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Beaches · 1988 — 第 21 / 30 章 · 3'13" · B2

CC Abandons Her Wedding for a Role, Explained：come back from the dead

CC is trying on wedding hats when her agent calls with a lead role, and she drops everything — fiancé included — to take it. Hillary calls her heartless, and CC's defense is telling: "Maybe I did... But I didn't know I was, so it doesn't count." Hillary ends up delivering the news to Richard herself.

あらすじ

CC and Hillary are fitting a hat and a broach for CC's wedding to Richard, a doctor. Then CC's agent calls with a lead role, and CC decides to leave at once, even though she is engaged and expecting. Hillary accuses her of using Richard to get back on her feet, and demands that CC tell him herself. CC refuses, so Hillary breaks the news to Richard.

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このシーンの表現

come back from the dead

to make a total comeback

After the call, CC tells Hillary this is her comeback chance, and she is already halfway out the door.

After two years off, the singer came back from the dead with a hit album.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the picture of

    the very image of

  • waltz in

    to stroll in carelessly

  • have the decency to

    to do the decent thing

  • in a mad rush

    hurrying wildly

  • might as well

    no reason not to

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B1can't believe how + adj

amazed that something is so

I can't believe how perfect this is.
文法 · B1or what

tag question: The tag or what pushes the listener to agree, with a sharper edge.

Am I the picture of a doctor's wife, or what?
スラング · B2tacky

cheap-looking and in bad taste — Casual teasing about taste; avoid it in formal talk.

-It will be perfect. -You think my broach is tacky?
表現 · B1just like that

so suddenly, without warning

You're leaving? Just like that?
発音Just like that

Link just and like; let that end quickly.

You're leaving? Just like that?
表現 · B1a lead in something

the starring role

I have to. It's a lead. A lead!
表現 · B2come back from the dead

to make a total comeback

After the call, CC tells Hillary this is her comeback chance, and she is already halfway out the door.

It's my chance to come back from the dead.
表現 · B1make a mess of something

to ruin or disorder things

-What? -Just waltz in and make a mess and leave it for me to clean up.
表現 · B1clean up after someone

to fix someone's mess

-What? -Just waltz in and make a mess and leave it for me to clean up.
文法 · B1I would clean up

future in the past: Would marks a promise made in the past about a later action.

I don't know what you're talking about. I told you I would clean up the room.
表現 · B2get back on one's feet

to recover one's footing

You just used that poor man -to get back on your feet. -I did not!
表現 · B1it doesn't count

it is not valid

But I didn't know I was, so it doesn't count.
文法 · B2I didn't know I was

ellipsis: The clause drops its ending; I was means I was doing it.

But I didn't know I was, so it doesn't count.
表現 · B2have the decency to do something

to do the decent thing

Hillary forces CC to tell Richard herself, and the demand is cold and final.

Then have the decency to tell him you're leaving.
発音tell him

In speech him often loses its h; link tell and him.

Then have the decency to tell him you're leaving.
表現 · B1in a mad rush

hurrying wildly

Packing her bag, CC says she is in a mad rush back to New York.

I'm in a mad rush to get back to New York.
表現 · B2coming from someone

said by you in particular

-He'd take it coming from you. -No!
表現 · B2the ... of a lifetime

a once-in-a-lifetime role

It was the part of a lifetime, Richard. She just had to go.
表現 · B1might as well do something

no reason not to

Hillary hands the brooch to Richard with a shrug, closing the awkward scene.

Here. You might as well have this.
発音might as well

Might and as reduce; keep the phrase light and quick.

Here. You might as well have this.
表現 · A2get together with someone

to meet up

Why don't we get together next week and have lunch and talk about it?
表現 · A2get going

to start leaving

No, thanks, Hillary. I really should get going.

「CC Abandons Her Wedding for a Role」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up a wedding and then cancels it in one phone call. CC is playing the bride-to-be, delighted with her hat and her doctor, until the agent offers a lead and the performance changes. Hillary sees the pattern clearly: Richard was a way for CC to "get back on your feet." CC's answer is the film's most honest and ugliest line — "Maybe I did. But I didn't know I was, so it doesn't count" — an excuse that admits the truth while refusing the blame. Hillary, who has already lost her own illusions about CC, does not argue the point; she simply insists CC owe Richard a face-to-face goodbye: "Then have the decency to tell him you're leaving." When CC cannot face him, Hillary does it for her, softening the blow with "It was the part of a lifetime." Richard is left behind with a broach and a lunch invitation he never takes.

Theme

AmbitionCC drops her wedding and her fiancé the moment a lead role arrives, choosing her career over the life she was building.
FriendshipHillary sees through CC, calls her heartless, and still cleans up the mess by telling Richard herself.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A comeback can be called coming back from the dead.
  • Have the decency to means you owe someone that much.
  • In a mad rush is stronger than in a hurry.

発音のポイント

  • Just like that — Link just and like; let that end quickly.
  • tell him — In speech him often loses its h; link tell and him.
  • might as well — Might and as reduce; keep the phrase light and quick.
It's my chance to come back from the dead.

CC's justification for leaving: the lead role is her shot at reviving a stalled career, worth any personal cost.

Then have the decency to tell him you're leaving.

Hillary's demand that CC face Richard instead of slipping away, insisting the man deserves a direct goodbye.

It was the part of a lifetime, Richard. She just had to go.

Hillary's cover story to Richard, turning CC's abandonment into an unavoidable career choice.

Am I the picture of a doctor's wife, or what?

CC posing as the perfect bride-to-be, enjoying the role right before she walks away from it.

このシーンについての質問

What is "a lead" in acting?

It is the starring role in a production, as opposed to a supporting part. CC's agent calls with a lead, which is why she drops everything to take the job.

Why does CC leave before the wedding?

She gets a chance to star in a film, which she sees as her shot at reviving her career. She chooses the role over marrying Richard and over the baby she is carrying.

Why does Hillary call CC heartless?

CC is walking out on a fiancé who helped her get back on her feet, and Hillary thinks she used him. CC barely denies it, saying she did not realize what she was doing.

Why won't CC tell Richard herself?

She says she cannot face him, so she asks Hillary to do it. Hillary refuses at first and demands CC be decent enough to tell him directly.

Who tells Richard the news?

Hillary ends up telling him. She explains that CC got the part of a lifetime and simply had to go, then invites him in, though he declines.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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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再生中 · 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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