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Fargo · 1996 — 第 3 / 16 章 · 2'42" · B1

Jerry Sells the TruCoat, Explained：talk in circles

At the dealership, Jerry keeps pushing the same TruCoat charge. The customer stands his ground — "I sat right here and said I didn't want any TruCoat." — and the talk goes around and around until the meeting ends with an accusation rather than a deal.

あらすじ

What happens: at the dealership, Jerry keeps pushing the TruCoat charge and says it comes installed from the factory, so there is nothing he can do. The customer insists he never wanted it, and the back-and-forth ends with him calling Jerry a liar. In a parallel thread, two men in a car argue about where to stop.

ShoppingArgumentsComplainingConfrontingStaff & customerB1fastamerican
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注目の表現

goddamntalk in circlesbald-faced liarthere's nothing we can do

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このシーンの表現

talk in circles

talk without getting anywhere

The customer says Jerry keeps circling the point instead of answering.

We keep talking in circles and never decide anything.

このシーンの他の表現

  • goddamn

    a crude intensifier

  • bald-faced liar

    a shameless liar

  • there's nothing we can do

    we are powerless here

  • get something over with

    finish something unpleasant

  • seeing as

    since, considering

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2stop at a place

pause at a place

We stop at Pancakes House.
表現 · A1have something for breakfast

as the morning meal

What are you, nuts? We had pancakes for breakfast.
発音What are you

What are you blurs into a single watcha-like sound.

What are you, nuts? We had pancakes for breakfast.
スラング · B1nuts

crazy — Casual for crazy; keep it for people you know.

What are you, nuts? We had pancakes for breakfast.
表現 · B1get a shot

have a small drink here a shot is a small glass of liquor

Gotta go to a place where I can get a shot
表現 · A2outside of a place

beyond the town

We can stop outside of Brainerd.
スラング · B2get laid

have sex — Vulgar slang; never use it in polite company.

I know a place there where we can get laid. What do you think?
表現 · B1line one

call on line one

Lou Diamond, line one.
表現 · B1go over something

review something

We sat right here in this room and went over this and over this.
表現 · B1go in circles

without progress

You're talking in circles.
表現 · B1go over something

review it again

You're talking like we didn't go over this already.
文法 · B1like we didn't go over this

as if clause: Spoken like works as as if, followed by a full clause about the past.

You're talking like we didn't go over this already.
文法 · C1darned if you didn't tell me

emphatic negation: Darned if plus a negative doubles back to mean you certainly did tell me.

You sat there and darned if you didn't tell me
表現 · B1waste someone's time

take up my time

And here you are, and you're wasting my time and my wife's time,
表現 · A2at the factory

at the plant

See, they install that TruCoat at the factory.
表現 · B1there's nothing we can do

we are powerless here

Jerry blames the factory, shrugs that nothing can be done, then offers to ask his boss.

There's nothing we can do, but I'll talk to my boss.
表現 · A2it's always the same

never any different

It's always the same. It's always more.
スラング · A2You betcha

you bet — A folksy upper-Midwest way to say sure.

You betcha.
表現 · A2an extra one

a spare ticket

You wouldn't have an extra ticket?
文法 · B2seeing as

causal clause: Seeing as means since, introducing a shared reason in casual speech.

but seeing as it's special circumstances and all,
表現 · A2lie to someone

told me a lie

You lied to me, Mr. Lundegaard.
スラング · B2bald-faced

shameless — A heavy word for lying without shame.

You're a bald-faced liar.
発音Where's my

The d in where's often drops, so it runs like wher-z-my.

Where's my goddamn checkbook?
表現 · B1get something over with

finish something unpleasant

With the fight going nowhere, the customer just wants to sign and leave.

Let's get this over with.
発音get this

American t flaps to a soft d in get; keep the th in this.

Let's get this over with.

「Jerry Sells the TruCoat」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a small battle over money and face. Jerry never actually answers the complaint; he repeats the TruCoat point and hides behind the factory and his boss, letting the customer wear himself out. The customer, meanwhile, keeps insisting on what was promised: "I sat right here and said I didn't want any TruCoat." The small talk about Sunday's game is an attempt to smooth things over, but the money still sits between them, and by the end patience is gone: "You're a bald-faced liar." Under the polite Minnesota manners, this is pressure and evasion — Jerry is stalling because he cannot give the customer what he promised, and the customer finally names what he sees.

Theme

MoneyA small charge becomes the whole fight: Jerry needs the sale, the customer refuses to pay more.
LiesJerry repeats a pitch the customer never agreed to, and gets called a liar to his face.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Repeating the same answer is its own kind of lie.
  • The customer wins by quoting the record, not by shouting.
  • TruCoat is a name, but the fight is about honesty.
  • Get it over with ends a deal nobody wants.

発音のポイント

  • What are you — What are you blurs into a single watcha-like sound.
  • Where's my — The d in where's often drops, so it runs like wher-z-my.
  • get this — American t flaps to a soft d in get; keep the th in this.
We sat right here in this room and went over this and over this.

The customer's complaint: they already discussed this face to face, so Jerry has no excuse to raise it again.

I sat right here and said I didn't want any TruCoat.

The customer reminds Jerry that he refused the TruCoat charge from the start, so adding it now is a broken promise.

It's always the same. It's always more.

His verdict on car dealers: every visit ends the same way, with another charge piled on.

You don't get it, you get oxidation problems.

Jerry's scare tactic: skip the TruCoat and the car will corrode, so paying now is framed as avoiding trouble.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the customer call Jerry a liar?

Jerry promised the car and options at the price they agreed on, but the deal still adds the TruCoat charge. The customer says he refused it from the start, so he sees Jerry going back on his word.

Is the TruCoat charge real, or is Jerry making it up?

Jerry claims the coating is installed at the factory and that he has no say, but he also repeats the charge after the customer refuses it. The scene leaves his excuse looking like a stall.

What does 'bald-faced liar' mean?

It means a shameless liar, someone who lies openly without embarrassment. The customer uses it as his final verdict on Jerry's explanations.

Why does the customer bring up Sunday's football game?

It is small talk, an attempt to cool the room after the argument. The friendly moment does not fix the money problem, and the tension returns.

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