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Interstate 60 · 2002 — 第 10 / 22 章 · 4'01" · B2

Grant's Joker in the Deck Speech, Explained：joker in life's deck

Over dinner, Grant tells Neal how a wish turned his love of eating into a curse, then explains who he really is: a self-described troublemaker who knows what will happen before it does. 'I'm a Joker in life's deck,' he says. Neal keeps trying to pin him down, and Grant keeps slipping away with jokes.

あらすじ

At a diner, Grant shares his life story: he loved eating so much that he wished to keep doing it forever, and now he eats six or seven times a day to fill a 'black hole' in his belly. Later, after a betting dispute, Neal asks Grant what he really is, and Grant calls himself a joker in life's deck.

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このシーンの表現

joker in life's deck

the wild card of life

Asked what he is, Grant calls himself the wild card that fits no rule.

Everyone expected a rule follower, but he was the joker in life's deck.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the fact is

    the truth is

  • frustrated by

    annoyed by

  • highly recommend

    strongly suggest

  • fucking with me

    messing with me

  • what it's like

    how it feels

このシーンのメモ一覧

81 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ

表現 · B1what's the trick

what is the catch

- All right, what's the trick?
発音what's the

The t in what's nearly vanishes before the.

- All right, what's the trick?
表現 · B1more than anything

above all else

Well the fact is, I've always loved eating, more than anything.
文法 · B1I've always loved eating

present perfect: Have always done stresses a state that has lasted up to now.

Well the fact is, I've always loved eating, more than anything.
発音than anything

Than anything links into one run.

Well the fact is, I've always loved eating, more than anything.
表現 · B1everything on the menu

the whole menu

Go into a restaurant, want to order everything on the menu.
表現 · B2the small capacity of something

little room inside

But, I was always frustrated, by the small capacity of my stomach.
表現 · B2a black hole

an endless pit

Now I have, what you might call, a black hole in my belly.
表現 · A2X times a day

per day

Only I have to keep eating like this, six or seven times a day.
表現 · B2take advantage of someone

exploit someone

So, I travel a lot, and I take advantage of guys like you to pay for it.
発音advantage of

Advantage of runs together.

So, I travel a lot, and I take advantage of guys like you to pay for it.
スラング · B2guys like you

people like you — Slightly contemptuous; saying it to someone's face stings.

So, I travel a lot, and I take advantage of guys like you to pay for it.
表現 · A2why don't we do something

let's just

If that's such a crime why don't we call the police.
表現 · B2what's your game

what are you up to

- OK, so what's your game Mr. Grant?
スラング · C1fuck with

mess with — Crude; never use it in formal settings.

I fuck with everybody.
表現 · B2a source of amusement

something that entertains

In fact I highly recommend it as an unending source of amusement.
文法 · C1the roads not taken

postmodifier: The past participle not taken follows roads to mean the paths never chosen.

the what ifs and maybes, the roads not taken, could all converge, get jumbled up.
表現 · C1be tuned into something

attuned to

I just happen to be tuned into it that's all.
発音Joker in

Joker in links smoothly into one sound.

I'm a Joker in life's deck.
表現 · A2find something to do

occupy yourself

You should always find something to do, that you enjoy.
表現 · B2consider a career change

a switch of jobs

Although I will admit I have been considering a career change.
スラング · B2fucking with

messing with — Vulgar slang; avoid it with strangers.

You're fucking with me, aren't you?
表現 · B2a weird accident

a bizarre accident

My penis was cut off in a very weird accident, when I was nine.
文法 · B2was cut off

passive voice: Was cut off is passive, hiding who or what did the cutting.

My penis was cut off in a very weird accident, when I was nine.
スラング · B2Holy shit

wow, no way — A crude exclamation; not for polite company.

Holy shit.
表現 · B2a very different place

a changed world

- Oh, let me tell you, the world is very different place, when you're not constantly thinking about sex, or responding sexually to everything.
文法 · C1what it's like to not have something

embedded question: The what-clause is the object of know, with an infinitive inside it.

How would you know, what it's like to not have something you never had?
表現 · C1take something on faith

believe without proof

You'd be surprised, how many people take that statement on faith.
文法 · B2how many people take that statement

embedded question: The how-many clause explains what would surprise you, in statement order.

You'd be surprised, how many people take that statement on faith.
表現 · B2mess with someone's head

confuse someone on purpose

Messing with people's heads, can be a lot of fun.
発音with people's

The th in with softens in fast speech.

Messing with people's heads, can be a lot of fun.
表現 · A2up ahead

further on

Some nice scenery coming up ahead.

「Grant's Joker in the Deck Speech」を読み解く

What's really going on

Grant's whole performance is a lesson in how to be unreadable. He offers a wild story about wishing to eat forever, strings Neal along with jokes, and then turns dead serious: he knows what happens next because, on this highway, past and future 'could all converge, get jumbled up.' When Neal tries to box him in — angel, god, something? — Grant refuses the label: 'I'm a Joker in life's deck.' Yet he also admits his method plainly, saying he messes with people's heads because it's fun. The scene's real joke is that Neal keeps demanding a serious answer from someone who has told him the answer is not serious.

Theme

PhilosophyGrant treats life as a game he can read and play, refusing every serious label Neal offers him.
IdentityNeal wants Grant to be an angel or a god; Grant insists he's just a joker who enjoys messing with people.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Grant never lets a question land straight.
  • He calls himself the wild card in every deck.
  • The dark joke is that he may be telling the truth.

発音のポイント

  • what's the — The t in what's nearly vanishes before the.
  • than anything — Than anything links into one run.
  • advantage of — Advantage of runs together.
  • Joker in — Joker in links smoothly into one sound.
I'm a Joker in life's deck.

Grant's self-description: a wild card in the game of life, outside the normal rules, whose role is to shake things up.

You should always find something to do, that you enjoy.

Grant's stated philosophy. It sounds like friendly advice, and it's also his justification for messing with people.

How would you know, what it's like to not have something you never had?

Grant turns Neal's question back on him, pointing out that you can't truly describe the absence of something you never had.

Now I have, what you might call, a black hole in my belly.

How Grant describes the result of his wish — an endless appetite that can never be filled.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Grant say he's a joker in life's deck?

A joker is a wild card, outside the usual rules. Grant uses the image to say he's a troublemaker who doesn't fit any normal role and enjoys shaking up other people's lives.

What did Grant wish for, and what went wrong?

He wished he could keep eating forever. The wish came true, but it left him with a bottomless hunger, so he has to eat six or seven times a day and travel to pay for it.

Was Neal really in on the horse-betting hustle?

Neal insists he just bet the right horse and had never seen the other man before, but Grant admits he had met him, which makes Neal look guilty to the officer.

Who does the officer turn out to be?

When Neal suggests calling the police, the man replies that he is the police. It's another joke that keeps Neal from ever getting a straight answer.

Interstate 60 · 全 22 章

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