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Barbie · 2023 — 第 9 / 26 章 · 5'05" · B1

The Mattel Men Celebrate Themselves, Explained：man up

Between scenes, the film cuts to the Mattel boardroom, where a roomful of men congratulate themselves on being officially important and chant that men rule the world. The satire is broad, and then a phone call arrives: two dolls are loose, and someone is told not to mess up.

あらすじ

Barbie walks and tries to think, asking who is playing with her, while Ken is sent off to wander. In a Mattel boardroom, the executives shake hands and crow that men rule the world and that they are officially important. Then the FBI calls: two dolls, answering to Barbie and Ken, are loose in the city.

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注目の表現

crap the bedman upsassclear my mind

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このシーンの表現

man up

to toughen up and face something

A group of guys pump each other up by calling on each other to man up.

You don't need to man up, you need to rest.

このシーンの他の表現

  • crap the bed

    to mess up badly at a crucial moment

  • sass

    to talk back disrespectfully

  • clear my mind

    to empty your head so you can think clearly

このシーンのメモ一覧

58 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1clear one's mind

to empty your head so you can think clearly

Barbie says she needs to clear her mind before she can work out what's happening.

I just need to clear my mind so I can think.
表現 · B1figure something outFaster I figure it out, the faster we get to go home.
文法 · B2the faster we get to go home

the more the more

Faster I figure it out, the faster we get to go home.
発音figure it out

flap

Faster I figure it out, the faster we get to go home.
表現 · A2Go for a walkGo for a walk or something. - By myself?
表現 · A2by oneselfGo for a walk or something. - By myself?
表現 · A2go farDon’t go far. - Okay!
表現 · B2man up

to toughen up and face something

A group of guys pump each other up by calling on each other to man up.

- We’ve got to man up on this one. - Great workout, man.
文法 · B2got to man up

have got to

- We’ve got to man up on this one. - Great workout, man.
表現 · B1based on somethingBased on the ROI, we are exceeding expectations.
表現 · B2exceed expectationsBased on the ROI, we are exceeding expectations.
文法 · B2are exceeding expectations

present continuous

Based on the ROI, we are exceeding expectations.
表現 · B2shake on itGood stuff. So I’m not worried about it. - Excuse me-- Not now, Margaret. Let’s shake on this.
表現 · A2make money- We are gonna make a lot of money. - We are officially important.
発音make a lot of

flap

- We are gonna make a lot of money. - We are officially important.
表現 · B1make something workI’m actually trying to make this work. - [sniffles]
表現 · B1make things workThat’s not how you make things work.
表現 · A2at the same timeWe’ll go at the same time. - Okay.
発音at the same time

elision

We’ll go at the same time. - Okay.
表現 · B2rule the world- She’s at school. - Men rule the world!
表現 · C1not give a flying squirrel about somethingI don’t give a flying squirrel who you are, Aaron.
表現 · B2get looseTwo of your dolls have gotten loose.
文法 · B2have gotten loose

present perfect

Two of your dolls have gotten loose.
表現 · B2sass someone- How do you know? - Don’t sass me, Aaron.
スラング · B1sass- How do you know? - Don’t sass me, Aaron.
表現 · B2answer to a nameCouple of blondes, answering to Barbie and Ken.
スラング · B2crapDon’t crap the bed, Aaron!

「The Mattel Men Celebrate Themselves」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the film's satire at full volume. The men in the boardroom are pure caricature — they shake hands, chant "Men rule the world," and decide they are officially important — and the point is how thin their power really is. Meanwhile the plot snaps forward on a phone call: "Two of your dolls have gotten loose." The man on the other end brushes off the person beneath him, "I don't give a flying squirrel who you are, Aaron," and then barks an order not to fail. For all the swagger, everyone here is reacting to two escaped toys. The joke is that a company built on a doll has no idea how to handle one that talks back.

Theme

PowerA boardroom of men celebrates ruling the world while the plot shows how little control they actually have.
SatireThe executives are drawn as loud caricatures, and their big talk collapses the moment two dolls go missing.

発音のポイント

  • figure it out — flap
  • make a lot of — flap
  • at the same time — elision
Faster I figure it out, the faster we get to go home.

Barbie's impatient logic: she treats the mystery as a chore to finish so she can get back to her old life.

That’s not how you make things work.

A blunt reply in an argument about a relationship, insisting that insults will not fix anything.

I don’t give a flying squirrel who you are, Aaron.

A colourful stand-in for swearing, as the caller dismisses a Mattel employee's authority.

I hate it when people think. I get so bored.

A joke about a doll who has never needed to reflect, now forced to think and hating every second.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Barbie say she needs to clear her mind?

She is trying to figure out who is playing with her, and she wants to think it through. Ken, meanwhile, is told to go for a walk rather than distract her.

What does the Mattel boardroom scene satirise?

The executives celebrate themselves as all-powerful, chanting that men rule the world and calling themselves officially important, while the company is about to lose control of events.

Why does the FBI call Mattel?

Two dolls, answering to Barbie and Ken, have gone loose and are rollerblading in Santa Monica. The agency wants Mattel's help to bring them back.

What does "crap the bed" mean?

It is a crude way of saying someone messed up at a critical moment. The caller uses it to warn the employee not to fail this time.

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