Buffalo '66 · 1998 — 第 6 / 15 章 · 3'06" · B1

Billy's Dad Shows Old Photos, Explained:can't stand

Dinner at Billy's parents' house becomes show-and-tell: celebrity photos, a wedding, and Billy as a baby with a puppy. The bride gushes, "I think Billy is the most handsome guy in the whole world." Under the small talk, the photos keep tugging at a family history nobody wants to revisit.

あらすじ

Billy brings Layla to his parents' house and introduces her as his wife. At dinner, his father pulls out an album of photos with politicians and a wedding, then the family finds a picture of Billy as a baby next to a puppy. The visit ends with the father snapping that he is hungry.

Family dinnersParents & kidsComplimentingWarningParent & childB1mediumamerican
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このシーンの表現

can't stand

strongly dislike

The mother complains to Wendy that she cannot bear it when Billy grows his hair long.

I can't stand people who talk during movies.

このシーンの他の表現

  • look like

    seem similar to

  • used to be

    was in the past

  • a picture of

    a photo showing someone

  • ran away

    left and did not return

  • fucking

    a vulgar intensifier

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · A2a rum and coke

rum mixed with cola

Yeah. Could you make me a rum and coke?
発音loves you

Loves you runs together as love-ya.

Daddy loves you, you know that? Daddy really loves you.
表現 · A2look like someone/something

seem similar to

At the table the father teases Wendy about looking like a baby after she says she is twenty-eight.

You look like a baby.
表現 · B1used to be something

was in the past

Looking through the album, the mother boasts that her son used to be a beautiful baby.

My son used to be a beautiful baby.
文法 · B1used to be

used to: Used to marks a past state or habit that is no longer true.

My son used to be a beautiful baby.
表現 · B1you should have seen ...

you really ought to have seen it

You should've seen him. He was so beautiful.
文法 · B1should've seen

should have: Should have plus a past participle looks back at something you missed.

You should've seen him. He was so beautiful.
発音should've seen

Should've is squeezed to /'ʃʊdəv/, with the v barely heard.

You should've seen him. He was so beautiful.
表現 · A2the most ... in the world

the best-looking of all

I think Billy is the most handsome guy in the whole world.
発音most handsome

The t in most often drops before handsome.

I think Billy is the most handsome guy in the whole world.
表現 · B1can't stand something

strongly dislike

The mother complains to Wendy that she cannot bear it when Billy grows his hair long.

I can't stand it when he grows his hair long.
表現 · B1grow one's hair long

let one's hair grow long

I can't stand it when he grows his hair long.
文法 · B1when he grows his hair long

when-clause: The when-clause names the situation that triggers the feeling.

I can't stand it when he grows his hair long.
表現 · A2a picture of someone

a photo showing someone

Flipping through the album, the mother shows Wendy a photo of herself with Jack Kemp.

Here's a picture of me with Jack Kemp.
表現 · A2happen to someone

what became of him

- Bingo. - What happened to him?
スラング · B1Bingo

exactly right — Casual and cheerful; fine with friends, not in formal talk.

- Bingo. - What happened to him?
表現 · A2run away from somewhere

left and did not return

Asked about the puppy in the photo, the mother says plainly that it ran away, repeating it as if to close the topic.

He ran away. Yeah, he ran away.
表現 · A2tell someone about something

inform someone of something

What did I tell you about this thing?
表現 · B1warn someone about something

alert someone to danger

Didn't I warn you 50 fucking times about this dog?
スラング · B2fucking

vulgar intensifier — Strong profanity; never use it in formal settings.

Didn't I warn you 50 fucking times about this dog?
表現 · A1hurry up

move faster

Jan, would you hurry up, please?

「Billy's Dad Shows Old Photos」を読み解く

What's really going on

The photo album is doing more than killing time before dinner. Billy's father reaches for pictures of himself beside famous men and a nightclub band — "Sinatra sang in that club. He sang in that actual club" — turning a family meal into a résumé. The pictures of Billy, meanwhile, are all about who he used to be: a cute baby with a puppy, a handsome kid. When the dog comes up, the mood curdles into an old argument, and the past stops being cute. Layla, the supposed wife, plays along and praises Billy as the most handsome man in the world, and his family barely registers it. What should be a warm homecoming keeps curdling into an argument about a dog from years ago.

Theme

MemoryAn old album sets the whole scene: photos of a baby, a puppy, and a wedding carry the family's version of the past into dinner.
Family conflictThe photos move from boasting to blame, and the dog story turns a polite meal into an old fight.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A father's warm welcome can still hide a cold house.
  • The same old photos get used as proof of love.
  • A puppy's accident flips the mood in seconds.
  • Repeated answers usually point to a secret.

発音のポイント

  • loves you — Loves you runs together as love-ya.
  • should've seen — Should've is squeezed to /'ʃʊdəv/, with the v barely heard.
  • most handsome — The t in most often drops before handsome.
Let me hug my new little daughter.

The greeting that opens the visit: the new wife is welcomed as a daughter, warmer than anything Billy gets.

I think Billy is the most handsome guy in the whole world.

Layla's flattering verdict on her supposed husband, offered to the family while Billy himself sits ignored.

Sinatra sang in that club. He sang in that actual club.

The father's attempt to attach his own past to a legend, doubling down on the same claim in consecutive sentences.

Didn't I warn you 50 fucking times about this dog?

The father's anger at the dog becomes a threat aimed at a child; the flashback shows how quickly the mood in this house turns.

Daddy loves you, you know that? Daddy really loves you.

Repeated declarations of love that sound less like comfort than a performance for the new bride.

このシーンについての質問

Why do Billy's parents treat Layla so well?

They believe she is Billy's wife and welcome her as family. Their warmth lands on the new bride while Billy himself gets almost no attention.

Why does the dog story come up at dinner?

They find a photo of Billy as a baby with his puppy. The picture triggers the memory of the father raging about the dog, and the happy album turns dark.

Who is the child begging "No, Daddy, please"?

It is young Billy in a flashback: the father is furious about the dog and the boy begs him to stop.

Why does the father keep showing photos of famous people?

He wants to impress the new bride with his past and his connections, name-dropping Jack Kemp, OJ Simpson, the Bills' caterer, and Sinatra.

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