M*A*S*H · 1970 — 第 21 / 22 章 · 2'36" · B2

The Football Game Turns Into a Brawl, Explained:an old pro trick

The game has stopped being a game: players are falling, the referee throws a penalty flag, and a scuffle nearly becomes a brawl. "We're here to play football, not fight!" someone protests. Under the scoreboard, the real contest is who can provoke whom into losing control.

あらすじ

The football game turns ugly. Players keep going down, the referee calls a penalty with a red flag, and a hit sparks a scuffle that nearly becomes a fight. A player says he was taunted by an opponent, and his teammates plan a return jab. On the sideline, the officers running the teams argue about who is to blame.

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coonan old pro trickblithering idiotsixty-nine is divine

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このシーンの表現

an old pro trick

a veteran's standard trick

Duke, a former pro, sees at once that the insult is bait meant to get Jones ejected.

Don't let the taunt work; it's an old pro trick to rattle you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • coon

    a racial slur for a Black person

  • blithering idiot

    complete fools

  • sixty-nine is divine

    a cheer with a bawdy innuendo

  • make someone a major

    promote someone to major

  • nincompoop

    a foolish person

このシーンのメモ一覧

34 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2What kind of something?

which sort of

Relax, Charlie. What kind of team is it?
表現 · A2No + doing

a ban on an action

No piling. Let's get 'em up.
表現 · A2get someone up

help someone stand up

No piling. Let's get 'em up.
発音get 'em

Them drops to 'em, so get 'em lands as a single unit.

No piling. Let's get 'em up.
表現 · B1a red flag

a warning sign

Look, a red flag! We've got a red flag! [ Woman Screaming ] Hot Lips! [ Screaming ] It's a penalty, you blithering idiots.
表現 · A2a penalty

a punishment for a foul

Look, a red flag! We've got a red flag! [ Woman Screaming ] Hot Lips! [ Screaming ] It's a penalty, you blithering idiots.
表現 · A2get off someone

stop lying on someone

Judson, get off of him. You'll be thrown out of the game!
表現 · B1throw someone out of something

force someone out

Judson, get off of him. You'll be thrown out of the game!
文法 · B1be thrown out of

passive voice: The passive be thrown out of puts the punished player first; someone else does the throwing.

Judson, get off of him. You'll be thrown out of the game!
表現 · A2be here to do something

our purpose for being here

What's wrong with you, huh? We're here to play football, not fight!
表現 · B1call someone something

insult someone with a name

Bastard 88 called me a coon.
表現 · B2an old pro trick

a veteran's standard trick

Duke, a former pro, sees at once that the insult is bait meant to get Jones ejected.

Coon. [ Duke Laughs ] That's an old pro trick to get you thrown out ofthe ball game.
表現 · B1do the same thing to someone

give someone the same treatment

Well— Why don't you do the same thing to him?
表現 · B1used to do something

did something habitually before

No, no, the boys in camp used to talk about his sister.
文法 · B1used to talk about

used to structure: Used to do marks a past habit that has stopped; here it points to old camp gossip.

No, no, the boys in camp used to talk about his sister.
スラング · B2for God's sake

an exasperated plea — An impatient exclamation; too informal and irreverent for formal talk.

[ Hammond ] What the hell is he doing, for God's sake?
表現 · A2take someone out

remove someone from play

- Takin' him out. - [ Shouting ]
発音Takin' him

The g in taking is dropped, giving takin'.

- Takin' him out. - [ Shouting ]
スラング · B1big ape

a huge lumbering man — A playground insult for a big clumsy man; keep it out of polite talk.

Hey, you big ape! Blockhead!
スラング · B1Blockhead

a stupid person — An old insult for someone slow-witted, teasing or harsh depending on tone.

Hey, you big ape! Blockhead!
表現 · B2a side of beef

half a cow, meat on the hook

There you go, Charlie! Another side of beef for your butcher shop!
表現 · B2ship someone in

have someone brought in

Yeah, I just had her shipped in. Yeah, not bad.
発音shipped in

Link shipped and in, with in reduced.

