hey man, how's it going — A casual hello between friends, not for work.
Oh, hey. What up, dawg?Knocked Up · 2007 — 第 10 / 12 章 · 3'04" · B2
Let Down at the Birthday Party, Explained：drag you into
The party looks ordinary: yellow cupcakes instead of pink, plates running low, friends needling each other. The real fight is whether two nice people should stay together. "I just don't think we can make it work" lands as a no, and the reply "We can get back on track" never gets a clean answer before Happy Birthday starts.
あらすじ
At a birthday party, someone arrives and hears that people are angry. Cupcakes are the wrong color, then the talk turns to a baby and staying together. One person will not drag the other into a relationship or end up like Debbie. The other says "I'm not that guy anymore" and asks for a shot, until a video camera and Happy Birthday cut them off.
注目の表現
doing my thingprickforce itGabe Ruth
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このシーンの表現
drag you into
pull someone in unwillingly
Drag you into makes fear of doing it alone sound like an unfair reason to keep him.
I won't drag you into my fight with the landlord.
このシーンの他の表現
- doing my thing
living one's own quiet way
- prick
a vulgar word for a jerk
- force it
push something that is not working
- Gabe Ruth
a rhyme that mocks his look
- just because
a reason that does not decide it
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 39 件のメモ
living one's own quiet way
Asked where he has been, someone offers doing my thing and leaves every detail out.
Just kind of doing my thing.angry at you mad means angry, not crazy
Why is everybody so mad at you?Keep Ben's and a in the same breath.
They've been saying, like, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, "Ben's a prick."vulgar word for a jerk — A crude insult; keep it out of formal talk.
They've been saying, like, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, "Ben's a prick."that's lousy — Fine for complaining; skip it with elders or in email.
That sucks.almost out of something
Babe, we're running low on plates.not worth a fuss
- I can run out. I'll get some more. - Nah, it's no big deal.insult meaning coward — A harsh roast between friends; don't aim it at anyone else.
- Well, that was fast, you pussy. - I'm a...wear a look copied from a type
You're the one that got dressed up like a cholo on Easter to come to this party.relative clause: The that-clause identifies which person dressed up for the party.
You're the one that got dressed up like a cholo on Easter to come to this party.label for a Chicano street look — Outsiders using it to mock clothes can offend.
You're the one that got dressed up like a cholo on Easter to come to this party.obscene twist on a palace name — A filthy nickname among friends; never in public.
How are things at Butt-Fucking-Ham Palace?that jab landed; I concede praise for the insult, not a sport
Well played, sir. That was good.on the verge of doing it
Yeah, I was just about to.Let the two t sounds meet without a pause.
Yeah, I was just about to.cool, go ahead — Friendly approval; it sounds dated on paper.
Right on.make something work and keep it going it means the relationship
I just don't think we can make it work.return to the old good course track means how the relationship used to go
We can get back on track, and everything's gonna be great.Gonna already folds in to, so leave going to out.
We can get back on track, and everything's gonna be great.remain a couple
You're just being nice, and I'm being nice, and just because we're two nice people doesn't mean we should stay together.because-clause: Because offers a reason; doesn't mean rejects the conclusion people jump to.
You're just being nice, and I'm being nice, and just because we're two nice people doesn't mean we should stay together.all the years still ahead
I don't want this baby to determine the rest of our lives. You know?a reason that is sufficient
Me not wanting to do this alone isn't enough of a reason to drag you into a relationship with me. It's just not fair.pull someone in unwillingly
Drag you into makes fear of doing it alone sound like an unfair reason to keep him.
Me not wanting to do this alone isn't enough of a reason to drag you into a relationship with me. It's just not fair.gerund subject: The wanting phrase is the subject: the fear of doing it alone.
Me not wanting to do this alone isn't enough of a reason to drag you into a relationship with me. It's just not fair.finally land in someone else's life
And don't repeat this, but God, I don't want to end up like Debbie.an effort that never lets up
But every day is a constant struggle for them because they're not right for each other.suited as a pair
But every day is a constant struggle for them because they're not right for each other.push something that is not working
Right after a bad match is named, someone uses force it for a life that has to be pushed, and refuses that for the two of them.
You know? And they have to force it, and I don't want us to have to do that.nominal clause: The what-clause names the version of him she refuses to demand.
