- get rid of — Get rid of runs together, with of reduced to /əv/.
- turn them away — The th in them often drops, so it sounds like 'turn 'em away'.
- used to have — Used to collapses into /ˈjuːstə/.
Drug dealers are like any other businessmen.Tony's deadpan analogy: dealers chase market share and crush rivals just like corporations. Saying it plainly makes the club's dependency on them sound almost normal — which is the joke and the problem.
I'm a minor character in my own story.After admitting he wasn't a good father, Tony cuts the self-pity: even in his own life, he insists, he's a supporting player, not the hero. A line that's both humble and a joke about the film itself.
We're all equal in the grave.The funeral's would-be comfort: death erases status. It sets up the punchline that follows, since Martin, in Tony's telling, was anything but ordinary.
So huge, his coffin wouldn't fit in his grave.The dark punchline: Martin Hannett was such a big personality that even his coffin won't fit the plot. Grief and comedy land in the same sentence.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the Hacienda lose money?
Because the crowd is there for ecstasy, not alcohol, so the bar doesn't earn. The club pays for the building, staff, DJs and sound system, while most of the cash goes to the dealers who never share it.
Who was Martin Hannett?
He was a producer closely tied to Factory Records and the Manchester sound. At his funeral Tony notes he "had a heart attack," and the coffin that won't fit is his.
Why does Tony give the drug dealers doorman uniforms?
On the theory of keeping enemies close, he thinks bringing them inside will let him control the door and the drugs. It backfires, and he admits they end up controlling neither.
Is the film making fun of the funeral?
It mixes grief with its usual deadpan humour. The reflections are sincere, but the line about Hannett being too big for his grave keeps the scene from turning solemn.
What does 'wind-up' mean here?
British slang for a joke or teasing. When someone asks a doorman "You're on a wind-up, aren't you?", they mean: you're messing with me, right?
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