it does not matter
Never mind. I know how it happened. Just a minute.His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 12 / 18 章 · 5'00" · C1
Walter Bribes the Governor's Messenger, Explained：a tissue of lies
The press mob hounds the mayor about Reds and slogans — "is there a Red Menace or ain't there?" — while the sheriff frets over an election he can't afford to lose. Then a messenger arrives with a reprieve for Earl Williams, and someone intercepts him with a job offer to make sure it never lands.
あらすじ
The press room turns into a shouting match: reporters grill the mayor about Reds and Communist plots while the sheriff dodges questions about how Williams escaped. A messenger then delivers a reprieve for Williams, only to be offered a city job if he agrees he never brought it.
注目の表現
get one's hands onRed Menaceon Stalin's payrolla tissue of lies
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このシーンの表現
a tissue of lies
a whole fabric of lies
Reading the governor's statement, the sheriff snaps that every word of it is false.
The whole report was a tissue of lies.
このシーンの他の表現
- get one's hands on
catch or obtain someone
- Red Menace
a Cold War scare phrase
- on Stalin's payroll
paid by someone
- Reform the Red with a rope
a slogan that means hanging
- at stake
at risk of being lost
このシーンのメモ一覧
117 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
The t in can't locate often drops in fast speech.
"I'm sorry, I can't locate him". Why, that double-crossing...treacherous — Casual for betrayal; keep it informal.
"I'm sorry, I can't locate him". Why, that double-crossing...catch or obtain someone
Hildy, played by Walter again, mutters what she would do if she got her hands on him.
If I ever get my hands on Walter...issue a formal statement
What's that, Emil? No, I can't give you an official statement.bother someone repeatedly
- Don't pester me now, please. - His Honor won't say anything.paid by someone
A reporter throws the ugliest rumour at the mayor: that he is paid by Stalin.
Any truth in the report you're on Stalin's payroll?require
The governor says the situation calls for the militia.Link governor, says and is into one run.
I say anything the governor says is a tissue of lies.quote someone like this
You can quote him as follows: "It's lucky for the city that next Tuesday is Election Day...extraposition: It is a placeholder subject; the real subject is the that clause that follows.
You can quote him as follows: "It's lucky for the city that next Tuesday is Election Day...receive a tip-off
Out on Center Street. I just got a tip.remove someone from a list
I'm scratching your name off the ticket...at risk of being lost
The mayor counts votes: if Earl is not hanged, two hundred thousand of them are lost.
There are 200,000 votes at stake. If he don't hang, we'll lose them.nonstandard conditional: The standard form is if he doesn't hang; the line uses nonstandard speech.
There are 200,000 votes at stake. If he don't hang, we'll lose them.damned — Mild swearing for irritation; not for formal talk.
Blasted nimrod! Fishing, duck shooting...a hunter, mockingly — Old slang for a hunter, used here as a jeer.
Blasted nimrod! Fishing, duck shooting...relative clause: The relative clause with who describes the man the speaker is mocking.
A guy who's done nothing for the last 40 years...as a later addition
As an afterthought, tell them I want your resignation now.stay on the line
Holy Moses! Hold the wire!come carrying something
You never arrived with this.How'd you blurs into one quick unit.
How'd you like to make $350 a month? That's almost $100 a week.someone of your kind
They need a fellow like you in the city sealer's office.stuck in traffic
You got caught in traffic or something.「Walter Bribes the Governor's Messenger」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everything in this scene is about control of a story. The reporters want statements; the mayor and sheriff want to survive an election; the governor wants to embarrass them both. Into that noise walks the one document nobody can spin: a reprieve for Earl Williams. The response is immediate and entirely pragmatic — the messenger is offered 'a fellow like you in the city sealer's office,' so that the piece of paper can simply go missing. What makes the bribe land is the messenger's own hesitation: "That puts me in a peculiar hole." He knows exactly what he is being asked to do with his family, his salary and his conscience all priced out. Meanwhile the rhetoric keeps running — a 'tissue of lies' here, 200,000 votes at stake there — because in this paper's world, the story is always worth more than the truth.
Theme
CorruptionA public official and a newspaperman both try to bury a reprieve, one with rhetoric, the other with a job offer, to keep an election and a scoop alive.
PowerWhoever controls the story here wins: the mayor spins, the governor fires statements, and the messenger's silence is bought outright.
このチャプターで学べること
- A reprieve becomes a bargaining chip within seconds.
- Votes are counted against a man's life.
- The slogan about reform hides a noose.
- The messenger is bought with a better job.
発音のポイント
- can't locate — The t in can't locate often drops in fast speech.
- governor says is — Link governor, says and is into one run.
- How'd you — How'd you blurs into one quick unit.
I say anything the governor says is a tissue of lies.One side's blanket dismissal of the other's official statement: it isn't a rebuttal of facts, just a slogan meant to stick in the next edition.
There are 200,000 votes at stake. If he don't hang, we'll lose them.The political arithmetic behind the whole chase: Williams's life is weighed against an election, and the election wins.
That puts me in a peculiar hole.The messenger's understatement for being asked to betray his job. He's a small man caught between a paycheck and a bribe, and he says so almost politely.
As an afterthought, tell them I want your resignation now.A parting cruelty delivered like a footnote: after the real business, the faction leader adds the demand that the sheriff step down.
They need a fellow like you in the city sealer's office.The bribe dressed as a job lead. It sounds like a favor and is really a price, offered for the messenger's silence.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the mayor refuse to comment on the escape?
Anything he says can be turned into a headline in the middle of an election. He tries to play it as a non-event, which is exactly why the reporters keep pushing.
What is the Red Menace talk doing in this scene?
It's the campaign's scare tactic. The mayor and sheriff are running on anti-Communist rhetoric, so the reporters weaponize it against them with baiting questions.
Why does the messenger agree to hide the reprieve?
He's offered a secure city job with moving expenses, a raise and help for his kids' schooling. As he admits, that puts him in a peculiar hole — the offer is hard to refuse.
Why is the reprieve so important?
It would save Earl Williams from execution and undercut the mayor and sheriff's law-and-order campaign. Whoever controls whether it reaches the sheriff controls the evening's news.
Why does the sheriff want the governor on the phone?
He's furious that a reprieve arrived after being told there wouldn't be one. He wants to confirm the order — or fight it — before the news breaks.
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第 1 章gum up the worksHildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
第 2 章hard feelingsHildy Quits the Post
第 3 章take the wind out of someone's sailWalter Meets Bruce Baldwin
第 4 章kick the bucketWalter Schemes to Keep Hildy
第 5 章blood on your handsWalter Bets Bruce an Insurance Policy
第 6 章sour grapesBruce Names Hildy His Beneficiary
第 7 章give something six monthsHildy Interviews Earl Williams
第 8 章make a fool out of someoneMollie Rounds on the Reporters
第 9 章double-crossingHildy Tears Up Her Story
第 10 章go over the wallEarl Williams Escapes the Jail
第 11 章tear it out of someoneHildy Sells Her Scoop for $450
再生中 · 第 12 章a tissue of liesWalter Bribes the Governor's Messenger
第 13 章lay lowEarl Walks Into the Press Room
第 14 章sitting prettyEarl Hides in the Press Room Desk
第 15 章best interest at heartHildy Chooses the Story Over Bruce
第 16 章kid glovesWalter Double-Crosses Bensinger
第 17 章barking up the wrong treeHartwell Finds the Escape Gun
第 18 章whistle in the darkEarl Is Captured in the Desk第 12 / 18 章 · 残り約 29 分