flirty name for a woman — Fine only if you're close; rude from a stranger.
Hey, what's up? Baby girl.Knocked Up · 2007 — 第 8 / 12 章 · 2'44" · C1
Turned Away at the Club Door, Explained：it is what it is
On the surface, someone wants past the rope. The club is full, so the answer is the end of the line. Underneath, the refusal turns personal: a pet name, a claim that the rules are not theirs to make, and the flat line "It is what it is." The real fight is who gets to decide who belongs inside.
あらすじ
At a nightclub door, a greeting is cut off with "End of the line." The club is at capacity, and coming here all the time changes nothing. A pet name turns the refusal into a shout about who has a right to be inside. Someone then says they hate judging who gets in, and still explains the no: too old for this club, and one of them is pregnant.
注目の表現
baby girlat capacityit is what it isnot skanky enough
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このシーンの表現
it is what it is
this is just how it is; it can't be changed
A demand for an explanation gets it is what it is, with sweetie still stuck on the end.
They cancelled the train, and all he said was it is what it is.
このシーンの他の表現
- baby girl
calling a girl baby or little girl; sweet from someone close, often belittling from a stranger
- at capacity
full; no room for anyone else
- not skanky enough
sarcastic: not trashy enough to enter
- fag
a homophobic slur
- pass judgment
to judge and rank people
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 40 件のメモ
the back of the queue Here it is the back of the queue, not a dead end in life.
- What's up? - End of the line, please.full; no room for anyone else
Once the line order meets resistance, someone seals it with at capacity and a soft okay.
Look, we're at capacity, okay?the crowd thins out
We'll let some people in when it clears out a little.time clause: when sets the timing: people get in only after the room thins.
We'll let some people in when it clears out a little.be admitted straight away right means directly, not correctly; the same line still sends you to the back of the queue.
You'll get right in if you go back to the end of the line.regularly; not a first visit
We come here all the time. It's not a big deal.not worth this fuss
We come here all the time. It's not a big deal.In fast speech not a often blends, the t sliding into a.
We come here all the time. It's not a big deal.set the rules
Hey, look. I don't make the rules.Let the t in pretty tap lightly instead of a full stop.
Hey, what's up, shorty? What's up, pretty girls?street nickname for a girl — Club small talk; leave it out of work.
Hey, what's up, shorty? What's up, pretty girls?you all; plural you — Spoken plural you; skip it in formal writing.
See y'all when y'all get out.this is just how it is; it can't be changed
A demand for an explanation gets it is what it is, with sweetie still stuck on the end.
- What the fuck was that? - It is what it is, sweetie.take the friend's advice instead
Maybe you should listen to your friend.address me with a pet name
No, you don't need to call me sweetie.Keep gonna as one light word instead of restarting going to.
All right, you want to come in, you're gonna havethe same way as everyone
to go to the end of the line and wait like everybody else.an equal right to be there
I have just as much of a right to be here as any of these little skanky girls!equal comparison: as...as makes her right equal to these girls named in the same line.
I have just as much of a right to be here as any of these little skanky girls!insult: trashy, promiscuous — An insult aimed at women; not a joke to copy.
I have just as much of a right to be here as any of these little skanky girls!pull a skirt higher
You want me to hike up my fucking skirt?refusing to leave
What the fuck is your problem? I'm not going anywhere!Put the weight on not and anywhere, and let going stay light.
What the fuck is your problem? I'm not going anywhere!bulked up on steroids — Mocking someone's size; fighting words face to face.
You're just some roided out freak with a fucking clipboard!to judge and rank people
After You're right. I'm so sorry, pass judgment appears: not wanting to be the one who decides who gets in. The line does not take the door back.
I don't want to be the one to pass judgment and decide who gets in.disgusted, down in the stomach
Right after the line about not judging who gets in, sick to my stomach calls the job nausea. The runs are the next line, not this idiom.
This shit makes me sick to my stomach.diarrhea, said crudely — Crude word for diarrhea; skip it at a formal table.
I get the runs from the stress.double negative: Stacked nots rule out 'not hot' as the reason for refusal.
It's not 'cause you're not hot. I would love to tap that ass.Keep 'cause light; don't rebuild the full because.
