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Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 7 / 25 章 · 2'07" · B1

Kate and Mindy Prep Backstage, Explained：here we go again

Backstage before their first TV appearance, Kate and Mindy rehearse what they will say — discovery, then urgency. But the nerves win: Mindy takes Xanax and has been drinking, while Kate talks herself down. "He's got this," someone insists, even as the odds of holding it together shrink by the minute.

あらすじ

Backstage before their interview on a morning show, Kate and Mindy are prepped for the cameras. A stylist offers to trim Mindy's beard, and the two plan their segment: Mindy explains the discovery, Kate presses the urgency of action. Mindy, badly nervous, takes Xanax and has been drinking, and Kate tries to calm herself.

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注目の表現

assholes will always be assholeshelp with your wardrobetrim something downspeak up

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このシーンの表現

here we go again

this again

Mindy insists it is only two glasses, and someone sighs here we go again at the same old excuse.

Here we go again, the printer is jammed for the third time.

このシーンの他の表現

  • assholes will always be assholes

    jerks never change

  • help with your wardrobe

    sort out your clothes

  • trim something down

    cut something shorter

  • speak up

    talk louder

  • have got this

    can handle it

このシーンのメモ一覧

30 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2someone must be ...

surely is

-You must be Dr. Mindy and Miss Dibiasky? -Yes.
表現 · A2be excited to do something

eager to do something

Jack and Brie are so excited to have you on the show.
表現 · A2know who someone is

our identity

Really? They know who we are?
文法 · B1is denying they even met

object clause: The verb deny takes a whole clause as its object, with that left out in speech.

White House is denying they even met with them.
スラング · B2assholes

jerks — A crude insult; never say it to someone's face at work.

Well, assholes will always be assholes.
表現 · A2help with something

assist with something

The Herald sent me to help with your wardrobe.
表現 · A2How 'bout we do something?

how about

How 'bout if we trim this beard down a little bit and-- I love your hair.
発音How 'bout

The a in about drops, so how about becomes how 'bout.

How 'bout if we trim this beard down a little bit and-- I love your hair.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

How are we gonna do this? I talk about the discovery and you…
表現 · A2take action

act

talk about how urgent it is that we take action.
表現 · A2something would be nice

would be welcome

Yeah, water. Yeah, water would be nice.
発音benevolent elephants

Stress the ne in benevolent and the first syllable of elephants.

Eleven benevolent elephants. Eleven benevolent elephants.
表現 · A2not this time

not now

Kate, not this time. Not this time.
表現 · A2speak up

talk louder

Backstage, Kate tells the nervous Mindy to breathe and speak up, half coaching and half soothing.

He just needs to breathe and speak up. You know?
文法 · A2needs to breathe and speak up

parallel infinitives: Two infinitives share one to, so breathe and speak up both follow needs.

He just needs to breathe and speak up. You know?
表現 · B1have got this

can handle it

Backstage Kate insists Mindy can handle the live show, steadying him with her certainty.

He's got this. I know he does.
文法 · A2He's got

have got: He's got is short for he has got, used for possession or ability in speech.

He's got this. I know he does.
発音He's got

He's is weak, and the stress falls on got.

He's got this. I know he does.
表現 · A2stop doing something

quit drinking

You gotta stop drinking the cheap shit.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Very casual; fine with friends, not in formal talk.

You gotta stop drinking the cheap shit.
スラング · B2cheap shit

cheap junk — Casual and crude; keep it among friends.

You gotta stop drinking the cheap shit.
表現 · A2X and a half

two point five

-It's only two glasses. -Yeah, two and a half.
表現 · A2make sure that ...

ensure that

Let's make sure that our eye lines, that we're not looking at Jack and Brie, please, all right?
文法 · B2that we're not looking at Jack and Brie

appositive clause: The second that-clause spells out what the eye lines instruction actually means.

Let's make sure that our eye lines, that we're not looking at Jack and Brie, please, all right?
発音looking at

Looking and at link into one sound.

Let's make sure that our eye lines, that we're not looking at Jack and Brie, please, all right?
表現 · B2cue something

roll the clip

And cue the package.

「Kate and Mindy Prep Backstage」を読み解く

What's really going on

Two scientists are about to go on a light morning show to warn the world, and the scene is all preparation: how they will stand, what they will say, where they will look. Kate keeps feeding Mindy the plan — "talk about how urgent it is that we take action" — while Mindy is barely holding on, taking Xanax and drinking before going live. The show's hosts are excited to have them, and the White House is already denying the meeting ever happened: "Well, assholes will always be assholes." What the backstage bustle hides is how alone they are. Kate can only repeat "You are here now" to keep herself steady, and someone encourages Mindy with "He's got this." Nobody in the room is ready.

Theme

SatireThe scientists who must warn the world are reduced to nervous guests being styled and coached for a morning show.
AbsurdityA civilization-ending message is delivered by a man on Xanax who has been drinking before airtime.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The pep talk is two plain verbs: breathe and speak up.
  • A tongue twister is doing the work of a calming ritual.
  • The White House denial is treated as just another fact.
  • Here we go again says the excuses have already been heard.

発音のポイント

  • How 'bout — The a in about drops, so how about becomes how 'bout.
  • benevolent elephants — Stress the ne in benevolent and the first syllable of elephants.
  • He's got — He's is weak, and the stress falls on got.
  • looking at — Looking and at link into one sound.
Well, assholes will always be assholes.

The reaction to the White House denying the meeting: a shrug of weary contempt, not anger, from people who expected to be disbelieved.

You are here now. You are here now. You are here now.

Kate's grounding mantra before going on air: a breathing exercise to stop herself from panicking about the situation.

He just needs to breathe and speak up. You know?

Someone in the crew describes the plan for Mindy: get steady and get loud, which is really a description of everything that is going wrong.

He's got this. I know he does.

A reassurance offered more to the speaker than to Mindy: everyone keeps insisting he will be fine, and nobody sounds convinced.

You gotta stop drinking the cheap shit.

A blunt instruction from one of the handlers as Mindy drinks before the show, naming his habit without tact.

このシーンについての質問

What is Kate and Mindy's plan for the interview?

Mindy will describe the discovery of the comet, and Kate will follow by stressing how urgent it is to take action. They rehearse the order backstage before going on the air.

Why is Mindy so nervous before the show?

He is about to tell a mass audience that a comet may destroy the world, on a show that treats it as light entertainment. He takes Xanax and has been drinking to get through it.

Who is Thalia?

Thalia is the stylist sent by The Herald to help with Mindy's wardrobe. She offers to trim his beard, and Mindy flatly refuses the outfit she brings.

What does 'here we go again' mean here?

It signals weary familiarity rather than surprise. When they notice Mindy has been drinking before going live, the line 'Here we go again' means this is nothing new.

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