Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 23 / 25 章 · 4'34" · B2

Just Look Up vs Don't Look Up, Explained:look down one's nose at someone

The comet is finally visible, so the fight moves from data to branding. One side chants "Just look up"; the other answers "Don't look up," calling the sky-watchers elitists. A talk show turns the whole thing into vibes, not survival.

あらすじ

Kate Dibiasky and Dr. Mindy watch the comet turn visible on live TV. A phone call catches Mindy in Lansing, trying to repair things with June, while the person on the other end is in Illinois offering to come find him. As the comet nears, rival crowds chant "Just look up" and "Don't look up," and talk-show hosts keep it all breezy.

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注目の表現

a long streakfull of shitlook down one's nose at someonerob someone of something

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  1. ❝ 独白The appeal to look up7 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白The demagogue's pitch8 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

look down one's nose at someone

to treat someone as inferior

The agitator tells the kids that the people urging them to look up actually sneer at them.

She looks down her nose at anyone who did not go to college.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a long streak

    a long trailing line

  • full of shit

    talking complete nonsense

  • rob someone of something

    to take something from someone

  • points both up and down

    a pin that points both ways

  • virtue signaling

    showy moral posturing

このシーンのメモ一覧

70 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ

表現 · A2at the same time

simultaneously

It's horrific and it's… And it's beautiful at the same time.
表現 · A2this whole time

all along

We tried to tell you this whole time. It's right there. It's…
表現 · A2right there

right at that spot

It's right there, Kate.
文法 · B1onto a roof, onto your sidewalk

parallel phrases: Two parallel onto-phrases stack places into a list-like rhythm.

Go outside into your yard, onto a roof, onto your sidewalk, and just look up into the sky.
発音look up into

Link look up into into one smooth run.

Go outside into your yard, onto a roof, onto your sidewalk, and just look up into the sky.
表現 · B2a long streak of something

a long trailing line

On air, Mindy describes what to look for: a fuzzy star with a long bright streak behind it.

The star's gonna appear fuzzy. It's got a long streak coming off of it.
表現 · B2be full of shit

talking complete nonsense

Mindy closes the argument on air: anyone saying otherwise is full of shit.

If anyone tells you any different, they're full of shit.
発音full of

Link full of; the of weakens to a schwa.

If anyone tells you any different, they're full of shit.
スラング · B2full of shit

talking nonsense — Blunt and rude; friends only.

If anyone tells you any different, they're full of shit.
表現 · A2look up into the sky

raise your eyes to the sky

Just look up into the sky.
表現 · B2screw something

forget about the manatees

Guys, please just look up, okay? Screw the manatees and just look up.
スラング · B2Screw

to hell with; forget — Casual dismissal; not for polite talk.

Guys, please just look up, okay? Screw the manatees and just look up.
文法 · B2make it so we can all have a home

dummy object it: In make it so that, it is a dummy object holding the real clause.

Dr. Mindy, the president's plan to save Earth and make it so we can all have a home is going to work, right?
表現 · B2look down one's nose at someone

to treat someone as inferior

The agitator tells the kids that the people urging them to look up actually sneer at them.

They want you to look up because they are looking down their noses at you.
文法 · B1because they are looking down their noses

cause clause: The because-clause supplies the supposed motive behind the request.

They want you to look up because they are looking down their noses at you.
表現 · A2better than someone

superior to you

They think they're better than you.
表現 · B2rob someone of something

to take something from someone

The agitator shouts that they mean to rob the crowd of freedom, stamping it as fact.

They wanna rob you of your freedom, and that's a fact!
表現 · A2be a part of something

take part in

…has not included India or any other nation in the world to be a part of this mission.
文法 · B2to be a part of this mission

infinitive phrase: The infinitive explains what the nations were left out of.

…has not included India or any other nation in the world to be a part of this mission.
スラング · C1dumbfuck

idiot (vulgar) — A very heavy insult; do not use it.

Don't listen to that dumbfuck.
表現 · C1a deflective mission

a mission to deflect it

The United Nations have been considering its own deflective mission.
スラング · B2for fuck's sake

an exasperated plea — Very rude; strong frustration only.

-[laughing] -Just look up, for fuck's sake!
表現 · C1virtue signaling

showy moral posturing

Promoting his movie, the guest says the country should stop arguing and virtue signaling and just get along.

Because I think, as a country, we need to stop arguing and virtue signaling. Just get along.
表現 · A2get along (with someone)

coexist peacefully

Because I think, as a country, we need to stop arguing and virtue signaling. Just get along.
発音get along

Link get and along into one unit.

