Keep can and be light so kind carries the weight.
Cross-examining police officers can be kind of...National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 8 / 22 章 · 2'59" · C1
Tessa Baiting the Sergeant, Explained：get under their skin
She shows a police cross that looks like a rank slip and a polite close. "So, the trick is to get under their skin." Under that, she wants the officer defensive enough to contradict himself. A sexual assault cross, she says, is different: the act happened, and the fight is whether he could reasonably think it was OK.
あらすじ
At Snaresbrook Crown Court, Tessa Ensler reenacts cross-examining a police sergeant. She calls him Constable until he snaps over the rank, gets him to admit he read his partner's statement, and closes in elaborate thanks. She then turns to sexual assault trials, where the dispute is consent and the defence only has to show his belief was reasonable.
注目の表現
friggin'play Godget under their skinOh, I am sorry
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このシーンの表現
get under their skin
annoy someone until they lose calm
She names the method: scratch their pride so the calm account turns into self-defence.
Keep poking that typo and you will get under their skin before the presentation.
このシーンの他の表現
- friggin'
a minced damn, meaning very
- play God
act as if you were the final judge
- Oh, I am sorry
a polite sorry used as a jab
- no further questions
the formal end of questioning
- word against
two accounts and no other proof
このシーンのメモ一覧
44 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
it sounds morally off
I know, I know. Sounds bad, right? But some of them...Let the ending of friggin' stop early instead of finishing it.
Some of them can be so friggin' self-righteous.minced damn, very — Fine among friends; keep it out of court and formal writing.
Some of them can be so friggin' self-righteous.check a version with someone first story means the account for court, not a life story
Show me an officer who hasn't run their story past their partner, trying to close the gaps.remove holes in an account
Show me an officer who hasn't run their story past their partner, trying to close the gaps.relative clause: The who-clause names the officer who never checked the story.
Show me an officer who hasn't run their story past their partner, trying to close the gaps.act as if you were the final judge
She warns that seizing final judgment ruins you, then says the police forget that.
If you try to play God in this system, you are damned, but the police, they forget.left dislocation: Police is named first, then they, so the forgetting sticks to them.
If you try to play God in this system, you are damned, but the police, they forget.annoy someone until they lose calm
She names the method: scratch their pride so the calm account turns into self-defence.
So, the trick is to get under their skin.start protecting yourself
If you aggravate them, they get defensive and they make mistakes,make earlier testimony worthless
and you can discredit anything they have said before.easily provoked
'I suggest you are a man who is quick to anger, Constable.'get something wrong
'I suggest you are a man who is likely to make mistakes, Constable.'accounts that do not match
'But you have made some inconsistent statements in court today, 'haven't you, Constable... Oh, I am sorry, Sergeant?'tag question: The tag pushes him to admit the statements do not match.
'But you have made some inconsistent statements in court today, 'haven't you, Constable... Oh, I am sorry, Sergeant?'Let the t in haven't touch you instead of stopping dead.
'But you have made some inconsistent statements in court today, 'haven't you, Constable... Oh, I am sorry, Sergeant?'the contrary account
'Because your partner has said the exact opposite here in court today, Constable.'Put the weight on Sergeant and glide through It's.
'It's Sergeant!'openly given answers praise for answers that anger shook loose
'Thank you so much for your frank answers and for assisting the court today.'helping the court by answering
'Thank you so much for your frank answers and for assisting the court today.'the formal end of questioning
She thanks the judge and shuts the questioning while the anger is already on record.
'Thank you, Your Honour, I have no further questions.'not the same situation at all
But cross-examination in a sexual assault case, it is a completely different thing.only two conflicting accounts not vocabulary; two people's accounts
In sexual assault cases, it's usually just one person's word against the other.whether there was consent
Yes, the sex act happened, but was it consensual or not?stacked negation: It is not that he refused; he did not know consent was absent.
