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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964 — 第 3 / 20 章 · 2'08" · B2

Mandrake Confronts General Ripper, Explained：cause a stink

Mandrake has proof the attack is a mistake — civilian radio is still broadcasting — but Ripper will not bend. "The planes are not going to be recalled," he insists, and "my attack orders have been issued, and the orders stand." Mandrake's appeal to sanity, "we don't want to start a nuclear war unless we have to," changes nothing.

あらすじ

At Burpelson Air Force Base, Group Captain Mandrake brings General Ripper a radio and shows him that civilian stations are still broadcasting — proof, he argues, that no Soviet attack is under way. He urges Ripper to issue the recall code at once. Ripper refuses: the attack orders stand, and he tells Mandrake the officer exchange program gives him no right to question them.

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このシーンの表現

cause a stink

provoke a scandal

Mandrake warns that suppressing the radio news will cause a stink, naming the scandal in advance.

The cover-up caused a stink that never went away.

このシーンの他の表現

  • crop up

    appear unexpectedly

  • impound

    seize and hold

  • prerogative

    an exclusive right

  • recall code

    the code that calls planes back

  • orders stand

    the order remains in force

このシーンのメモ一覧

27 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1crop up

appear unexpectedly

Mandrake opens by saying something interesting has cropped up, making an emergency sound casual.

Excuse me, sir. Something rather interesting has just cropped up.
表現 · B2test someone's readiness

check how ready you are

Have given us some sort of exercise to test our readiness.
表現 · B1take things too far

go too far

Personally, I think it's taking things a bit too far.
スラング · B2churning it out

pumping it out — Casual; describes nonstop repeating or producing.

Listen to that. Full of stations all churning it out.
表現 · B2issue instructions

give orders

I issued instructions for all radios to be impounded.
表現 · B2in the process of doing something

in the middle of doing

I was in the process of impounding this very one when I happened to switch it on.
発音happened to

The d in happened flaps, and to weakens to tə.

I was in the process of impounding this very one when I happened to switch it on.
表現 · B2cause a stink

provoke a scandal

Mandrake warns that suppressing the radio news will cause a stink, naming the scandal in advance.

I'd better tell you, because if they do, it'll cause a stink.
スラング · B2stink

a public fuss — Informal; means a public scandal or fuss.

I'd better tell you, because if they do, it'll cause a stink.
表現 · B2question someone's orders

challenge someone's orders

Does not give you any special prerogatives to question my orders.
表現 · B1unless we have to

unless forced to

We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we have to, do we?
文法 · B2unless we have to

condition clause: Unless means if not and sets the condition under which the rule does not apply.

We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we have to, do we?
発音have to

Have to sounds like hafta, with the v nearly gone.

We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we have to, do we?
文法 · A2turn that thing off

imperative: A bare verb starts an imperative, giving an order with the subject left out.

Please, sit down. And turn that thing off.
表現 · B2issue the recall code

send the recall signal

What about the planes, sir? Surely we must issue the recall code immediately.
表現 · B2orders stand

the order remains in force

Ripper declares the attack orders issued and the orders stand, sealing off every retreat.

My attack orders have been issued, and the orders stand.
表現 · B2be not with someone

fail to follow someone

What if it is true? I'm afraid I'm still not with you, sir.
文法 · B1What if

hypothetical question: What if raises a hypothetical case and asks what would follow.

What if it is true? I'm afraid I'm still not with you, sir.
表現 · B2something wrong

a serious mistake

Well, I would say, sir, That there was something dreadfully wrong somewhere.
スラング · C1dreadfully

extremely (British) — British and emphatic; often slightly dramatic.

Well, I would say, sir, That there was something dreadfully wrong somewhere.
表現 · B1take it easy

calm down

As Mandrake keeps pushing, Ripper snaps that he should take it easy, treating his alarm as childish.

Why don't you take it easy, group captain?
発音don't you

In fast speech don't you blurs into doncha.

Why don't you take it easy, group captain?
スラング · B1take it easy

calm down — Everyday speech for calming someone down.

Why don't you take it easy, group captain?

「Mandrake Confronts General Ripper」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a polite disagreement between a man who still believes in reason and a man who has left it behind. Mandrake builds his case carefully: the broadcasts prove there is no attack, so the orders must be wrong, so the recall code should be sent. Ripper answers not with arguments but with authority and, when pressed, with menace disguised as calm — "Why don't you take it easy, group captain?" The real horror is how ordinary the exchange sounds. Ripper never shouts; he simply states that "the orders stand," which is the logic of nuclear deterrence taken to its end: once launched, nothing may be stopped because stopping would admit a mistake. Mandrake's summing-up — "there was something dreadfully wrong somewhere" — is the film's quiet thesis. The system is not broken by madness; it merely runs on it.

Theme

PowerRipper hides behind rank: questioning his orders is not permitted, regardless of the facts.
SatireA nuclear launch is discussed in the tone of an office disagreement about procedure.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Politeness here is a knife wrapped in a napkin.
  • Authority is defended with procedure, not argument.
  • The refusal is quiet and total.
  • A British officer's calm makes the panic sharper.

発音のポイント

  • happened to — The d in happened flaps, and to weakens to tə.
  • have to — Have to sounds like hafta, with the v nearly gone.
  • don't you — In fast speech don't you blurs into doncha.
We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we have to, do we?

Mandrake's appeal to common sense, phrased as a shared wish: surely no one wants a nuclear war for no reason.

The planes are not going to be recalled.

Ripper's flat refusal: there will be no recall, no matter what Mandrake says. The sentence closes the door on argument.

My attack orders have been issued, and the orders stand.

His justification is pure procedure: the orders were issued, therefore they remain valid, with no thought to whether they are right.

Does not give you any special prerogatives to question my orders.

Ripper reminds Mandrake of his place: their exchange program gives him no authority to challenge a commanding officer's orders.

Well, I would say, sir, That there was something dreadfully wrong somewhere.

Mandrake's careful verdict: something in this chain of command is deeply wrong, though he cannot yet say what.

I'd better tell you, because if they do, it'll cause a stink.

Mandrake's reason for speaking up at all: he reports the news because suppressing it would raise a scandal.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mandrake want to recall the planes?

He believes the attack is a mistake. Civilian radio is still broadcasting, which suggests no Soviet attack is happening, so he urges Ripper to send the recall code immediately.

Why does Ripper refuse to recall the planes?

He says his attack orders have been issued and they stand. He treats the launch as irreversible and refuses to let Mandrake question his authority.

What does 'cause a stink' mean?

It means to create a scandal or a lot of angry public reaction. Mandrake warns that if the truth comes out, it will cause a stink.

What is the officer exchange program mentioned in the scene?

It is the arrangement that brought the British officer Mandrake to the base. Ripper uses it to say it gives Mandrake no special right to challenge his orders.

What does Mandrake think is going on with the attack?

He suspects it is a mistake. He tells Ripper that something is 'dreadfully wrong somewhere,' and worries that acting on the orders will start a nuclear war for no reason.

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