be on a call
See, Daddy? Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders. He's making us lose business.Do the Right Thing · 1989 — 第 9 / 20 章 · 2'14" · B1
Mookie Calls Out Pino, Explained：deep down inside
Pino rants about Mookie and the neighborhood, but Mookie turns it back on him: Pino's favorite basketball player, movie star and rock star are all Black. 'They're not really black,' Pino protests. Mookie's verdict — 'deep down inside, I think you wish you were black' — exposes the contradiction at the heart of his racism.
あらすじ
Inside Sal's pizzeria in Bed-Stuy, Pino complains that Mookie is always on the phone and costing the shop business. Mookie instead asks Pino about his favorite basketball player, movie star and rock star — Magic Johnson, Eddie Murphy, Prince. When Pino insists they're 'not really black,' Mookie tells him he probably wishes he were black himself.
注目の表現
fuck youforget about itall you ever talk aboutdeep down inside
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このシーンの表現
deep down inside
in your true feelings
At the end of the fight, Mookie names the wish Pino will not admit, quietly and to his face.
Deep down inside, she knew he was telling the truth.
このシーンの他の表現
- fuck you
a crude insult
- forget about it
let it go
- all you ever talk about
the one thing you always discuss
- read about
study information on
- keep dreaming
that will never happen
このシーンのメモ一覧
43 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
place an order by phone
See, Daddy? Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders. He's making us lose business.drive customers away
See, Daddy? Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders. He's making us lose business.In fast speech trying to can blur into something like tryna.
See, Daddy? Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders. He's making us lose business.an intensifier curse — A coarse intensifier; too crude for polite or formal talk.
See, Daddy? Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders. He's making us lose business.why is it that
How come niggers are so stupid?a racial slur — A vicious racial slur; never say it in any setting.
How come niggers are so stupid?keep away from
Fuck you and stay off the phone.let it go
With the two men about to boil over, someone tells Mookie to drop it and calm down.
Hey, Mookie, forget about it.for a brief moment
Can I talk to you for a second?Can I usually links into one sound; do not separate the words.
Can I talk to you for a second?the player you like best
What? Pino, who's your favorite basketball player?an obsessed fan — Fine among friends as teasing; avoid it as an insult.
You're a Prince freak. The Boss. Bruce!the one thing you always discuss
Mookie throws Pino's own words back at him, naming the one subject he never stops talking about.
Pino, all you ever talk about is nigger this and nigger that and all your favorite people are so-called niggers.what people call it
Pino, all you ever talk about is nigger this and nigger that and all your favorite people are so-called niggers.make one's meaning clear
I mean, they're not black, I mean... Let me explain myself.in your true feelings
At the end of the fight, Mookie names the wish Pino will not admit, quietly and to his face.
Pino, deep down inside, I think you wish you were black.subjunctive wish: After wish, the past tense were marks a wish opposite to present fact.
Pino, deep down inside, I think you wish you were black.the rumors about someone
And you know what they say about dark Italians.study information on
After naming Pino's Black heroes, Mookie claims he has been reading up on the leaders Pino keeps defending.
I've been reading about your leaders.present perfect continuous: Have been doing shows an action running up to now and still going on.
I've been reading about your leaders.Reading about runs together, with the t in about lightly flapped.
I've been reading about your leaders.I forget his name
And even the other guy, what's his name? Faraman, Fairakan...at some future time
the black man will rise, "We will one day... " What does he say?clause of manner: As introduces manner; did stands in for the earlier verb rule the earth.
"We will one day rule the earth "as we did in our glorious past?"referring to
What past are you talking about?what did I fail to notice
I mean, what did I miss?that will never happen
Mookie says Black people started civilization, and Pino brushes the claim aside as pure fantasy.
Keep dreaming, man. Then you woke up!「Mookie Calls Out Pino」を読み解く
What's really going on
The argument looks like a fight about phone calls and lost orders, but it's really about the contradiction Mookie spots in Pino. Pino rants about the neighborhood and uses slurs freely, yet when Mookie names his heroes — Magic Johnson, Eddie Murphy, Prince — Pino can only splutter: 'They're not really black. I mean, they're black, but they're not really black.' He needs those stars to be exceptions because admitting they're Black would undo the line he draws between 'us' and 'them.' Mookie's reply, 'deep down inside, I think you wish you were black,' lands as both insult and diagnosis. Each man ends up swearing at the other, but the real exchange is about who gets to define identity — and who is afraid of what he admires.
Theme
IdentityPino's heroes are Black, yet he denies their blackness to protect his prejudice; Mookie names the self-denial underneath.
ClassThe argument unfolds inside a white family's pizzeria in a Black neighborhood, where race and turf sit right beside the cash register.
このチャプターで学べること
- A slur can hide behind a fan's love for celebrities.
- Mookie traps Pino with questions instead of shouting.
- The father watches his son lose the argument.
- Deep down inside frames honesty as a quiet challenge.
発音のポイント
- trying to — In fast speech trying to can blur into something like tryna.
- Can I — Can I usually links into one sound; do not separate the words.
- reading about — Reading about runs together, with the t in about lightly flapped.
Pino, all you ever talk about is nigger this and nigger that and all your favorite people are so-called niggers.Mookie points out the contradiction: Pino slurs Black people constantly, yet the celebrities he admires most are Black too.
They're not really black. I mean, they're black, but they're not really black.Pino's attempt to save his prejudice by making his favorite stars exceptions — the sentence collapses on itself as he hears how absurd it sounds.
Pino, deep down inside, I think you wish you were black.Mookie's line: Pino's admiration and imitation of Black culture suggest a buried wish, which is why it stings him so much.
Keep dreaming, man. Then you woke up!A cold dismissal — Pino mocking the idea of Black greatness by saying it's only a fantasy you wake up from.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mookie ask Pino about his favorite stars?
To catch him in a contradiction. Pino complains about Black people all day, yet his favorite player, actor and musician — Magic, Eddie Murphy, Prince — are all Black.
What does Pino mean by 'they're not really black'?
He's trying to keep his heroes as exceptions. If they were 'really' Black to him, his own prejudice would fall apart, so he insists they're different.
Is Mookie right that Pino wishes he were black?
Mookie frames it as a guess about what's underneath. Pino's taste, slang and heroes are all Black culture, which is exactly why the suggestion makes him so angry.
Why do they end up cursing each other?
The talk moves from stars to politics and history and neither will back down. By the end they trade insults, Mookie swearing at Pino's pizza and Pino at Michael Jackson.
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