You just have to point out he did not know there was no consent.I sympathise with someone not touch; emotional sympathy
I feel for the alleged victim, the complainant, I really do.「Tessa Baiting the Sergeant」を読み解く
What's really going on
The rank mistake is craft. Call him Constable until the correction replaces the answer, and "Oh, I am sorry, Sergeant?" keeps the sore open instead of closing it. He ends up admitting he read his partner's statement. She adds that the partner has said "the exact opposite." Thanks for his "frank answers" and for "assisting the court," then "I have no further questions," frames the collapse as courtesy. A sexual assault cross is "a completely different thing." "it's usually just one person's word against the other." The sex is conceded. Consent is the fight, and the defence need not prove she consented. It only points out that he may not have known consent was missing, and asks whether that belief was reasonable. She feels for "the alleged victim," and she contrasts barristers who "make them look like liars" with her own aim: test the case without destroying the complainant. "And yet, sometimes" lets the doubt stand.
Theme
JusticeShe separates a police cross she can crack from a sexual assault trial, where the act is admitted and the fight is consent and a reasonable belief.
DeceptionCalling him Constable, the quick sorry, and the lavish thanks are there to expose anger and inconsistency, not to make peace.
発音のポイント
- can be kind of — Keep can and be light so kind carries the weight.
- so friggin' self-righteous — Let the ending of friggin' stop early instead of finishing it.
- haven't you, Constable — Let the t in haven't touch you instead of stopping dead.
- It's Sergeant — Put the weight on Sergeant and glide through It's.
Show me an officer who hasn't run their story past their partner, trying to close the gaps.She treats a clean police story as something rehearsed with a partner so the holes are already closed before court.
If you try to play God in this system, you are damned, but the police, they forget.Anyone who plays the system's final judge is finished, she says, but police forget that and act as if they are the system itself.
'I didn't mean to make you angry, sir.Not a real apology. It announces his anger and turns the temper her questions stirred into the thing the court is asked to notice.
'Thank you so much for your frank answers and for assisting the court today.'The courtesy is the last twist. Praise for frank, helpful answers arrives once those answers have already been turned against him.
In sexual assault cases, it's usually just one person's word against the other.Her point is evidentiary. These cases often come down to two accounts of one act, with no partner statement to smash them together.
I feel for the alleged victim, the complainant, I really do.She offers sympathy, but the labels stay legal: alleged victim and complainant, not a person the court has already called a victim.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the cross keep calling him Constable?
The trick named here is to get under their skin. Aggravate the officer and he gets defensive and makes mistakes, which can discredit what he said before. Each "Constable" pulls him off the story and onto his rank.
Is "Oh, I am sorry" a real apology?
It is staged as one. Right after "Constable" comes "Oh, I am sorry, Sergeant?", as if the rank had only just come to mind. The line that actually names the anger is "I didn't mean to make you angry, sir."
Why is a sexual assault cross a different thing?
It is usually one person's word against the other. The sex happened. The fight is whether it was consensual. The defence does not have to prove she consented, only that he did not know consent was missing, and whether his belief was reasonable.
Why does she say the complainant is lucky it is her?
She says some male barristers still try to make complainants look like liars and doubt themselves. She claims she is clear and concise, testing the case without destroying them, so they are "actually lucky it's me." She also says she can see they are scared, then stops on "And yet, sometimes."
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第 1 章play it coolEnsler Lets the Witness Talk
第 2 章blood in the waterEnsler Corners the Witness
第 3 章What's new?Tessa Comes Home After the Win
第 4 章crème de la crèmeThe Dean's Induction Warning
第 5 章manoeuvred his way aroundEveryone Is Watching at the Party
第 6 章ethical tightropeSophie Walks the Tightrope
第 7 章burn the midnight oilAfter Hours in Chambers
再生中 · 第 8 章get under their skinTessa Baiting the Sergeant
第 9 章her word against hisJenna's Word on Trial
第 10 章justify the costTessa's Date Ends in Vomit
第 11 章legal truthTessa Asks for the Police Station
第 12 章no armourTessa Enters Court Without Armour
第 13 章get someone offsideTessa's Police Interview
第 14 章in the hands ofTessa Agrees to Testify
第 15 章psyche myself upTessa Is the One on Trial
第 16 章go through with thisUp to the Witness Stand
第 17 章put it down toTessa Runs into Julian
第 18 章cross-examining myselfCross-Examining Herself in Court
第 19 章in the darkWitness Faces the Cross-Examination
第 20 章fall for itTessa Remembers on the Stand
第 21 章news to meTessa Loses Faith in the Law
第 22 章litmus testWitness Calls Out the Rape Law第 8 / 22 章 · 残り約 48 分