Because I think, as a country, we need to stop arguing and virtue signaling. Just get along.
表現 · B2a popcorn movie

an easy crowd-pleaser

Promoting his film, the guest calls it a popcorn movie for everyone, not a serious work.

It's for everyone. You know? It's a popcorn movie.
表現 · B1keep an eye on something

watch closely

You keep your eye on the road ahead, you put your head down.
表現 · B1put one's head down

work without fuss

You keep your eye on the road ahead, you put your head down.
表現 · B1put one foot in front of the other

keep moving steadily

The guest tells people to keep their head down and take things one step at a time.

And you put one foot in front of the other, step by step.
表現 · A2step by step

gradually

And you put one foot in front of the other, step by step.
発音foot in front

The t in foot in flaps, sounding like foo-din.

And you put one foot in front of the other, step by step.
表現 · B1loud and clear

unmistakably clear

So we wanna say something loud and clear.
表現 · B2exploit something for profit

profit off it

There is no safe way to bring this comet back to Earth and exploit it for profit. It cannot be done!

「Just Look Up vs Don't Look Up」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the movie's thesis in montage: once the comet is visible, the argument is no longer about evidence but about identity. The counter-rally doesn't dispute the sky; it attacks the people pointing at it — "They want you to look up because they are looking down their noses at you." That single line flips curiosity into class resentment. Meanwhile the friendly talk-show line — "we need to stop arguing and virtue signaling. Just get along" — sounds warm but treats extinction as a mood problem. Even Kate's plea gets diluted, drowned out by the catchy "Just look up" chant. The scary part isn't disagreement; it's that everyone has a slogan and a segment, and the comet keeps coming anyway.

Theme

SatireDueling chants and a breezy talk show treat a planet-killer as branding, not a crisis.
AbsurdityEveryone has a slogan and a camera while the comet keeps falling.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The same chant can serve opposite camps.
  • Fear is the real product being sold here.
  • A popcorn movie is used to lower the stakes.
  • Looking up is reframed as an elite trick.

発音のポイント

  • look up into — Link look up into into one smooth run.
  • full of — Link full of; the of weakens to a schwa.
  • get along — Link get and along into one unit.
  • foot in front — The t in foot in flaps, sounding like foo-din.
It's horrific and it's… And it's beautiful at the same time.

Mindy is finally seeing the comet he predicted. The awe and the dread arrive together: something sublime and something lethal in the same object.

Go outside into your yard, onto a roof, onto your sidewalk, and just look up into the sky.

The movement's instructions, deliberately plain: step outside, look up, see it yourself. It turns the comet from a headline into something anyone can witness.

If anyone tells you any different, they're full of shit.

A blunt warning that everything else — denials, spin, other explanations — is a lie. Trust your own eyes over anyone's talking points.

Every single man, woman and child on this planet is going to die.

Mindy's answer on live TV to whether the president's plan will work. He skips the caveats: total extinction is the baseline, not a worst case.

They want you to look up because they are looking down their noses at you.

The counter-rally's spin: the people urging you to see the comet are condescending elites. It reframes evidence as arrogance.

They wanna rob you of your freedom, and that's a fact!

The chant casts looking at the sky as a loss of liberty, borrowing the language of freedom to keep people from checking for themselves.

There is no safe way to bring this comet back to Earth and exploit it for profit. It cannot be done!

The scientists' rebuttal to BASH's mining plan: the comet can't be harvested safely. It's a warning, not a negotiation.

Nations of the world, defy Orlean and BASH!

An appeal to other countries to launch their own deflection missions, bypassing the US-led plan. It turns a science problem into a global standoff.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the crowd chant "Don't look up"?

The counter-rally argues that looking up only makes people afraid. In their telling, the scientists pointing at the sky are elitists who want to control ordinary people — so refusing to look becomes a badge of freedom.

What does "virtue signaling" mean here?

It's the talk show's jab at public, performative moralizing — saying the right thing to look good rather than to fix anything. The host uses it to lump serious warnings in with political posturing.

Is the comet actually visible to everyone?

Yes. Kate and Mindy say the star looks fuzzy with a long streak — "that's the comet's tail" — and urge people to see it with their own eyes. The debate in this scene is about what it means, not whether it's there.

Why does Mindy say everyone is going to die?

A viewer asks if the president's plan to save Earth will work. Mindy answers flatly that every man, woman and child will die, refusing to sugarcoat it on live television while BASH is still promising a profitable rescue.

Why is everyone so divided about looking at the sky?

Because the comet has become a political identity. Once BASH and the president frame the response as a choice between fear and optimism, the plain fact of the comet gets swallowed by team loyalty, and simple acts like looking up turn into statements.

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