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Beaches · 1988 — 第 18 / 30 章 · 3'02" · B2

The Director Tears CC Apart on Set, Explained：get my hands on

On the set, CC tries to act and gets destroyed for it: "I didn't want you on this picture. You're trouble," the director says, before telling her, "You ain't got it anymore." The scene cuts from the humiliation to CC's own letter, where she jokes that her career is "officially approaching oblivion."

あらすじ

CC is filming a low-budget scene as a woman begging a man to stay. She breaks character, and the director tears her apart: he never wanted her, her looks are shot, and she is finished as an actress. He orders her to say every line exactly as written. Later, in San Francisco, CC writes to Hillary mocking her own fading career.

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luggageshitcalled actingstick around

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  28. ❝ 独白The director's tirade8 行練習ページ ↗
  40. ❝ 独白CC's letter to Hillary5 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

get my hands on

to finally get hold of

CC swears she will get her hands on the agent who booked this place.

Wait till I get my hands on whoever ate my lunch.

このシーンの他の表現

  • luggage

    suitcases; here a joke on eye bags

  • shit

    a mild curse of frustration

  • called acting

    a dry jab: that's just acting

  • stick around

    to stay where you are

  • get by

    to survive with little

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1dump someone

to end things with someone

Don't dump me, Freddy.
表現 · B1keep someone going

to keep someone enduring

The only thing that kept me going was waiting for you to come back.
文法 · B1that kept me going

relative clause: The that-clause tells you exactly what kept her going.

The only thing that kept me going was waiting for you to come back.
表現 · A2worry about something

to fret over something

Don't you worry about a thing, little darlin'.
表現 · A2take care of someone

to look after someone well

I'm gonna take good care of you. Give me a little kiss.
発音care of

Care of runs together, with of reduced to a light /əv/.

I'm gonna take good care of you. Give me a little kiss.
表現 · B1work for someone

to suit someone

This isn't working for me!
スラング · B1Cut

stop filming — A film-set command; not used to stop people in daily life.

-Cut. -That's a cut.
表現 · B1stick around

to stay where you are

In the line, she begs the man to stick around instead of walking off.

Beg this asshole to stick around after he screwed my sister and stole my Winnebago.
文法 · B1after he screwed my sister and stole my Winnebago

time clause: The after-clause explains why begging him makes no sense.

Beg this asshole to stick around after he screwed my sister and stole my Winnebago.
スラング · B1screwed

cheated or wronged — Casual and blunt; avoid it in formal settings.

Beg this asshole to stick around after he screwed my sister and stole my Winnebago.
発音don't you

Don't you often blends into doncha in fast speech.

Why don't you do that until I tell you to stop? Trust me.
文法 · B2for all I know

parenthetical: The parenthetical for all I know means she has no idea what he is really doing.

You could be watching a Laker game in there for all I know!
スラング · B2doll

a dated, familiar address — Old-fashioned and easily offensive; do not use it with strangers.

Your looks are shot. The bags under your eyes, doll...
表現 · B1get by

to survive with little

The director sneers that he has no idea how CC has been getting by.

I don't know what you've been doing to get by.
発音get by

Stress get and let by slide by lightly.

I don't know what you've been doing to get by.
表現 · B2dazzle someone with something

to impress them

Maybe you still think you can dazzle them with your talent.
表現 · B2someone is through

someone is finished

I'm here to tell you you're through. You ain't got it anymore.
スラング · B1ain't

isn't or hasn't, nonstandard — Nonstandard speech; do not use it in formal writing.

I'm here to tell you you're through. You ain't got it anymore.
表現 · B2a smart mouth

a cheeky way of talking

You get your fat ass back in the truck, and you'll shut your smart mouth.
表現 · B1as written

exactly as written

You'll do every line as written. Every word, every syllable.
表現 · B2approach oblivion

to slide into being forgotten

My career is now officially approaching oblivion.
表現 · B2a snake pit

a treacherous place

It's a snake pit.
表現 · B1get one's hands on someone/something

to finally get hold of

CC swears she will get her hands on the agent who booked this place.

Wait till I get my hands on that agent. I'll kill him!
表現 · A2throw up

to vomit

It looks like a flamingo threw up in here!
表現 · A2not open yet

not open for business yet

Lady, lady, excuse me. We're not open yet.

