leave your job
I heard you... quit your job.Manhattan · 1979 — 第 7 / 23 章 · 4'32" · B2
Isaac and Mary Meet Again, Explained：right on the money
Isaac runs into Mary at a charity event and the small talk quickly gets personal. They argue about how to answer a Nazi march, then trade the stories of their marriages. Mary says she was tired of burying her identity under a brilliant man, and Isaac answers with jokes about his own divorce.
あらすじ
At a charity benefit, Isaac and Mary meet again, and the conversation moves from his new book and his decision to quit, to a Nazi march in New Jersey, to their divorces. Isaac argues that physical force makes the point better than satire, while Mary explains that she left a brilliant, dominating husband to stop hiding her own identity.
注目の表現
self-destructive impulseright on the moneymeet some stupid peopleunder the circumstances
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このシーンの表現
right on the money
exactly right
Mary jokes that even her worst orgasm was spot on, keeping the awkward topic light.
Your estimate was right on the money.
このシーンの他の表現
- self-destructive impulse
an urge to harm yourself
- meet some stupid people
a jab dressed as advice
- under the circumstances
given the situation
- turn someone off
make someone lose interest
- fuck off
go away, rudely
このシーンのメモ一覧
72 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
an urge to harm yourself
When Mary hears he quit his job, Isaac half-jokingly calls it a self-destructive impulse.
Yeah. A real self-destructive impulse. I wanna write a book, so I...present perfect question: The present perfect asks whether anyone has seen the news up to now.
Has anybody read that Nazis are gonna march in New Jersey, you know?gather some people
We should go there, get some guys together.come straight to the point
Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks get right to the point.The t in get often flaps toward a d sound in American speech.
Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks get right to the point.just going to
I'm just about to direct a film... of my own script.be about to: Be about to marks an action on the point of happening right now.
I'm just about to direct a film... of my own script.is great in bed — Crude slang; only among close friends.
The premise is this guy screws so great...with a hint of
It's... Theodor Reik with a touch of Charles Manson.exactly right
Mary jokes that even her worst orgasm was spot on, keeping the awkward topic light.
My worst one was right on the money.Right on the runs together, with the t linking into on.
My worst one was right on the money.be introduced by someone
I met her through my ex-husband Jeremiah.why, in casual speech
How come you guys got divorced? I never...barely know you
What kind of a question is that? I hardly know you.hide who you are
I was tired of submerging my identity to a brilliant, dominating man. He's a genius.handle something calmly
- God, that must have been demoralising. - I took it well under the circumstances.given the situation
Mary says his wife leaving must have crushed him, and Isaac answers that he coped well given the situation.
- God, that must have been demoralising. - I took it well under the circumstances.modal perfect: Must have been expresses a strong guess about what happened in the past.
- God, that must have been demoralising. - I took it well under the circumstances.make someone lose interest
Mary argues that being betrayed put Isaac off women, which explains the young girlfriend.
It's enough to turn you off women and it accounts for the little girl.speak one's mind
I'm honest. I say what's on my mind and if you can't take it, then fuck off.go away, rudely — Very rude; never use it in polite company.
I'm honest. I say what's on my mind and if you can't take it, then fuck off.fall head over heels — A hyperbolic way to say someone is instantly smitten.
The brightest men just drop dead in front of a beautiful face.get into bed
Mary jokes about how grateful men are in bed if a woman is a little giving.
When you climb into the sack, if you're a bit giving, they're so grateful.get into bed — Playful slang; keep it casual.
When you climb into the sack, if you're a bit giving, they're so grateful.be in a hurry
Listen, I gotta get my dog. Wanna wait? I gotta walk it. Are you in rush?The t in gotta often drops and runs straight into get.
Listen, I gotta get my dog. Wanna wait? I gotta walk it. Are you in rush?「Isaac and Mary Meet Again」を読み解く
What's really going on
The benefit is the movie's version of a meet-cute, but the talk keeps turning into an argument. Isaac and Mary cannot agree even on how to respond to a Nazi march, and his line, "physical force is better with Nazis," tells you how quickly he turns opinions into fights. The conversation then becomes mutual confession: Mary says she was tired of "submerging my identity to a brilliant, dominating man," and Isaac explains that his ex-wife left him for a woman. Instead of competing, the two of them discover they are both people who talk too much and trust too little. Her verdict on his friends, that he should meet some stupid people and learn something, is the first honest insult of the relationship, and he seems to enjoy it.
Theme
RomanceTwo people who argue about everything discover they are drawn to each other precisely because the talk never becomes polite.
IdentityMary explains that her marriage meant submerging her identity, which gives the meeting its real subject.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mary's questions are sharper than Isaac's jokes.
- Every clever line at this table is a small attack.
- Right on the money hides a second, naughtier meaning.
- Divorce is the real subject under the banter.
発音のポイント
- get right to — The t in get often flaps toward a d sound in American speech.
- right on the — Right on the runs together, with the t linking into on.
- gotta get — The t in gotta often drops and runs straight into get.
You should meet some stupid people. You could learn something.Her backhanded advice: his clever circle has taught him nothing, so ordinary people might actually improve him.
No, physical force is better with Nazis. It's hard to satirise a guy with shiny boots.His argument for action over irony: a man in polished boots is too absurd to parody, so satire has nothing to grip.
It's enough to turn you off women and it accounts for the little girl.A joke that links his divorce to his taste in younger women, framing one wound as the explanation for the other.
I like the way you express yourself, too. Pithy, yet degenerate.A compliment built to insult: she praises his bluntness while calling it crude, which is exactly the tone he likes.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Isaac and Mary argue about the Nazi march?
Isaac wants to answer a Nazi march with bricks and bats, while Mary thinks sharp satire is stronger. It is a small disagreement that reveals how Isaac turns almost any topic into a fight.
Why did Mary get divorced?
She says she was tired of submerging her identity under a brilliant, dominating man. Her complaint is not that he was unkind but that being with him meant disappearing.
Why did Isaac get divorced?
He says his ex-wife left him for another woman. He jokes that he took it well under the circumstances and that he once tried to run them both over with a car.
What does "right on the money" mean?
It means exactly right or perfectly on target. Isaac uses it to say that even his worst experience was oddly perfect, which turns the conversation into a joke.
Who is Dennis?
Dennis is one of the people at the benefit, a Harvard-educated man Mary calls aggressive. When Isaac describes a film idea, Dennis calls it homicidal rather than hostile.
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