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Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 4 / 21 章 · 5'03" · B2

Will Drives His Therapists Crazy, Explained：putt from the rough

Will has to attend therapy, so he turns each session into a performance — mocking a book, talking about clubs, and baiting one therapist into a joke about 'putt from the rough.' The sessions aren't about getting better; they're about proving he can't be reached.

あらすじ

Assigned to therapy by the court, Will derails session after session until his doctors quit. One therapist quits his pro bono work and tells Lambeau about 'that raving loony.' Lambeau decides to bring in an old college roommate, Sean. Elsewhere, a psychology class debates why trust matters in therapy.

At the doctorSpeechesTeasingConfrontingDoctor & patientB2mediumamericanClean
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putt from the roughget off that easilypro bonobreakthrough

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このシーンの表現

putt from the rough

golf talk used as a metaphor

When the therapist probes his sexuality, Will answers with a golf metaphor instead of a straight reply.

He plays his own way, even if it means putting from the rough.

このシーンの他の表現

  • get off that easily

    escape without effort

  • pro bono

    done for free

  • breakthrough

    achieving a sudden advance

  • oral fixation

    a Freudian fixation on the mouth

  • hypnotized

    put under a spell or captivated

このシーンのメモ一覧

84 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2right on the button

exactly correct

Absolutely right. Right on the button. Good for you, Will. Very nice.
表現 · B1destroy someone's potential

ruining someone's promise

but they are destroying your potential.
スラング · B2shenanigans

tricks or mischief — Playful for mischief; not for formal writing.

Now no more shenanigans. No more tomfoolery. No more ballyhoo.
スラング · C1ballyhoo

loud fuss or hype — An old-fashioned, playful word for noisy hype.

Now no more shenanigans. No more tomfoolery. No more ballyhoo.
表現 · A2a bit more

a little more

You know, you're not gonna get off that easily. Come on, Will, a bit more.
発音get off

The t in get flaps between vowels, sounding like a soft d.

You know, you're not gonna get off that easily. Come on, Will, a bit more.
表現 · B1hide from someone

avoid someone

I do things that, you know, I, uh... You know, I mean, I hide from, from people.
表現 · B2hide the fact that ...

conceal that something is true

Do you find it hard to hide the fact that you're gay?
文法 · B2the fact that you're gay

appositive clause: The fact that introduces a clause spelling out what the fact is, turning it into a noun.

Do you find it hard to hide the fact that you're gay?
表現 · B2much less do something

let alone

I mean, I haven't got time to tell you, much less talk to that raving loony in there.
文法 · B2much less talk to

negative escalation: Much less adds a stronger negative after one already made, meaning let alone.

I mean, I haven't got time to tell you, much less talk to that raving loony in there.
スラング · B2loony

a crazy person — An insulting casual word; avoid using it about someone.

I mean, I haven't got time to tell you, much less talk to that raving loony in there.
表現 · B2hover over someone

float above someone

It's like a, uh... It's a figure. It's, it's hoverin' over me.
発音hoverin' over

The end of hoverin' links straight into over.

It's like a, uh... It's a figure. It's, it's hoverin' over me.
表現 · A2in a safe place

somewhere safe

You are in a safe place, Will.
発音'cause

Cause clips most of because down to a short sound.

It's just beautiful, 'cause we can make...
表現 · A2college roommate

a roommate at university

my roommate in college.
表現 · B1be in a relationship

romantically involved

Trust. Very important in a relationship.
表現 · B1feel safe enough to do something

feel secure

You know, if a patient doesn't feel safe enough to trust you, then he won't be honest with you.
文法 · B2if a patient doesn't feel safe enough to trust you

conditional clause: The if-clause gives the condition, and the main clause states what follows from it.

You know, if a patient doesn't feel safe enough to trust you, then he won't be honest with you.
表現 · B2sleep with someone

have sex with

I mean, hey, if they don't trust you, you know, you're never gonna get them to sleep with you.
発音get them to

Get them to runs together, with them often reduced to em.

I mean, hey, if they don't trust you, you know, you're never gonna get them to sleep with you.
スラング · C1Nail

to bed someone — Crude slang; do not use it about anyone.

Nail them while they're vulnerable. That's my motto.

「Will Drives His Therapists Crazy」を読み解く

What's really going on

Will's resistance is the point. He answers a therapist's earnest push — 'you're not gonna get off that easily' — by returning to chatter, then letting the man walk into a 'gay' joke and pretending it came from nowhere: 'Putting from the rough? What on earth are you talking about?' His final flourish — 'A difficult theorem can be like a symphony. It's very erotic.' — shows he can out-talk any expert without ever saying anything true about himself. The chapter's parallel thread, a class on trust, names the thing Will refuses: 'if a patient doesn't feel safe enough to trust you, then he won't be honest with you.'

Theme

TrustThe class spells out why trust matters; every failed session shows Will refusing to give any.
IdentityWill performs versions of himself to keep anyone from knowing the real one.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Will wins by refusing to answer and answering anyway.
  • A golf term can say what no one wants to name.
  • The teacher's joke about trust hides a real method.
  • The class answers show the gap between words and understanding.

発音のポイント

  • get off — The t in get flaps between vowels, sounding like a soft d.
  • hoverin' over — The end of hoverin' links straight into over.
  • 'cause — Cause clips most of because down to a short sound.
  • get them to — Get them to runs together, with them often reduced to em.
I don't have a problem with it. I don't care if you putt from the rough.

The therapist's attempt to show he's unfazed by Will's gay baiting. 'Putt from the rough' is golf talk for a non-standard stroke, used here as a euphemism.

You know, if a patient doesn't feel safe enough to trust you, then he won't be honest with you.

A student gives the textbook answer about therapy: without feeling safe, a patient hides the truth. It's the rule Will keeps breaking.

Nail them while they're vulnerable. That's my motto.

The cynical punchline in the classroom, flipping the trust lesson into something predatory. It's the joke that undercuts the earnest answer before it.

A difficult theorem can be like a symphony.

Will's parting shot in the hypnosis session: he compares solving a hard proof to music, and calls it 'erotic.' It's nonsense on purpose, aimed at unsettling the therapist.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Will keep driving his therapists away?

The court makes him attend, but he refuses to be examined. Turning each session into a joke keeps him in control and stops anyone from getting close to what's underneath.

What does 'putt from the rough' mean?

In golf it's an unusual shot from the tall grass. In this scene the therapist uses it as a roundabout way of saying he doesn't care if Will is gay, which Will then pretends not to understand.

Who is the 'someone' Lambeau suggests?

Sean Maguire, Lambeau's old college roommate. Lambeau brings him up after the other therapists quit, hoping Sean can reach Will where they couldn't.

Why does the therapist quit his pro bono work?

He tells Gerry he can't keep doing unpaid work, especially not to sit with 'that raving loony' in the other room. It's his way of saying Will has made the job impossible.

Does Will actually believe he's gay, or is he just teasing?

He's just teasing. The therapist's earnest attempt to be accepting becomes the joke, and Will's 'difficult theorem' line shows he's only performing to throw him off.

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