praise him insincerely
So, I thought he was the ambassador. I was just flattering him.Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 19 / 25 章 · 2'35" · B2
June doesn't walk in screaming. She lets Brie run the polite version of the affair, then answers with "You wanna skip the part where you feel bad for screwing my husband?" — calm, surgical, and far more devastating than any shouting match.
Randall Mindy has become famous overnight, and his wife June shows up at Brie Evantee's place to find him with the TV host. What follows is a three-way conversation: Brie tries to skip the awkward apology, June refuses, and before she leaves she walks Brie through every medication Randall takes.
注目の表現
goddamntails between our legsego the size of Texaswork out
このシーンの表現
a huge ego
Brie mocks a former waiter whose self-importance has grown enormous.
Since the promotion his ego is the size of Texas.
damn, as emphasis
slinking away ashamed
turn out well
sarcastic praise
look after
37 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
praise him insincerely
So, I thought he was the ambassador. I was just flattering him.enormous
Well, he was a waiter. Now he's got an ego the size of Texas.why are you here
June, what, uh… What are you doing here, sweetie?have a hunch
Had a feeling something was going on and just…pass over
Oh, can we just skip past this part, please?smugly moral
Where you get to feel self-righteous and we put our tails between our legs. It is just so boring.noun clause: Where here opens a noun clause describing the kind of scene she means.
Where you get to feel self-righteous and we put our tails between our legs. It is just so boring.Link between and our, almost like betwee-nour.
Where you get to feel self-righteous and we put our tails between our legs. It is just so boring.feel guilty about
You wanna skip the part where you feel bad for screwing my husband?relative clause: The where-clause specifies which part she means to skip.
You wanna skip the part where you feel bad for screwing my husband?enjoy oneself greatly
Randall and I are having a wonderful time. So, I think the question is,honey — Affectionate or patronizing; friends and family only.
Well, June, sweetie…They're weakens to thər before complicated.
Sometimes in life things are, you know, they're complicated and they just-- [Mrs. Mindy] Oh, okay.look after
Brie offers to teach June how to look after Randall, a boast dressed as help.
on how to take care of Randall.Take care of runs together with a soft of.
on how to take care of Randall.sudden anxiety attacks
Yeah, here's the Xanax he takes for his panic attacks.putting on weight
Oh. Appetite suppressant to counteract the weight gain from his other meds.the nation's sexiest expert
And, uh, for America's sexiest scientist, a bottle of goddamn Cialis!damn — Crude; avoid in formal or polite settings.
And, uh, for America's sexiest scientist, a bottle of goddamn Cialis!on TV
I guess I'll just tell your sons that Dad's fucking the lady on our television.turn out well
After Brie leaves, Randall admits he briefly believed it might work.
I really thought for a second that was gonna work out.going to — Spoken shorthand; write going to instead.
I really thought for a second that was gonna work out.The scene is a power struggle disguised as a polite conversation. Brie never apologizes; she tries to manage the moment, asking to "skip past this part" and calling the expected guilt scene boring. June answers by naming the trade openly: "do we keep having a wonderful time or does he go back with you to Wisconsin?" But the real weapon is the medication list. By calmly handing over his Xanax, Zoloft, and Cialis, June turns his new fame inside out and shows what a life with him actually costs. Randall, meanwhile, says almost nothing — he lets the two women decide his future, and even agrees that June "is actually right." Brie's closing line, that she "thought for a second that was gonna work out," reveals she was treating the whole thing as a bet she might win.
Well, he was a waiter. Now he's got an ego the size of Texas.June reduces Randall to what he used to be and mocks how much his self-importance has grown since he got famous. It's a put-down aimed at both his ego and his new life.
Where you get to feel self-righteous and we put our tails between our legs. It is just so boring.Brie dreads the predictable apology scene where June gets to act righteous and she and Randall back off in shame. Calling it boring is her way of dodging responsibility.
do we keep having a wonderful time or does he go back with you to Wisconsin?Brie puts the choice to Randall as a simple contest: stay with her, or go home with June. She even guesses the wrong state, which shows how little she knows about him.
And, uh, for America's sexiest scientist, a bottle of goddamn Cialis!While handing over his pills, June names his erectile-dysfunction medication and mocks the media title he's been given. The word goddamn adds a final, bitter punch.
I guess I'll just tell your sons that Dad's fucking the lady on our television.June's exit line turns his fame into a family wound: his own children will hear about the TV anchor he's sleeping with. It works as a threat to expose him.
I really thought for a second that was gonna work out.Brie admits she believed the arrangement might actually last. The line shows she was treating the affair as something with a future, not just a fling.
She stays calm on purpose. Screaming would hand Brie the moral high ground, so June answers coldly, listing his medications as a way to show what taking care of him really involves.
Manage the fallout. She asks to skip the apology, reframes the affair as a choice Randall can make, and seems to believe she can win him. Her last line suggests she thought it might work.
It's her way of taking him apart without raising her voice. The list — anxiety pills, antidepressants, blood pressure medicine, even Cialis — makes his new, glamorous life look fragile and deeply unglamorous.
She means the humiliating retreat where she and Randall would have to admit fault. She says it to dismiss the expected apology scene as boring.
No. He barely speaks, agrees that June is right, and never commits. The decision is left hanging, which is part of the point — he lets others define the outcome.
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