I don't want to force you to be what I think you should be.get intoxicated — Party talk about getting intoxicated; not for formal settings.
I mean, you like to get high, and you like to do shrooms in Vegas.slang for magic mushrooms — In-group drug slang; leave it out of public talk.
I mean, you like to get high, and you like to do shrooms in Vegas.I have no standing to judge
Who am I to tell you that that's wrong? It's not wrong. It's who you are.Hit not, then let the next words fall.
I'm not that guy anymore.however much you want
And you can be there when the baby is born, and in the baby's life as much as you want.comparison phrase: As much as caps his role at however involved he chooses to be.
And you can be there when the baby is born, and in the baby's life as much as you want.one chance to prove yourself
Give me a shot is a last plea for proof, and the call to sing Happy Birthday cuts the sentence off.
I don't know. If you give me a shot to just show you that I'm...a startled oh-no — A startled curse; don't use it around elders.
- Excuse me? - Oh, shit.「Let Down at the Birthday Party」を読み解く
What's really going on
Someone offers to run back out for pink cupcakes and is told it is "no big deal," that it doesn't matter. The same politeness returns when the subject is a baby and staying together. "You're just being nice, and I'm being nice, and just because we're two nice people doesn't mean we should stay together" draws a hard line: kindness is not a plan. Not wanting to do this alone "isn't enough of a reason to drag you into a relationship." Debbie is the picture of what forcing it looks like: "she's happy today," yet "every day is a constant struggle" because they are "not right for each other." The other person answers with "I'm not that guy anymore" and asks for "a shot" to show it. The shot never gets explained. A request to "grab the video camera" and the news that they are going to "sing Happy Birthday" pull someone out of the talk, with only a promise that they will "finish talking."
Theme
HeartbreakOne person says they cannot make the relationship work and offers friendship, while the other asks for a shot before the birthday song cuts them off.
ParenthoodOne line says the baby should not determine the rest of their lives. Later, someone offers a place in the baby's life, as much as the other person wants.
発音のポイント
- Ben's a prick — Keep Ben's and a in the same breath.
- just about to — Let the two t sounds meet without a pause.
- gonna be great — Gonna already folds in to, so leave going to out.
- not that guy — Hit not, then let the next words fall.
I just don't think we can make it work.A no to staying together. The speaker does not believe the relationship can be held together.
You're just being nice, and I'm being nice, and just because we're two nice people doesn't mean we should stay together.Being nice, on both sides, is not a reason to remain a couple. Kindness does not add up to staying together.
I don't want this baby to determine the rest of our lives. You know?The speaker does not want the baby to decide the rest of both of their lives.
I don't want to force you to be what I think you should be.The speaker rejects pushing the other person into a preferred version and calls that wrong, since they are already great the way they are.
Who am I to tell you that that's wrong? It's not wrong. It's who you are.The speaker claims no right to label the other person's habits wrong. What that person enjoys is treated as who they are.
I'm not that guy anymore.The answer to being described that way: this person insists they have already changed.
このシーンについての質問
Why does someone say they should not stay together?
They say both people are only being nice, and that being nice does not mean they should stay together. They do not want the baby to determine the rest of their lives, and they say not wanting to do this alone is not a fair reason to drag the other person into a relationship. They also do not want to end up like Debbie, whose days they call a constant struggle.
Is Debbie happy here?
One line calls Debbie happy, and the next limits it to today: "she's happy today." The lines that follow say every day is a constant struggle because they are not right for each other and have to force it. Nothing in these lines is Debbie confirming that herself.
Does the other person agree to be just friends?
Not in these lines. They say things can get back on track, insist "I'm not that guy anymore," and ask for a shot to show it. Before that request is finished, the talk is interrupted, and someone says they will finish talking later.
Why does the conversation stop?
Someone cuts in with "Excuse me," asks "Can you grab the video camera?" and says they are going to sing Happy Birthday now. One person apologizes, says they have to go, and promises to be right back so they can finish talking.
Who wins the argument?
Neither side, on the evidence of these lines. One side says nice is not enough and refuses to force the relationship. The other says they have changed and asks for a shot. The birthday song starts before either point is answered, and the last promise is only that they will finish talking.
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