Barbie · 2023 — 第 12 / 26 章 · 3'03" · B2

Ken Tries to Bring Patriarchy Home, Explained:seek my fortune

Ken decides the Real World is where patriarchy lives and sets out to claim his place in it, only to be told he needs an MBA and that being a man is not a qualification. Barbie, meanwhile, is arrested, catalogued and picked up by Mattel. The two halves meet when Gloria hears a woman in custody insists she is Barbie.

あらすじ

Ken charges into the Real World convinced it runs on patriarchy and asks for a high-paying job, only to learn he needs degrees and that being a man counts for nothing. His lifeguard interview ends the moment he admits he cannot save anyone. Barbie, by contrast, gets arrested repeatedly, and Mattel finally collects her.

Job interviewSmall talkComplainingExplainingStrangersB2fastamericanClean
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注目の表現

seek my fortunein chargenutjobAre you kidding me

00:00 / 03:03
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
  1. ❝ 独白Ken’s job description for Beach4 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白Barbie indicts the Real World4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

seek my fortune

to go out and make your fortune

Ken announces he will seek his fortune, as if setting off on a quest.

At twenty he left home to seek his fortune in the city.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in charge

    the person who is responsible or holds authority

  • nutjob

    a crazy or eccentric person (derogatory)

  • Are you kidding me

    are you serious? (disbelief or annoyance)

このシーンのメモ一覧

76 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2to my understandingwhich, to my understanding, is where men and horses run everything?
表現 · C1seek one's fortune

to go out and make your fortune

Ken announces he will seek his fortune, as if setting off on a quest.

I shall seek my fortune there.
表現 · B1a high-paying jobI’ll take a high-level, high-paying job with influence, please.
文法 · B1being a man enough

gerund subject

Isn’t being a man enough?
文法 · B2hide it better now

adverb of manner

We’re doing it well, yeah. We just... hide it better now.
表現 · A2get someone somethingCan you get me a coffee? - No.
表現 · B1apply for somethingI’d like to apply for your job of beach.
表現 · B2be trained to do somethingOh. I’m not trained to go over there.
文法 · B2not trained to go over there

be trained to

Oh. I’m not trained to go over there.
表現 · A2in dangerThere’s nobody in danger here.
発音in danger

liaison

There’s nobody in danger here.
文法 · B2even if there were

even if

And even if there were, I’m not trained to save them.
表現 · A2there you areThere you are. - Oh, no.
発音There you are

liaison

There you are. - Oh, no.
表現 · A2come with someoneWe’re gonna need you to come with us.
発音come with us

elision

We’re gonna need you to come with us.
表現 · A2thank goodnessOh, thank goodness!
表現 · B1be in charge

the person who is responsible or holds authority

Fed up with the chaos, Barbie demands to speak to someone in charge.

I’ve gotta talk to somebody in charge.
表現 · B1get arrestedEveryone thinks I’m crazy, and I keep getting arrested.
表現 · B2step this wayNeed you to step this way, ma’am.
表現 · B1a whole bunchFirst, I got one tear and then I got a whole bunch.
スラング · B2nutjobThank God they arrested that nutjob.
スラング · B2reality-challengedthat reality-challenged woman.
表現 · A2thanks for the rideThanks for the ride. This has been so much fun.

「Ken Tries to Bring Patriarchy Home」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the film's funniest argument, and it works because Ken takes the wrong lesson every time. Told he needs qualifications, he asks, "Isn't being a man enough?" and is flatly told no. The men he meets admit the game has changed without admitting much else — "We just... hide it better now" — and Ken, missing the joke entirely, decides to take patriarchy back to Barbie Land where it can be done properly. His plan is ridiculous, and it is also the setup for everything that follows. Meanwhile Barbie's half of the scene is a catalogue of what the Real World does to a woman who looks and acts like her: stares, hostility, arrest. The two threads sit side by side to make the imbalance plain: Ken's adventure is a lark, and Barbie's is a series of small humiliations.

Theme

SatireKen misunderstands patriarchy so completely that the film can mock it from both directions at once.
IdentityOne doll is told being a man is not enough, while the other is punished simply for being seen as a woman.

発音のポイント

  • in danger — liaison
  • There you are — liaison
  • come with us — elision
I shall seek my fortune there.

Ken's mock-heroic announcement, borrowed from old adventure stories, about going off to make his name in the Real World.

Isn’t being a man enough?

His baffled question when told he needs degrees and experience — the line that exposes how little he understands the system he wants to join.

We’re doing it well, yeah. We just... hide it better now.

The men's half-admission that patriarchy never really stopped, only learned to look polite.

Men look at me like I’m an object.

Barbie naming what the Real World does to her, in the plainest possible language.

Everyone thinks I’m crazy, and I keep getting arrested.

Her summary of the Real World so far: disbelief, hostility, and repeated arrest.

I need to find somewhere where I can start patriarchy fresh.

Ken's plan to export his half-understood idea to a place that hasn't heard of it yet, which is exactly what he does.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Ken want a job in the Real World?

He believes the Real World runs on patriarchy and that being a man should be enough. He wants influence and money, and he is repeatedly told he needs qualifications instead.

What happens to Barbie while Ken is job-hunting?

She is stared at, dismissed and arrested more than once. Mattel eventually collects her, which is when the two storylines come together.

Why does Mattel take Barbie?

A life-size Barbie in the real world is a brand problem for them. They want her back in a box and under control, not loose on the streets.

What is Ken's plan at the end of the scene?

He decides to return to Barbie Land and teach the other Kens about patriarchy. It sounds absurd, and it sets up the film's second act.

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