how are things
On opening night a well-wisher greets Bruhl; the casual question lands on a play already dying.
Good evening, Mr. Bruhl. How's it going?Deathtrap · 1982 — 第 1 / 30 章 · 2'18" · B1
Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night, Explained：truth in advertising
The reviews land live: Sidney's new mystery has bombed, and the TV critics are already tearing it apart on air. Myra keeps asking if the audience is laughing at all, while a rival producer needles him. "She should know, Seymour. It's her money," is the closest he gets to fighting back.
あらすじ
It's opening night for Sidney Bruhl's new play, Murder Most Fair, and it is going badly. His wife Myra phones to ask how it's going, and he can barely hide that it's a disaster. Backstage and on television, critics call the sets, costumes and acting worthless, while producer Burt tries to calm him down and a rival gloats.
注目の表現
how's it goingtruth in advertisingbe in this businessputz
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このシーンの表現
truth in advertising
so much for honesty
The critic has just trashed the play on air, so the line mocks the show's own advertising.
The ad promised free delivery, so much for truth in advertising.
このシーンの他の表現
- how's it going
how are things
- be in this business
work in this trade
- putz
a stupid fool
- what do you mean
what are you saying
このシーンのメモ一覧
45 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Link How's and it so the two words blur into one sound.
Good evening, Mr. Bruhl. How's it going?very nervous
Darling, I've been so anxious. How's it going?what are you saying
Hearing her husband call the opening a disaster, Myra fires back in disbelief.
What do you mean it's a disaster?the first performance
You always think that on opening night.finish like this
Who could ever have believed it would end this way?modal perfect: Could ever have believed asks who could possibly, at any time, have imagined this ending.
Who could ever have believed it would end this way?damn, a mild oath — A mild curse; keep it out of polite company.
My proctologist, even my goddamn wife.a worthless piece of work — Casual contempt for a bad piece of work.
She said, "You produce another crock by that putz Sidney...lose all one's money
"you deserve to go broke."a foolish person — A scornful label for a fool; avoid it face to face.
Putz!work in this trade
Seymour leans on his years in the trade to tell Bruhl a bad opening night means little.
Listen, pal, you and me been in this business a long time, right?for many years
Listen, pal, you and me been in this business a long time, right?dropped have: Standard grammar would be you and I have been; the line drops have and uses me for a rough spoken feel.
Listen, pal, you and me been in this business a long time, right?Been is often reduced to a short bin before in this.
Listen, pal, you and me been in this business a long time, right?enough time to realize
Long enough to know it ain 't your opening night crowd...count your money
Count your loot, and drink your orange blossom.Your orange runs together, almost like yor-range.
Count your loot, and drink your orange blossom.I give you my word
The critics are gonna love you. You got my promise, okay?The t in got my often becomes a soft flap, close to god-my.
The critics are gonna love you. You got my promise, okay?it is useless to
But there's no point in you folks going there...going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.
'cause I'm gonna tell you who done it.did it (nonstandard) — Nonstandard past tense used for a folksy or mocking effect.
Sidney Bruhl done it.what-clause subject: The what-clause acts as the subject, so the sentence names the inexcusable thing and then judges it.
And what's inexcusable is he done it in public.「Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night」を読み解く
What's really going on
Nobody in this scene says the obvious thing out loud. Myra keeps pressing — "Are they laughing at all?" — because a hit or a flop decides whether Sidney's career and her money survive. The TV critics have already moved on from reviewing the play to exposing it, spoiling the mystery on air, and a rival producer twists the knife by naming everyone who wants Sidney finished. Sidney's only answer is "She should know, Seymour. It's her money," which turns a professional humiliation into a family argument about who is paying. Even Burt's reassurance — "The critics are gonna love you. You got my promise" — lands as a line from a man who knows it is already over.
Theme
AmbitionA writer watches his big opening night collapse in public, and his career and marriage hang on the reviews.
