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24 Hour Party People · 2002 — 第 5 / 10 章 · 2'59" · B2

Tony Films the Happy Mondays Video, Explained：out of shape

On the set of a Happy Mondays video, Tony shares a favorite 'fact' — that broccoli was bred by the James Bond producer Cubby Broccoli — while the producer Martin Hannett rages in the next room. The shoot is chaos: "None of us had a clue what to do," and the day ends in threats.

あらすじ

Tony visits the shoot of a Happy Mondays music video and trades trivia with the crew, claiming the single is late because Martin Hannett works slowly. He also insists broccoli was invented by Cubby Broccoli, the Bond producer. Meanwhile Hannett is shouting and crying in the next room, and nobody knows what to do with him.

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注目の表現

crack onCubby Broccolihad a cluebankroll

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このシーンの表現

out of shape

not physically fit

With a fight brewing, Tony admits the man is big but says he is out of shape.

He used to run marathons but he's badly out of shape now.

このシーンの他の表現

  • crack on

    to get on with it

  • Cubby Broccoli

    a name punned into a vegetable

  • had a clue

    had no idea

  • bankroll

    to fund something

  • look up

    to check in a reference

このシーンのメモ一覧

58 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1get someone in

bring the kids in

Thought we'd get the kids in...
表現 · B1be supposed to do something

was meant to be

The single was supposed to be done two weeks ago.
表現 · A2a bit + adjective

a little slow

Yeah, but you know what he's like, he's always a bit slow, the producer.
表現 · B2you know what someone is like

how he always is

Yeah, but you know what he's like, he's always a bit slow, the producer.
発音what he's like

The t and h blur, so what he's like comes out fast.

Yeah, but you know what he's like, he's always a bit slow, the producer.
発音for fuck's sake

The k in fuck's is swallowed, leaving a fast fuh-sake.

Oh, for fuck's sake!
スラング · B2for fuck's sake

for goodness' sake, crudely — Crude frustration filler; never in formal settings.

Oh, for fuck's sake!
表現 · B1get something done

finish the rehearsals

Well, anyway, must crack on, get these rehearsals done.
文法 · B2the kids are great

apposition: The second clause names who these are, standing in apposition to these.

These are great, the kids are great.
文法 · B1what to do

wh-infinitive: The wh-infinitive what to do spells out the thing they had no idea about.

None of us had a clue what to do.
表現 · B2a little-known fact

an obscure fact

- Little-known fact. It's true.
表現 · B2a crossbred something

a hybrid vegetable

It's a crossbred vegetable.
表現 · A2be still waiting

waiting and waiting

I'm still waiting.
表現 · B2a mad professor

an eccentric genius

- All right, Tone? - Where is the mad professor?
スラング · B2mad professor

an eccentric genius — A teasing label for a brilliant oddball.

- All right, Tone? - Where is the mad professor?
スラング · C1fuck-all

nothing at all — A crude intensifier meaning nothing at all.

- Fucking hell. - We can't get fuck-all done.
スラング · C1jacksie

backside — Crude British slang for the backside; joking only.

I'm gonna stick Bez's maracas up me fucking jacksie.
スラング · B2wanker

idiotic jerk — A strong British insult; only with close friends.

Hello, Hannett, you wanker.
表現 · C1masquerade as something

pretend to be

I'm trying to get these shower of cunts that masquerade as a band...
表現 · C1a shower of something

a pack of

I'm trying to get these shower of cunts that masquerade as a band...
文法 · C1which seems to be the greatest

non-defining relative clause: The which-clause comments on the whole previous idea rather than defining a noun.

..which seems to be the greatest, most difficult thing...
スラング · B2Kickin' off

a row is starting — British slang for trouble kicking off; casual.

Kickin' off, man. Fuck off...
表現 · A2not ... any more

no longer

You can't threaten me any more, Martin.
発音out of shape

Run out-of-shape together with a weak of.

You're a big man but you're out of shape.

「Tony Films the Happy Mondays Video」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene plays like a mock-documentary about how little of a music video is actually about music. Tony arrives full of facts and self-assurance, delivering the film's most famous bit of trivia — "That was invented by Cubby Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films" — as if it explained anything about the shoot. Meanwhile the real work is falling apart in the next room, where Martin Hannett is in tears, and the crew's verdict is blunt: "None of us had a clue what to do." The comedy is in the gap between Tony's confident narration and the mess around him. Even his closing line, telling a bigger man that he's out of shape, is delivered with the same unshakable belief in his own voice.

Theme

SatireA confident narrator explains trivia while the actual shoot falls apart, letting the gap between Tony's voice and reality do the comedy.
AbsurdityA music video shoot with a raging producer, a missing single and a boss telling jokes about vegetables; chaos is treated as normal business.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Crack on means get moving with the task.
  • Out of shape means unfit, not misshapen.
  • Not have a clue is stronger than not know.
  • To bankroll something is to fund it.

発音のポイント

  • what he's like — The t and h blur, so what he's like comes out fast.
  • for fuck's sake — The k in fuck's is swallowed, leaving a fast fuh-sake.
  • out of shape — Run out-of-shape together with a weak of.
You're a big man but you're out of shape.

Tony's parting shot to a physically larger man: he concedes the size but claims the advantage. It sums up his nerve and his mouth.

That was invented by Cubby Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films.

Tony's famous bit of trivia: broccoli was supposedly bred by Cubby Broccoli, whose vegetable money bankrolled the Bond movies. It is delivered as hard fact.

None of us had a clue what to do.

The crew's honest summary of the shoot: nobody, including the people in charge, knows how to handle the out-of-control producer.

You can't threaten me any more, Martin.

Tony refusing to be intimidated by Hannett's shouting — the moment the scene turns from farce into a standoff.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the music video shoot a disaster?

The single isn't finished, the producer Martin Hannett is having a breakdown, and the crew can't get anything done. Tony keeps narrating trivia while the room falls apart.

Is the broccoli story true?

No. It's Tony's joke: the vegetable is not named after Cubby Broccoli, the Bond producer. The scene lets him state it as fact because that's how confidently he talks.

What does "out of shape" mean here?

It means unfit or out of condition, not badly shaped. Tony is telling a bigger man that he could not back up his threats physically.

Why does Tony stay so calm during the chaos?

Because he treats the whole thing as material. He keeps up his deadpan narration and even cracks jokes, which is what makes the scene funny rather than tense.

Who is Martin Hannett?

The record producer working on the Mondays' single. He is famous for being difficult, and in this scene he is screaming, crying and threatening people.

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