really good
This is nice. It's real nice.Bad Boys · 1983 — 第 8 / 9 章 · 3'08" · B2
Teacher Reads Lofgren's Footnote, Explained：odds-on favorite
The teacher announces the whole class passed and turns Lofgren's report into a lesson on art. Then the footnote gets read aloud, and the room realizes the newspaper story is about one of their own: "That was Tweety." The laughter stops being about grades and starts being about who is next.
あらすじ
In the detention classroom, the teacher returns the latest reports and announces that everyone passed. He praises a hidden artist in the room, then reads from Lofgren's report: a newspaper clipping about a youth shot during a liquor-store holdup. When the boys ask who the dead youth is, Lofgren answers that it was Tweety.
注目の表現
odds-on favoritethe fuckhappy to tell youfor the record
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このシーンの表現
odds-on favorite
the clear favorite
The betting pool lists Moreno as the man most likely to win the fight.
She is the odds-on favorite to win the race.
このシーンの他の表現
- the fuck
an intensifier, very vulgar
- happy to tell you
glad to announce
- for the record
officially, to be clear
- beautiful from nothing
beauty made out of nothing
- had it in you
had the guts or talent
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
have an issue
But it looks like me and you got a problem.The t in got a flips to a d sound and links.
But it looks like me and you got a problem.wagering on
You know, they're betting on who's gonna kill who.embedded question: The wh-clause is the object of on, naming the thing being bet on.
You know, they're betting on who's gonna kill who.running the betting — Gambling slang; avoid outside casual or betting talk.
Perretti and the chink are running the action.a racist slur for Chinese — A racist slur; never use it.
Perretti and the chink are running the action.dropped auxiliary: The auxiliary are is dropped; the question still asks who you bet on.
Who you betting on?act on
So, what are you gonna do about this cunt?vulgar intensifier — Very vulgar; only for extreme emotion, never formal.
I wanna get the fuck out of this place.hey (greeting) — Street greeting between friends; too casual for work.
- Gentlemen. - Yo!scored on
You've all been graded on those latest reports.You all often blends into y'all in fast speech.
And I'm happy to tell you, finally, you all passed.know of
I didn't even know about it myself until this report.nominal clause: The what-clause works as a noun after of: the definition of art.
But first, for the record, let me give you my definition of what art is.For the is reduced; the stress falls on record.
But first, for the record, let me give you my definition of what art is.out of nothing
Now, art is the creation of something beautiful from nothing.a note under
And Lofgren has added a very special page to his footnote to his report. Stand up, man.tell someone
I think this is beautiful. I wanna share with the group.had the guts or talent
As Lofgren is called up to read, someone says he didn't know Lofgren had it in him.
- Faggot. - Didn't know you had it in you.calm down
Cool it! Cool it, I said!a botched robbery
"A youth died Saturday from gunshot wounds "received in an attempted holdup of a liquor store.bullet injuries
"A youth died Saturday from gunshot wounds "received in an attempted holdup of a liquor store.having an operation
"Jerome died undergoing surgery at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Hospital."who cares
So what?be quiet
Shut up!jerks (insult) — An insult you throw in a fight, not to strangers.
That was Tweety, you assholes.the betting line on
Hey, what are the odds on me now, Perretti?not meant as an insult
Perretti gives Mick the odds against him, then adds that it is nothing personal.
Nothing personal.「Teacher Reads Lofgren's Footnote」を読み解く
What's really going on
The art talk is the teacher's way of giving the boys something to be proud of, but it backfires the moment he reads the footnote. The clipping describes a boy killed in a robbery attempt, and the class laughs it off — "So what? Who the fuck is Warren Jerome?" — until someone tells Lofgren to explain. His line, "That was Tweety, you assholes," lands like a verdict: the boy they joke about was one of them. Suddenly the betting talk from earlier isn't gamesmanship anymore; it is a countdown. Even the teacher's high-minded definition of art as "the creation of something beautiful from nothing" can't cover what just happened, and O'Brien's odds question makes the stakes explicit.
Theme
IdentityThe footnote forces the class to see a newspaper victim as one of their own, not a stranger.
PowerThe teacher's art lesson tries to hold authority, and the boys' mockery tears it down.
このチャプターで学べること
- Odds-on favorite started as a horse-racing term.
- The fuck adds anger, not meaning.
- Nothing personal makes a cruel line sound neutral.
- The obituary turns a stranger's death into a classmate's.
発音のポイント
- got a — The t in got a flips to a d sound and links.
- you all — You all often blends into y'all in fast speech.
- for the record — For the is reduced; the stress falls on record.
But it looks like me and you got a problem.An inmate sizes up O'Brien and announces the conflict openly, putting the threat on the table before anyone throws a punch.
You know, they're betting on who's gonna kill who.He explains that the other boys have turned the coming violence into a wager, treating life and death as a game.
And I'm happy to tell you, finally, you all passed.The teacher announces the report results with formal pride, the closest the class comes to good news in the scene.
And there's a real artist in this class.He reveals that one of the boys has genuine talent, raising the room's curiosity before turning it into a spectacle.
I didn't even know about it myself until this report.He admits the talent only became visible to him through the written work, making the report the doorway to the reveal.
But first, for the record, let me give you my definition of what art is.Before praising anyone, he stakes out his own authority on the subject, framing the praise that is about to follow.
Now, art is the creation of something beautiful from nothing.His definition of art, which he then measures the boys against, and which the footnote will quietly undercut.
That was Tweety, you assholes.The revelation lands: the dead youth in the clipping is a boy from the room, turning a joke into grief and fear.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the teacher read the footnote out loud?
He thinks the page is genuinely beautiful and wants to share it with the group, without realizing that the clipping names a boy the class knows.
Who is Warren Jerome?
He is the youth in the newspaper clipping, shot by a liquor-store owner during an attempted holdup. Lofgren reveals that he was Tweety, a boy from the class.
Why do the boys say "So what?" when the clipping is read?
They treat the death as a stranger's story and do not connect the name to anyone they know. That reaction is exactly what the reveal shatters.
Why does O'Brien ask about the odds again?
He wants to know how the room now rates his chances against Moreno. The answer, three-to-two against him, tells him he is still the underdog.
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