to find something very hard
At the bar Harry admits the new book is wearing him down.
Yes. 'Cause I'm struggling with this book, you know, uh...Deconstructing Harry · 1997 — 第 7 / 17 章 · 5'02" · B2
Harry Begs Her Not to Marry Larry, Explained：talk someone out of
Harry's former pupil tells him she is marrying his friend Larry, and he drops the pretense: he loves her and refuses to bless it. "When Larry's around, I smell burning sulfur," he says, turning a friend into the devil. What he cannot say out loud is the plainer line: he should never have introduced them.
あらすじ
At a bar, Harry tells a former student he has something important to say, but she beats him to it: she is getting married tomorrow, to his friend Larry. Harry admits he loves her, refuses to give his blessing, and spends the day trying to talk her out of it, even asking her to come with him to his old university.
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このシーンの表現
talk someone out of
persuade someone not to do it
Harry begs Fay for one day, hoping to argue her out of the wedding.
We talked him out of selling the house.
このシーンの他の表現
- struggle with
to find something very hard
- fucking
an intensifier, very crude
- in awe of
deeply impressed by
- beat the hell out of
be far better than
このシーンのメモ一覧
109 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
use up the advance payment
Naturally, I spent the advance already.go through a hard period
I'm having a tough, uh... A tough time.the identical item
can I get a red wine, exact same thing that she has, please?present continuous future: The present continuous marks a fixed future plan, not something happening now.
I'm getting married.crude intensifier — Crude; only with close friends, never in polite talk.
I knew that. I don't fucking believe this.regret doing something
I should never have introduced you.past regret: Should never have plus a past participle marks regret about an earlier choice.
I should never have introduced you.a whiff of hell a hint that Larry is the devil
When Larry's around, I smell burning sulfur.start loving someone
Why did you fall in love with me?long nonstop lecturing
I mean, you gave me those endless lectures on love in the Western world.The t in didn't often drops before think.
I didn't think I could. I thought I was too damaged.be the one in charge of it
And, you know, before I knew it, you were the one who had control of the channel changer.In awe of runs together as in-aw-of.
I was in awe of you.conditional aside: It is an aside meaning believe it or not, not a real condition.
They're honoring me, if you can believe that.persuade someone not to do it
Harry begs Fay for one day, hoping to argue her out of the wedding.
Come with me. Give me a chance to talk you out of it.Link talk and you so they run together as one sound.
Come with me. Give me a chance to talk you out of it.start doing it
You wanna... shall we get to it?a small amount
I'd like you to hit me a little bit and give me a blow job.oral sex — Intimate slang; keep it out of public talk.
I'd like you to hit me a little bit and give me a blow job.make it correct
I want to get the order right.negative question: A negative question that carries surprise or reproach rather than a plain request for information.
Depressed. Don't you ever get depressed?be far better than
Cookie shrugs off her job as far better than waitressing.
It's ok. Beats the hell out of waitressing.Hell out of blurs into a single run in fast speech.
It's ok. Beats the hell out of waitressing.a prostitute — Blunt and often derogatory; avoid in formal settings.
You know, it's funny. Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing.empty inside
I'm... I'm spiritually bankrupt. I'm empty.「Harry Begs Her Not to Marry Larry」を読み解く
What's really going on
Harry frames the whole scene as a devil story: "When Larry's around, I smell burning sulfur," he says, and later narrates a tale about the devil abducting his lover to hell. The joke is a dodge. What he really wants is to stop time, because the woman he still loves is about to become unavailable, and the one thing he cannot claim is innocence — "I should never have introduced you." He calls Larry a friend and a devil in the same breath, which is how the film keeps its hero likable while exposing him: a man who wants to possess what he cannot hold, and who turns his own bad choices into other people's evil.
Theme
HeartbreakHarry learns the woman he still loves is marrying his friend tomorrow, and he cannot hide how much it hurts.
Dark humorHe turns his rival into the devil and narrates a hell story, joking to avoid his own regret.
このチャプターで学べること
- Jealousy arrives here as a smell, not a speech.
- Harry regrets the introduction more than the wedding.
- The call girl talks plainer than the writer does.
- Self-doubt is the quietest confession in the scene.
発音のポイント
- didn't think — The t in didn't often drops before think.
- in awe of — In awe of runs together as in-aw-of.
- talk you — Link talk and you so they run together as one sound.
- hell out of — Hell out of blurs into a single run in fast speech.
When Larry's around, I smell burning sulfur.Harry calls his friend Larry the devil in a single line: sulfur is the traditional smell of hell, so being near him feels like evil.
I didn't think I could. I thought I was too damaged.She explains why she never expected to marry: she believed she was too hurt to fall in love, until it happened anyway.
I should never have introduced you.Harry's regret in one sentence: he blames himself for bringing the two of them together, and now he wants to undo it.
But I wasn't in love with you.Her verdict on their past: she admired him and loved him, but the feeling was never the romantic kind he assumed.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Harry say Larry smells of sulfur?
Sulfur is the old symbol of hell and the devil. Harry uses it to call Larry evil and to make himself laugh at a situation that genuinely hurts him.
Does she agree not to marry Larry?
No. She has planned it for months and tells Harry the wedding is tomorrow. He refuses to bless the marriage and tries to talk her out of it, but she goes through with it.
Who is Cookie?
Cookie is a sex worker Harry books later in the scene. The two negotiate what she will do, and then talk about depression, work, and what she takes medicine for.
What does 'beat the hell out of' mean?
It means to be far better than something. Cookie says her work beats the hell out of waitressing, meaning it is much better than waiting tables.
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第 3 章to the moonDeath Comes for Mendel Birnbaum
第 4 章out of focusMel Is Out of Focus
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第 9 章thinly disguisedHarry Meets His Own Creation
第 10 章all mapped outI'm Being Replaced
第 11 章return to one's rootsDoris Confronts Harry About His Book
第 12 章let sleeping dogs lieMax's Dark Secret at the Dinner Table
第 13 章tap-dancingHarry Sleeps With a Therapist's Patient
第 14 章got even withThe Character Born From Harry's Pen
第 15 章call offHarry Shows Up With a Corpse
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