to deal with something
We shall have to do something about that, won't we?A Shot in the Dark · 1964 — 第 5 / 12 章 · 3'19" · B2
Clouseau Demands New Prison Furniture, Explained：red tape
Clouseau sits down to interrogate Maria Gambrelli about the chauffeur's murder, but the nicest thing in the room is his own chair. Within minutes he is phoning the prison superintendent to demand modern furniture, declaring "You are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber." The interrogation barely happens.
あらすじ
At the police station, Clouseau sits Maria Gambrelli down for a few simple questions. First he offers her a cigarette and lights it the wrong way round; then the talk turns to how uncomfortable prison chairs are, and he becomes obsessed with the furniture. He calls the prison superintendent and orders him to modernize the cells.
注目の表現
all right ifred tapeunder lock and keydeplorable
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このシーンの表現
red tape
bureaucratic rules and delays
Clouseau calls the superintendent directly to skip the slow paperwork.
Our refund is stuck in red tape at the bank.
このシーンの他の表現
- all right if
Is it OK if I...
- under lock and key
locked up safely
- deplorable
very bad or shameful
- swine
a nasty, contemptible person
このシーンのメモ一覧
50 行のセリフに 13 件のメモ
Is it OK if I...
Clouseau asks Maria for permission to smoke, polite but routine.
Is it all right if I smoke?one that belongs to me
Yes, of course. Have one of mine.very thoughtful of you
- Very, very kind of you. - That's all right.in the opposite order
Thank you. Other way round.poor style or judgement Here taste means style, not flavour.
The furniture is deplorable, extremely bad taste.it is just as good to
Terrible. One might as well sit on the floor.someone should fix it
It's really time somebody did something about it, don't you think?the core of the issue
Sometimes it's necessary to cut though the red tape and strike at the heart of the matter.a reform prison
You are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber.a room used for torture
You are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber.being seriously weighed
I suggest you take the matter under serious consideration.to deal with
To cope with the modern criminal, it is necessary to use modern methods.「Clouseau Demands New Prison Furniture」を読み解く
What's really going on
Clouseau's interrogation never gets past the small talk. He offers a cigarette, gets thanked, and promptly lights the wrong end; then a passing remark about uncomfortable chairs swallows the whole scene. "The furniture is deplorable, extremely bad taste," he fumes, and within moments he is on the phone to the prison superintendent, demanding modern cells. The absurdity is that he treats upholstery as a matter of principle — "Sometimes it's necessary to cut though the red tape and strike at the heart of the matter," he lectures, as if furniture were the crime. Maria, the actual murder suspect, sits largely ignored while Clouseau tells a civil servant "You are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber." The scene establishes his comic method: monumental confidence, zero focus, and a talent for turning a murder investigation into a complaint about chairs.
Theme
AbsurdityClouseau turns a murder interrogation into a crusade for better prison chairs, treating the furniture as the case's real mystery.
SatirePrison bureaucracy gets lectured about modern methods and red tape by a detective who never asks a single useful question.
このチャプターで学べること
- Red tape means slow bureaucratic rules
- Under lock and key means safely locked away
- Deplorable is much stronger than bad
- Cope with means to handle a problem
Sometimes it's necessary to cut though the red tape and strike at the heart of the matter.Clouseau's justification for phoning the superintendent directly: skip the paperwork and attack the real problem — which, to him, is the chairs.
You can't have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.His closing argument on the phone: modern cells demand modern furniture, delivered as if it were criminology.
I always keep my important documents under lock and key because one can never be too sure.Said while handling Maria's dossier — Clouseau explaining his caution about files, though the caution never extends to his casework.
We are not savages! This is not the Middle Ages.His outrage on the phone: bad prison furniture is, to him, a mark of barbarism rather than a minor budget issue.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Clouseau call the prison superintendent?
Because Maria mentions how uncomfortable the prison chairs are, and Clouseau decides the furniture is a disgrace worth fixing immediately — more urgent, in his mind, than the murder questions.
Does Clouseau actually interrogate Maria in this scene?
Barely. He offers her a cigarette, lights it the wrong way, and then the conversation drifts entirely to furniture. The promised 'few simple questions' are never really asked.
Why does the superintendent react badly to Clouseau's call?
Clouseau lectures him as if the furniture were a crime, insisting the prison is 'a house of correction, not a torture chamber.' The superintendent apparently insults him, and Clouseau hangs up calling him 'Filthy swine.'
Who is Maria Gambrelli and why is she in custody?
She is the maid accused of shooting the chauffeur Miguel Ostos, found with the murder weapon in her hand. Clouseau has been assigned to the case and doubts she is the real killer.
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第 2 章life's rich pageantClouseau Interrogates Maria
第 3 章take chargeDreyfus Takes Over the Case
第 4 章a guessing gameClouseau Lectures Hercule on Facts
再生中 · 第 5 章red tapeClouseau Demands New Prison Furniture
第 6 章you don't sayMaria Gambrelli's Testimony
第 7 章cat-and-mouseClouseau Finds Blood on the Shears
第 8 章put it to youClouseau Questions Ballon at Billiards
第 9 章up to his earsDreyfus Banishes Clouseau to Martinique
第 10 章nobody's perfectClouseau and Dreyfus Sync Watches
第 11 章now thenClouseau Compares Everyone's Clocks
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