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You want me to tell you about the Jews?Jojo Rabbit · 2019 — 第 11 / 18 章 · 5'04" · B2
Elsa Tells Jojo a Tall Tale, Explained：boss around
Elsa invents an absurd history for Jojo's book about Jews, full of caves, mind reading and shiny things, and he writes it all down as fact. The scene plays as comedy, but the punchline is how easily a child absorbs a story told with confidence. 'Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.'
あらすじ
Elsa offers to explain Jews to Jojo and spins an elaborate fantasy: they once lived in caves deep underground, use magic, hang from ceilings like bats, read minds and love shiny things. Jojo keeps interrupting and writing it all down. Later, his imaginary friend warns him not to let Elsa take over his mind, and tells him it is time to show the book to the world.
注目の表現
getting on welltake overin commonattracted to
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このシーンの表現
boss around
order someone about
The imaginary Führer warns Jojo not to let his brain be bossed around.
She hates being bossed around at work.
このシーンの他の表現
- getting on well
have a good relationship
- take over
take control of
- in common
shared by both
- attracted to
drawn toward
- in the first place
to begin with
このシーンのメモ一覧
94 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
I don't care — Dropped-subject casual reply; fine with friends.
Don't care.at the start
In the beginning, we used to live in caves.filled with
Scary places full of strange and wonderful creaturesshared by both
Elsa says all the strange creatures share one thing in common.
all with one thing in common.male genitals, crude — Crude anatomy talk; keep it out of formal settings.
Mm-hmm. Stealing the ends of penises?leave a place to live
After many years of developing magic and spells, we slowly moved out of the caves and into the towns.Years of links up, with of barely voiced.
After many years of developing magic and spells, we slowly moved out of the caves and into the towns.make a drawing for someone
Well, I'll draw them for you.take control of
Elsa claims that Jews now take over a house while living among ordinary people.
These days we live among normal people, but often we take over a houseknow what someone thinks
Oh, and another thing is we can read each other's minds.too much to do something
Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.too...to structure: Too plus adjective and for someone to do says the action is impossible for that person.
Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.drawn toward
Elsa adds that Jews are attracted to shiny things, making the myth sound like folklore.
And we're also attracted to shiny things.have a good relationship
Jojo's mother notices the two getting on well upstairs and sounds faintly worried.
You two seem to be getting on well.to begin with
When his mother complains about the two being close, Jojo reminds her it was her idea.
You suggested it in the first place.Going to often reduces to gonna in speech.
It's fine. I'm just tired. I'm going to bed.what true friends are like
'Cause that's what real friends do.do you follow me — Casual check for understanding; too loose for formality.
Get what I'm saying?causative let: Let someone do something uses a bare verb after the object, here in a negative command.
Do not let her put you in a brain prison.Put you in links together, almost like pu-chu-in.
Do not let her put you in a brain prison.order someone about
Do not let your German brain be bossed around!reveal something publicly
It's time to show it to the world, don't you think?develop into
I would love to have seen her grow into a woman.perfect infinitive: The perfect infinitive points to a past that can no longer happen, carrying regret.
I would love to have seen her grow into a woman.「Elsa Tells Jojo a Tall Tale」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is about how a lie gets built. Jojo wants information for his book, and Elsa gives him a fantasy instead: Jews in caves, magic, sleeping upside down like bats. He argues, but he also writes it down, which is the real joke — the boy collecting 'facts' cannot tell invention from evidence. The imaginary friend then turns the scene into a warning, ordering him, 'Do not let your German brain be bossed around,' and telling him to publish. Meanwhile, downstairs, the film quietly shifts to tenderness: someone says she would have loved to see Inge become a woman, and now must watch Elsa instead. The comedy upstairs and the grief downstairs are the same story told two ways.
Theme
Coming of ageA boy takes a made-up story as fact and writes it down, showing how a child's beliefs are assembled from what adults tell him.
SatireThe absurd 'history' of Jews is played for laughs, mocking the propaganda Jojo is meant to record as truth.
このチャプターで学べること
- Elsa fights propaganda by exaggerating it.
- The mother's worry hides a coming loss.
- The imaginary Hitler warns against imagination.
- Small idioms carry the scene's humor and hurt.
発音のポイント
- years of — Years of links up, with of barely voiced.
- going to — Going to often reduces to gonna in speech.
- put you in — Put you in links together, almost like pu-chu-in.
Do not let her put you in a brain prison.The imaginary friend's warning that Elsa is winning over Jojo's thinking, framed as a prison he must not enter.
Do not let your German brain be bossed around!A command not to let Elsa change his mind, mixing a child's simple metaphor with full propaganda language.
I would love to have seen her grow into a woman.A line of grief and love for Inge, and the quiet admission that Elsa is now the girl she gets to watch grow up.
Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.Elsa's joke explaining why mind reading fails on Germans, turning the myth against the people who invented it.
You suggested it in the first place.Jojo pointing out that the arrangement was his own idea, catching the others in their own inconsistency.
'Cause that's what real friends do.A line about friendship, spoken in a scene where the 'friendship' is really obsession and there is nothing real about it.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Elsa tell Jojo a made-up history of Jews?
Because he is collecting material for his book, and she would rather give him fantasy than the truth. The absurd story is also a way of mocking what he has been taught by the regime.
What does 'brain prison' mean?
It is the imaginary friend's image for losing control of your own thoughts. He warns Jojo not to let Elsa put him in a brain prison, meaning not to let her change what he believes.
Who is Inge?
Inge is Elsa's sister, and she is connected to Jojo's household. The line about having loved to see her grow into a woman shows the family's grief and why Elsa's presence matters so much.
Why does the imaginary friend tell Jojo to publish the book?
Because he wants Jojo to spread the propaganda he has been fed. The advice is also a push to act before Elsa changes Jojo's mind for good.
Why does the tone shift at the end of the scene?
After the comedy of the false history, the film cuts to a quiet conversation about memory and loss, showing the human grief underneath the jokes.
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