Dark humorCritics, a producer and a rival trade jokes and insults while a man's career dies on live television.
このチャプターで学べること
- A greeting on opening night can cut deeper than an insult.
- The critic's verdict is public, final and merciless.
- Real comfort often sounds like tired old show talk.
- So much for truth in advertising is pure sarcasm.
発音のポイント
- How's it going — Link How's and it so the two words blur into one sound.
- been in this — Been is often reduced to a short bin before in this.
- your orange — Your orange runs together, almost like yor-range.
- got my — The t in got my often becomes a soft flap, close to god-my.
Who could ever have believed it would end this way?A line from the play being performed on stage, its overheard melodrama now sounding like a verdict on Sidney's own career.
She should know, Seymour. It's her money.Sidney's comeback to a rival who mocked his wife: the play is financed by her money, so she has every right to judge it.
Count your loot, and drink your orange blossom.Burt's advice to stop obsessing over the reviews and enjoy the money — a producer's cynical way of saying the night is already over.
The critics are gonna love you. You got my promise, okay?Burt's hollow reassurance on the worst night, a promise he clearly cannot keep once the reviews are already on air.
And what's inexcusable is he done it in public.The TV critic's closing jab, as if the play's real crime were being embarrassing where everyone could see it.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Seymour Starger?
A rival producer who appears on the opening-night TV coverage and openly taunts Sidney, listing the lawyer, accountant and even the wife who are all done with him.
What does "truth in advertising" mean here?
It's a sarcastic aside. After the play is praised in its ads, the critic sneers that the promotion was false — so much for honesty in advertising.
Did the play fail because of the opening-night audience?
Burt argues it didn't — 'it ain't your opening night crowd that hands down the verdict' — but the television reviews seem to settle the matter anyway.
Why does Sidney mention Myra's money?
He fires back at Seymour's rant about his wife by pointing out that the play is paid for with her money, so she has a right to complain about it.
Who is Stewart Klein?
The drama critic reviewing the play on television, who calls the sets, costumes, direction and actors bad and then spoils the mystery by naming the killer.
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第 2 章add insult to injurySidney Rants About Being Written Out
第 3 章top billingSidney Plots to Steal a Play
第 4 章a god-sent opportunityMyra Urges Sidney to Call Anderson
第 5 章all the makingsSidney Calls Clifford About His Play
第 6 章got hooked onClifford Anderson Visits the Bruhls
第 7 章feet on the groundMyra Pushes Sidney to Collaborate
第 8 章go out of your wayClifford Asks for a Second Opinion
第 9 章hit a snagSidney Handcuffs Clifford
第 10 章untypical of meClifford Is Handcuffed
第 11 章the envy ofSidney Kills Clifford
第 12 章night and dayMyra Finally Tells Sidney to Leave
第 13 章guilt-riddenHelga Ten Dorp Arrives
第 14 章keep uncloudedHelga Foresees the Knife
第 15 章skeptical aboutHelga Predicts the Deathtrap
第 16 章once and for allMyra Hears Something Downstairs
第 17 章be my doingSidney Promises Nothing Will Go Wrong
第 18 章for future referenceThe Fake Murder Kills Myra
第 19 章lay an eggPorter Milgrim Meets the Secretary
第 20 章on the agendaPorter Reviews Sidney's Will
第 21 章a death wishSidney Pitches Deathtrap
第 22 章knock offClifford Wants a Shortcut
第 23 章be in on itClifford Talks Sidney Into Deathtrap
第 24 章kid a kidderBruhl and Anderson Team Up
第 25 章psychicHelga Meets the Man in Boots
第 26 章fed up withHelga Warns Sidney Again
第 27 章spill the beansThe Rehearsal Turns Deadly
第 28 章send someone packingClifford Turns the Gun on Sidney
第 29 章a snapClifford Turns the Tables on Sidney
第 30 章a can of wormsClifford Spares Sidney第 1 / 30 章 · 残り約 86 分