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His Girl Friday · 1940 — 第 7 / 18 章 · 5'04" · B1

Hildy Interviews Earl Williams, Explained：give something six months

Hildy talks her way into Earl Williams's cell and steers the interview toward one phrase — "production for use" — hoping to show the condemned man is unhinged. Her paper needs him to look insane. Back in the press room, the reporters have a different subject: "I'll bet you ten to one it don't last six months."

あらすじ

Hildy gets into the jail and interviews Earl Williams in his cell. She introduces herself as Johnson, asks about the night of the shooting, and carefully leads him to the slogan he heard in the park, 'production for use.' Earl, harmless and confused, repeats it as if it settles everything. Afterward the reporters bet on how long her marriage will last.

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stand foropen upin a hurryplead insanity

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このシーンの表現

give something six months

predict it will last six months

The reporters size up Hildy's marriage and give it six months, coldly.

I'll give the new job six months before it wears thin.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stand for

    represent or believe in

  • open up

    unlock or open

  • in a hurry

    rushed, short of time

  • plead insanity

    argue one is mentally unfit

  • ten to one

    very likely

このシーンのメモ一覧

111 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1carry something in your pocket

keep a check on you

Look, Bruce. I don't want you to carry that check in your pocket.
表現 · B1the lining of something

the inner layer of something

...that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat.
文法 · B2the first big check you get

relative clause: A relative clause without that modifies the check you receive.

...that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat.
発音In your hat

Link in your into inyer and soften your.

In your hat. It brings good luck.
表現 · A2get right to work

start working at once

Hildy said she'll get right to work.
発音don't want to

The t's in don't want to drop, so it can sound like don' wanna.

You don't want to forget this. It might rain, you know.
表現 · B1show someone out

escort someone out

Walter asks Bruce to excuse him from walking him out, polite in words, lazy in fact.

You mind if I don't show you out? I'm so busy in here.
スラング · A2bucks

dollars — Casual word for dollars; keep it out of formal talk.

- I don't think it is. - Twenty bucks?
表現 · A2be in a hurry

rushed, short of time

Cooley rushes Hildy along, saying he is short of time and clearly impatient.

Come on, I'm in a hurry.
表現 · A2for a few minutes

for a short while

My name's Johnson. Mind if I talk to you for a few minutes?
表現 · B2as + adj + as anybody else

just as sane as anyone

So I couldn't plead insanity. I'm just as sane as anybody else.
文法 · B1as sane as anybody else

as ... as comparison: The as ... as pattern puts Earl's sanity level with everyone else's.

So I couldn't plead insanity. I'm just as sane as anybody else.
表現 · A2see what someone means

understand someone's point

I see what you mean.
スラング · B1anyplace

anywhere — Colloquial for anywhere; sounds folksy in formal writing.

I used to sit around in the park, anyplace. I don't smoke.
表現 · A2pay attention to something

take notice

I didn't pay any attention...
表現 · B1make use of something

put something to use

Yes, he said everything should be made use of.
表現 · B2find oneself with something

realize you are holding something

When you found yourself with that gun in your hand...
表現 · B1write about something in your paper

print it in your paper

- Nothing at all. - Write about that in your paper.
スラング · B1You bet

absolutely — A friendly way to say yes; too casual for formal settings.

You bet I will. Who sent you the roses?
発音wanted to

In fast speech wanted to blurs toward wanna.

Remember when Fenton wanted to go to Hollywood?
表現 · A2give someone some change

a bit of small money

- Was that it? - Yeah, give me some change.
スラング · B1Mac

mister, pal — Old slang for addressing a stranger; dated today.

Hey, Mac.
表現 · A2turn on something

switch something on

Would you mind turning on some lights?
表現 · B1walk out of a place

leave a place for good

It must be pretty nice to be able to walk out of a place and quit.
文法 · B1should have taken

should have + past participle: Should have taken marks regret for a past offer that was missed.

I had a publicity job offered to me last year. I should have taken it.

「Hildy Interviews Earl Williams」を読み解く

What's really going on

The interview is a setup, and the film lets us watch it being assembled. Hildy isn't after the truth of what happened; she's after a usable quote, and she gets it by feeding Earl the answer. When he says he couldn't plead insanity because he's 'just as sane as anybody else,' the irony is that his very willingness to explain himself with a slogan is what will make him look insane in print. Earl keeps insisting he's innocent — "Of course not. It's against everything I stand for" — while Hildy maneuvers him toward 'production for use' as the reason he pulled the trigger. The reporters' betting on her marriage in the next room makes the point bluntly: in this world, a human life and a private life are both just copy.

Theme

JusticeEarl's guilt or innocence barely matters to the people around him; what matters is whether his case can be made to serve a story and a political fight.
CorruptionThe paper and the state both treat a condemned man's sanity as a bargaining chip, and Hildy goes into the cell to manufacture the quote they need.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Denial and sanity are the interview's real subject.
  • Hildy feeds Earl the slogan he is meant to repeat.
  • The reporters trade jokes about marriage and jobs.
  • A condemned man sounds eerily calm about the world.

発音のポイント

  • In your hat — Link in your into inyer and soften your.
  • don't want to — The t's in don't want to drop, so it can sound like don' wanna.
  • wanted to — In fast speech wanted to blurs toward wanna.
So I couldn't plead insanity. I'm just as sane as anybody else.

Earl states the fact that ruins his own defense: because he seems rational, he can't be called insane. The line is both a dead end and, in Hildy's hands, raw material.

Of course not. It's against everything I stand for.

Earl's denial of intent, framed as a matter of principle. He insists the killing contradicts his beliefs, which is his whole defense in one sentence.

I'll bet you ten to one it don't last six months.

A reporter's cold bet on Hildy's marriage. The line turns her private life into a wager the way the newsroom turns everything into copy.

I've never had a gun in my hand before.

Earl's admission that he had no experience with a gun. It sounds like it should help him, yet in the interview it becomes another strange detail to print.

It must be pretty nice to be able to walk out of a place and quit.

One reporter envying Hildy's freedom to walk away. The remark says as much about the men stuck at their desks as it does about her.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Hildy ask Earl about 'production for use'?

She wants a quote that makes him sound delusional. If he says a slogan drove him to shoot, the paper can argue he was not responsible for his actions.

Does Hildy believe Earl is insane?

That's not really the question for her. She needs the story to work a certain way, so she coaches the answer that serves the paper's case rather than diagnosing him.

Why do the reporters bet on Hildy's marriage?

They can't imagine the newsroom's best reporter settling down, and they know Walter. The bet is their way of saying they expect the marriage to fail fast.

What does Earl mean by 'I'm just as sane as anybody else'?

He's pointing out that he can't claim insanity as a defense because he doesn't seem insane. It's his own words undercutting the only legal escape open to him.

What was Walter's trick with the check and the hat?

He tells Bruce to hide the first big check in the lining of his hat, supposedly a lucky newspaper superstition. It gets the check out of Bruce's pocket so Walter can keep the scheme going.

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次のチャプター · 第 8 章make a fool out of someoneMollie Rounds on the Reporters
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再生中 · 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
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