it does not matter
Never mind, never mind. I'll be right down.His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 9 / 18 章 · 5'03" · C1
Hildy Tears Up Her Story, Explained：double-crossing
Hildy comes back to find Bruce framed and jailed, and she knows who arranged it. She calls Walter and lets him have it — "I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you" — then tears up the interview she just wrote. The reporters' marriage bets tell us how likely they think her exit is.
あらすじ
In the press room, the reporters trade gallows jokes and make the city edition; they also keep betting on Hildy's marriage. Then word arrives that Bruce has been arrested for a stolen watch he never took. Hildy storms back, finds her things missing, phones Walter and rips into him, and destroys her own interview rather than hand it over.
注目の表現
bullmake the editionsuch a thing assuperstition
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このシーンの表現
double-crossing
treacherous, two-faced
On the phone Hildy calls Walter double-crossing, naming the trick he played on her.
He is a double-crossing friend who leaks every secret.
このシーンの他の表現
- bull
nonsense; also a bull
- make the edition
meet the paper's deadline
- such a thing as
there is a limit called
- superstition
a superstitious belief
- ethical
morally right
このシーンのメモ一覧
109 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
predict how long it lasts
I still give that marriage six months.meet the paper's deadline
A reporter pushes the sheriff to hang Earl early so the paper can make the city edition.
It won't hurt you, and we can make the city edition.harsh, unfair — Casual for cruel or unfair; too blunt for formal talk.
That's kind of raw, Roy...participial phrase: The present participial phrase spells out the act the speaker calls raw.
...hanging a man in his sleep to please a newspaper.grant someone a reprieve
But you can reprieve him twice so he hangs three days before election.be unrelated to something
I had absolutely nothing to do with those reprieves.there is a limit called
The sheriff refuses to move the hanging, reminding the reporters there is such a thing as being humane.
There's such a thing as being humane, you know.a teasing nickname — A mocking nickname; do not use it at work.
All right, Pinky. Wait until you want a favor.In American speech the t in got a becomes a flap.
Because I got a name, see, and it's Peter B. Hartwell.never in all my life
But I'm innocent. I didn't do it. I never stole a watch in my life!be charged with stealing
I can't. He's accused of stealing a watch they found on him.catch the following train
I'll be down in three minutes. We'll take the next train.inversion: The adverb phrase comes first, so the verb came precedes its subject for emphasis.
...came the idea that that gun had been produced for use.unless a miracle happens
And at 7 a.m., unless a miracle occurs, that gallows will be used...take some of it
You're the only one who'll swipe any of it.relative clause: A relative clause with that describes anybody, the subject of the main verb.
I say anybody that can write like that won't give it up to sew socks...with no trembling at all
This is Hildy Johnson. I can quit all right, without a single quiver.fools — A contemptuous word for fools; keep it casual.
I'll live like a human being, not like you chumps.The t in get this often drops in fast speech.
Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.to see someone
And if I ever lay my eyes on you again...Link skull, so and it into one smooth run.
...I'll hammer on your monkey skull so it rings like a Chinese gong!rip something apart
I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up. It's all in little pieces now.the newspaper trade
Hildy calls her exit a farewell to the newspaper game, framing the trade as a game she is leaving.
That's my farewell to the newspaper game.hit on the head — Slang for striking the head; a threat, not advice.
And if I ever see one of them look at a paper, I'll brain him.「Hildy Tears Up Her Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The last third of the scene is Hildy trying to burn her own bridge, and the film measures how thin that bridge really is. She can call Walter a 'double-crossing chimpanzee' and vow, "I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you," but every line is spoken by someone who only minutes ago was filing the story Walter wanted. When she destroys the interview — "I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up. It's all in little pieces now" — she is also destroying her own best work, and she knows it. Her farewell, "I'll be a woman. Not a news machine," names the choice the whole film keeps pressing on her: private life or the paper, and whether anyone here gets to have both.
Theme
IdentityHildy's 'I'll be a woman, not a news machine' is her attempt to choose a self outside the job, even as the scene shows how tied she is to it.
PowerWalter's hold over Hildy is exercised through logistics — a framed watch, a missing check — while she answers with threats and torn paper.
このチャプターで学べること
- Refusing the burning of Rome is the loudest goodbye possible.
- The loophole in her own promise becomes her weapon.
- The reporters' jokes hide how little they respect anyone.
- Quitting a career is framed as reclaiming a self.
発音のポイント
- got a name — In American speech the t in got a becomes a flap.
- get this — The t in get this often drops in fast speech.
- skull so it — Link skull, so and it into one smooth run.
I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you.Hildy's version of quitting for good: even if the biggest story in history broke on her beat, she wouldn't file it for Walter.
I'll be a woman. Not a news machine.Her declaration of independence from the job. She wants to be a person again, not a device that turns other people's lives into copy.
I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up. It's all in little pieces now.She kept the letter of her bargain and broke its spirit. She wrote the story as promised, then destroyed it — a loophole turned into a rebuke.
But the state has a production for use plan too. It has a gallows.The closing lines of her interview, turning Earl's slogan against the system: the machinery of the law is just another thing built to be used.
Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.The insult that opens her call to Walter. It's the moment her anger finally overrides the professional ground rules she usually keeps.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Bruce arrested?
Walter arranges it. Bruce is accused of stealing a watch planted on him, so Hildy is pulled back to the jail and Walter keeps his hands on the story.
Why does Hildy tear up her interview?
It's her way of quitting on her own terms. She said she would write it, and she did — then destroyed it so Walter couldn't use it, keeping the letter but wrecking the deal.
What does Hildy mean by 'not a news machine'?
She means she's tired of being a device that converts other people's suffering into copy. She wants a private life, not a job that owns her.
Why do the reporters keep betting on Hildy's marriage?
They don't believe the newsroom's best reporter can stay away, and they know how Walter operates. The odds shorten as the scene goes on, from six months to three at 3-1.
Why does Hildy suspect Walter of having Bruce arrested?
Bruce's arrest is too convenient — it drags her back to the press room right when Walter needs her on the story. She has seen him bend the law for a scoop before.
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次のチャプター · 第 10 章go over the wallEarl Williams Escapes the Jail
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
再生中 · 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
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 9 / 18 章 · 残り約 42 分