It's not 'cause you're not hot. I would love to tap that ass.crude: I'd like to have sex — Explicitly sexual; saying it to someone is harassment.
It's not 'cause you're not hot. I would love to tap that ass.restrictive aside: The aside limits old to this club and withdraws a verdict on her whole life.
I can't let you in 'cause you're old as fuck, for this club, not, you know, for the Earth.extremely old, with a swear — Harsh about age; don't aim it at the person.
I can't let you in 'cause you're old as fuck, for this club, not, you know, for the Earth.zero copula: Without are and is, it still states that one is old and one is pregnant.
You old. She pregnant.moving all over the place
Can't have a bunch of old, pregnant bitches running around.slur for women — Common in angry talk; vicious when aimed at someone.
Can't have a bunch of old, pregnant bitches running around.permitted to do only this much
I'm only allowed to let in 5% black people. He said that. 5%.offensive word for a little person — Now taken as an insult; don't repeat it for effect.
So I got to hope there's a black midget in the crowd.competent care of a child
That's not even good parenting right there.should have known not to
After the yoga jab, know better than that scolds the night out, while old ass is what makes it about age.
Your old ass should know better than that.「Turned Away at the Club Door」を読み解く
What's really going on
The official reason is short. "Look, we're at capacity, okay?" Then a softer promise: people get in when the room clears out, if they go to the end of the line. They say they come here all the time, and that it does not look crowded. "Hey, look. I don't make the rules" moves the blame off the person holding the rope. A pet name changes the fight. "No, you don't need to call me sweetie" is about respect, not capacity. The shout that follows strips the job down: power now, but not God, just a doorman. After that, someone agrees, hates the job, and says "I don't want to be the one to pass judgment and decide who gets in." The speech then does the judging anyway: too old for this club, not for the Earth; one of them is pregnant; they should be at yoga; "Your old ass should know better than that." The apology never lifts the no.
Theme
PowerA doorman's rope decides who gets in, and the shout calls that small power out: not God, just the door.
SatireThe apology, the quota math, and the yoga jab all dress up one rude no at the rope.
発音のポイント
- not a big — In fast speech not a often blends, the t sliding into a.
- pretty girls — Let the t in pretty tap lightly instead of a full stop.
- you're gonna — Keep gonna as one light word instead of restarting going to.
- not going anywhere — Put the weight on not and anywhere, and let going stay light.
Hey, look. I don't make the rules.Someone refuses to own the block. The room is full, and they treat the no as a rule they only enforce.
No, you don't need to call me sweetie.A reply to being called sweetie. The objection is the pet name itself, not a request to get in.
You may have power now, but you're not God!The shout cuts the job down to size. Power at the rope is real for a moment, but it does not make the person God.
I don't want to be the one to pass judgment and decide who gets in.Right after agreeing and apologizing, someone says they do not want the role of choosing who enters. The line admits the job is exactly that choice.
I can't let you in 'cause you're old as fuck, for this club, not, you know, for the Earth.This line gives age as the cause: too old for this club, with a quick joke that they are not too old for the Earth. It does not say the earlier capacity line is cancelled.
Your old ass should know better than that.The last jab. Being older means they should have known a nightclub door was the wrong place, so the refusal is treated as obvious.
このシーンについての質問
Why are they turned away from the club?
The first reason given is that the club is at capacity. They are sent to the end of the line and told they will get in when it clears out a little. Later a separate stretch says they are too old for this club, not for the Earth, that "She pregnant," and that they should be at a yoga class. That later stretch never says the capacity reason no longer counts.
Why does being called sweetie turn into a shouting match?
The door has already said no. "It is what it is, sweetie" adds a pet name, and "you don't need to call me sweetie" comes back twice, even after a friend suggests leaving. The shouting that follows is about having the same right to be there, and about a doorman who is not God.
Does the apology mean they get in?
No. Someone says "You're right. I'm so sorry," hates the job, and says they do not want to pass judgment on who gets in. "Now I feel guilty. I'm sorry" comes later too. The no stays in place: too old for the club, one of them pregnant, and they should know better.
What is the "you're not God" line aimed at?
The person controlling the door. In that shout they may have power now but they are not God, and the next line calls them a doorman. The clipboard and the little rope are what that power looks like in the same run of lines. It is about who gets past the entrance, not about religion.
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