Yeah, I just had her shipped in. Yeah, not bad.
スラング · B1goddamn it

damn it — A curse that adds heat; never say it in formal settings.

Kill 'em! Kill 'em, goddamn it!
表現 · B1make someone a major

promote someone to major

The general throws his own promotion of Hot Lips back at her, furious about the team.

What did I make you a major for? For a team like that?
文法 · B1did I make you

question inversion: The question word fronting moves did before I; the plain order would be I made you a major for what.

What did I make you a major for? For a team like that?
表現 · B1do the best one can

as much as one was able

I did the best I could, Charlie. I didn't know they were gonna bring him in.
表現 · A2start doing something

begin doing something

Better get on your goddamn knee and start praying. Trick knee, my ass.

「The Football Game Turns Into a Brawl」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene shows how the game is really played: provocation is a technique. When a player reports he was taunted with a racial slur, the answer is not outrage but strategy — "That's an old pro trick to get you thrown out of the ball game." The counter-move they settle on is petty revenge, a jab about the opponent's sister: "Her name was Gladys. Use it." Nobody pretends to be above it. On the sidelines the quarrel gets just as heated, with officers trading blame about the roster and an injured knee. The film's joke is that the uniforms and the scoreboard change nothing; the camp brings its own rules to the field, and the men who run it are as petty as the players.

Theme

Dark humorA racial taunt and a sideline feud are played as comedy, with childish revenge as the response.
PowerThe coaches argue over blame and rank while the game on the field spins out of control.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A slur here is a tactic, not a slip of temper.
  • Duke's laugh shows he has seen this bait before.
  • The cruelest comeback is handed over in six words.
  • On the bench, nicknames do more damage than fists.

発音のポイント

  • get 'em — Them drops to 'em, so get 'em lands as a single unit.
  • Takin' him — The g in taking is dropped, giving takin'.
  • shipped in — Link shipped and in, with in reduced.
Relax. They're falling around like dead flies.

"Falling around like dead flies" is the coach's dismissive way of saying the other team keeps collapsing. "Relax" tells his side the game is under control.

What's wrong with you, huh? We're here to play football, not fight!

A protest against the escalating violence: the point of being on the field is the game, not a brawl. The line names the boundary that has already been crossed.

Her name was Gladys. Use it.

The chosen revenge: don't answer the taunt, needle the opponent about his sister instead. It is petty, deliberate and very much in keeping with the camp's humour.

There you go, Charlie! Another side of beef for your butcher shop!

A gloating line to the opposing coach: another of his players has been flattened, called a "side of beef" as if delivered to a butcher.

What did I make you a major for? For a team like that?

A superior's sneer: he claims credit for the promotion and then demands to know what it bought him, since the team is a mess.

Better get on your goddamn knee and start praying. Trick knee, my ass.

A mocking jab at an excuse: he tells the man to kneel and pray instead of hiding behind a "trick knee," and "my ass" signals total disbelief.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the game turning into a fight?

The players are increasingly physical, and one side is using taunts to provoke the other into reacting. The referee's penalty flag marks the moment the game stops looking like sport and starts looking like a brawl.

What does "an old pro trick" mean here?

It means a veteran player's old method of baiting an opponent into a foul — provoke him, then let the referee punish the reaction. The line explains why answering a taunt is exactly the wrong move.

What revenge do the teammates plan?

Rather than trade the insult back, they decide to needle the opponent about his sister, giving him the name "Gladys" to use. It is childish on purpose, and the scene plays it for a laugh.

Why are the officers on the sideline arguing?

They are fighting over who is responsible for the team's poor play. A superior complains about the roster, the coach pleads that he did his best, and an old knee injury becomes the next point of contention.

Who is "Charlie"?

It is the name the men use for the opposing coach, and it is used both to taunt him and to address him. Their banter with him carries the same needling tone as the play on the field.

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