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Do the Right Thing · 1989 — 第 4 / 20 章 · 2'09" · B1

Buggin Out Wants Brothers on the Wall, Explained：have some say

Buggin Out wants Black faces on Sal's wall of fame. Sal answers, "This is my pizzeria," and the argument turns on who gets to decide what belongs on a wall paid for by someone else's money. "Since we spend much money here, we do have some say."

あらすじ

At Sal's Famous Pizzeria in Brooklyn, Buggin Out looks at the wall of celebrity photos and asks Mookie why there is not a single Black face on it. Mookie tells him to take it up with Sal. Sal refuses, saying the wall honors American-Italians only, and the two argue until Sal orders Buggin Out out of the store.

ArgumentsAccusationsConfrontingSaying noStaff & customerB1fastamerican
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注目の表現

brothersget your own placehave some saykick yourself out

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このシーンの表現

have some say

have a voice in it

Buggin' Out argues that Black customers spend real money here, so they should be heard.

The staff want to have some say in how the new schedule is set.

このシーンの他の表現

  • brothers

    Black men, Black folks

  • get your own place

    open your own business

  • kick yourself out

    make yourself leave

  • fuck my shit up

    ruin someone's situation

  • boycott

    refuse to buy from

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2How come + subject + verb?

why (casual)

How come you got no brothers up on the wall?
表現 · A2one's own place

a place of your own

Get your own place. You can do what you wanna do.
発音wanna do

Wanna and do run together into almost one word.

Get your own place. You can do what you wanna do.
表現 · A2whoever you want

anyone you choose

You can put your brothers and uncles and nieces and nephews, your stepfather, stepmother, whoever you want. See?
表現 · B1own something

it belongs to you

Yeah, that might be fine, Sal, but you own this.
表現 · A2eat in here

dining inside

Rarely do I see any American-Italians eating in here.
文法 · B2Rarely do I see

inversion: Moving a negative adverb to the front flips the subject and the auxiliary do.

Rarely do I see any American-Italians eating in here.
表現 · B1have a say in something

have a voice in it

Buggin' Out argues that Black customers spend real money here, so they should be heard.

So since we spend much money here, we do have some say.
文法 · B1we do have

emphatic do: The extra do stresses the verb: we really do have a say.

So since we spend much money here, we do have some say.
表現 · B1look for trouble

asking for a fight

You looking for trouble?
発音You looking

The are is swallowed, so it sounds like you looking.

You looking for trouble?
スラング · B2ball-breaker

an exhausting person — Half joke, half insult; avoid it in formal talk.

You're a ball-breaker.
文法 · B1Suppose I busted

hypothetical suppose: Suppose plus a past tense frames an imagined, unreal situation.

Suppose I busted your head. How would you...
表現 · B1kick someone out

force me to leave

What, you gonna kick me out now? You gonna kick me out?
文法 · B1you gonna kick

spoken ellipsis: The auxiliary are is dropped in speech: you gonna means you are going to.

What, you gonna kick me out now? You gonna kick me out?
表現 · B1kick yourself out

make yourself leave

Sal denies throwing the man out and pins it on him for making himself leave.

I'm not kicking you. You're kicking yourself out.
発音not kicking

The t in not usually drops before the k sound.

I'm not kicking you. You're kicking yourself out.
表現 · B1boycott something

refuse to shop there

Boycott Sal's. Yo, what you laughing at?
表現 · A2pay for something

I paid for it

Mookie, I paid for my slice, man!
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Everyday speech; too casual for writing.

I gotta work here, man. You're fucking my shit up, man!
表現 · B1between A and B

a matter for us two

It's between me and Sal, man. You're fucking me up!
スラング · A2ain't

am not — Nonstandard; keep it out of formal writing.

I ain't trying to fuck you up, Mook.
スラング · B2fuck you up

harm you badly — Vulgar; only in heated casual talk.

I ain't trying to fuck you up, Mook.
表現 · A2come back in + time

return a week later

Look, come back in a week, it'll be squashed, all right?
スラング · B1squashed

settled, patched up — Casual; about a fight blowing over.

Look, come back in a week, it'll be squashed, all right?
スラング · B2Bet

deal, agreed — Street slang for sealing a deal with friends.

Yeah. Bet. All right? Bet.

「Buggin Out Wants Brothers on the Wall」を読み解く

What's really going on

The fight is not really about photographs. Buggin Out is testing a simple idea: if Black customers keep Sal's in business, they should have a voice in how the place represents them. Sal hears that as a challenge to the only thing he feels he owns, and answers with property: "Get your own place. You can do what you wanna do." Mookie, caught between his boss and his friend, tries to defuse things and lands the scene's sharpest line: "I'm not kicking you. You're kicking yourself out." The scene stages the film's central tension in miniature, who belongs in the neighborhood, and who gets to decide. Buggin Out leaves calling for a boycott, planting the idea that returns later.

Theme

IdentitySal's wall decides whose faces count as the neighborhood; Buggin Out insists Black customers belong in the picture too.
PowerSal owns the store and the wall, but Buggin Out argues that spending money there should earn customers a say.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A wall of photos can turn into an argument about who belongs.
  • Sal answers a question about race with a claim about ownership.
  • Mookie is stuck between a customer and his boss.
  • The boycott shout is anger, not a plan.

発音のポイント

  • wanna do — Wanna and do run together into almost one word.
  • You looking — The are is swallowed, so it sounds like you looking.
  • not kicking — The t in not usually drops before the k sound.
I'm not kicking you. You're kicking yourself out.

Mookie refuses to take the blame for throwing Buggin Out out: he says Buggin Out's own behavior is what got him ejected, not Sal's order.

Get your own place. You can do what you wanna do.

Sal's answer to the wall complaint: if you want a place that looks the way you like, open your own. As the owner, he claims the right to decide what hangs inside.

So since we spend much money here, we do have some say.

Buggin Out's argument for representation: Black customers are the ones paying the bills, so they should have a voice in how the shop is run and decorated.

Rarely do I see any American-Italians eating in here.

Buggin Out's comeback to Sal's claim about honoring American-Italians: the people actually eating in the pizzeria are Black, so the wall does not match the customers it serves.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Buggin Out want Black faces on Sal's wall?

The wall is covered with photos of Italian-American celebrities, while most of Sal's customers are Black. Buggin Out sees the wall as a sign of who the neighborhood is told counts, and wants it to include people who look like the people who eat there.

Is Sal being racist, or just defending his own store?

Sal says the wall shows American-Italians only because the pizzeria is his. He is proud of his family's place and sees the demand as an attack. The movie lets both sides speak, so the scene is less about one villain than about who gets to control a shared space.

What does "brothers" mean when Buggin Out says it?

Here brothers is not about siblings. It is Black slang for Black men, roughly "my people" or "Black brothers." Buggin Out wants photos of Black figures, not just his own relatives, on the wall.

What happens after Sal orders Buggin Out out of the store?

Buggin Out leaves shouting "Boycott Sal's" and keeps pushing the idea of a boycott on the street. The anger over the wall and the way it is handled builds through the day and feeds into the film's explosive ending.

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