「The Director Tears CC Apart on Set」を読み解く

What's really going on

The set is a machine for breaking people, and CC is on the wrong end of it. The character she plays is humiliated in the scene, and the director humiliates her between takes, telling her he never wanted her, that her looks are gone, and that she is finished: "I'm here to tell you you're through. You ain't got it anymore." The cruelty is professional, not personal — his job is to get the take, and her feelings are overhead. CC's answer is the only weapon she has: she calls him an asshole and fights, then folds when he demands she say every line as written. The letter that follows is her revenge of sorts: she narrates her own decline with a joke, "My career is now officially approaching oblivion." The club she lands in is a punchline too — "It looks like a flamingo threw up in here!" — but it is also the start of her next chapter.

Theme

AmbitionCC keeps chasing stardom even as the industry tells her she is finished, trading humiliation for another gig.
IdentityThe director separates CC from the woman she plays — "It's called acting" — while her letters blur the two.

このチャプターで学べること

  • You're through is a blunt verdict
  • Stick around just means stay a while
  • Get by suggests scraping along
  • Bags and luggage hide a joke on eye bags

発音のポイント

  • care of — Care of runs together, with of reduced to a light /əv/.
  • don't you — Don't you often blends into doncha in fast speech.
  • get by — Stress get and let by slide by lightly.
The only thing that kept me going was waiting for you to come back.

A line from the scene CC is filming, where the character pleads with the man who abandoned her — the movie's melodrama, not CC's own words.

I'm here to tell you you're through. You ain't got it anymore.

The director's verdict on CC's career, delivered as both an insult and a professional judgment before he orders her back to work.

My career is now officially approaching oblivion.

CC's self-mocking update to Hillary, joking that her acting career is fading away.

It looks like a flamingo threw up in here!

CC's insult about the tacky pink nightclub she has been booked into, a joke that hides her disappointment.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the director so cruel to CC?

He did not want her in the picture and considers her trouble. He tears her down about her looks and talent to force a performance out of her, then orders her to say every line as written.

What does the director want from CC?

He wants her to stop improvising and deliver the script exactly. He tells her to get back in the truck and to do every word and syllable as written.

What happens to CC's career?

The set humiliates her and the work is drying up. In her letter to Hillary she jokes that her career is officially approaching oblivion, and her agent suggests she become a disco queen.

Why is CC in San Francisco?

She has taken a booking at a club called The Pink Palm. She is angry at her agent for describing it as a glamorous nightclub, and calls the place a tacky pink room.

What does CC say about the nightclub?

She calls her agent a toad for lying about the venue and jokes that it looks like a flamingo threw up in here. It is her way of coping with another bad gig.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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次のチャプター · 第 19 章in the toiletCC and Hillary Make Up
第 1 章blow a gasketCC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk第 2 章pack it inCC Melts Down After Losing the Part第 3 章falling apartCC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter第 4 章walk out onHillary Walks Into CC's Bar第 5 章It just hit meCC Moves Hillary Into Her Apartment第 6 章Break a legCC Delivers a Singing Telegram第 7 章fraught with meaningCC Rehearses and Hillary Does Laundry第 8 章wallpaper your houseCC and Hillary Argue on Christmas第 9 章in a former lifeCC's Opening Night Party第 10 章who are you kiddingCC Confesses She Slept With John第 11 章the show must go onCC and Hillary Drift Apart第 12 章for richer or poorerCC and John's Impromptu Wedding第 13 章caught deadHillary Sees CC's Bawdy Show第 14 章the Spanish InquisitionCC Grills Hillary at Dinner第 15 章grown apartCC and Hillary Have Their Big Fight第 16 章get it off your chestLeona Tells CC the Truth第 17 章long goneJohn Breaks Up With CC再生中 · 第 18 章get my hands onThe Director Tears CC Apart on Set第 19 章in the toiletCC and Hillary Make Up第 20 章get this straightHillary Tells CC She's Pregnant第 21 章come back from the deadCC Abandons Her Wedding for a Role第 22 章business is businessCC Directs John in Her Show第 23 章untellCC Tells Victoria a Bedtime Story第 24 章moral high horseHillary Collapses at the Office第 25 章fed up withCC and Hillary Drive to the Beach第 26 章clothes policeHillary Pushes CC Away第 27 章land of the livingHillary and CC's Final Fight第 28 章stretch the truthCC and Hillary Play Cards and Reminisce第 29 章the wind beneath my wingsCC Signs Hillary Out of the Hospital第 30 章nothing in the worldCC Asks Victoria to Live With Her
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