suddenly nothing but the work mask
Richard's sympathetic smile gives way at once to a purely professional manner.
gives me a sympathetic smile, and then he is all professional.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 18 / 22 章 · 2'27" · C1
Cross-Examining Herself in Court, Explained：cross-examining myself
A sympathetic smile snaps shut and the questions turn professional: name, the first night, vodka in the office, then the night itself. She hears a snicker and still calls it support. Once she reaches the steady walk back to bed, the kinder detail becomes a weapon. "In my head, I am cross-examining myself."
あらすじ
In court, a man clears his throat, gives a sympathetic smile, then turns all professional. He asks the witness to tell, in her own words, about the first night with Julian Brookes and the night in question. She describes vomiting and being carried back to bed, then realizes the steady walk means he lied about being too drunk. She answers aloud while, in her head, cross-examining herself.
注目の表現
all professionalin your own wordsshowing supportthe night in question
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このシーンの表現
cross-examining myself
attacking her own testimony inside her head
She is still answering aloud while the same questions turn inward on her story.
The meeting ended, but I kept cross-examining myself about one careless sentence.
このシーンの他の表現
- all professional
suddenly nothing but the work mask
- in your own words
say it in your wording, not ours
- showing support
a jeer renamed as loyalty
- the night in question
the specific night this case is about
- suggests manipulation
makes a gesture look like scheming
このシーンのメモ一覧
34 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
Stress the middle of sympathetic and let smile fall away.
gives me a sympathetic smile, and then he is all professional.address the court, not a person beside you
'Can you tell the court your name and occupation?'refuse to look away from him
I won't take my eyes off him.Keep him light and leave the weight on eyes.
I won't take my eyes off him.say it in your wording, not ours
The questioner asks for the first night but insists the wording be hers.
'In your own words, can you please tell the court 'about the first night you spent with Julian Brookes?'flick one's eyes quickly toward someone not a dart thrown; the eyes flick outward
I involuntarily dart my eyes out to seek who it is.indirect question: who it is stays statement order: she is identifying the laugher, not calling out.
I involuntarily dart my eyes out to seek who it is.pals from his old school — Means former schoolmates here, not a retro style; skip it formally.
Old school buddies? Uni mates? They all look the same.university friends, said casually — Casual British English among friends, not for a formal introduction.
Old school buddies? Uni mates? They all look the same.a member of their own group own means one of the group, not a possession
This is them showing support for one of their own.glimpse the look on her face catch means notice, not grab
I cringe when I'm asked the detail, catch her face.shrink with embarrassment — Everyday talk about your own embarrassment, not a formal speech.
I cringe when I'm asked the detail, catch her face.the specific night this case is about
After the office vodka, he turns to the night in question and asks what happened that night.
'Turning to the night in question, 'can you please tell the court, in your own words, what happened?'Stress the first syllable of question; do not lift it like a real question.
'Turning to the night in question, 'can you please tell the court, in your own words, what happened?'refuse to meet her gaze
A woman juror is looking at me, I avoid her eye.makes a gesture look like scheming
A woman on the jury is watching her, and she looks away so no gesture can be called a ploy.
I don't want to do anything that suggests manipulation.relative clause: The that-clause limits anything to acts that would look like manipulation.
I don't want to do anything that suggests manipulation.a thought suddenly hits me
And it occurs to me in this moment, in court, as I am answering this question,right now, not later in memory
And it occurs to me in this moment, in court, as I am answering this question,mixed result clause: Too drunk is tied to a that-clause: the carrying shows he could still remember.
that Julian carefully carrying me back to the bed means he wasn't too drunk that he could not remember.Let the final t in wasn't brush into too without a stop.
that Julian carefully carrying me back to the bed means he wasn't too drunk that he could not remember.tell me an untruth about a particular thing
He has lied to me about being so drunk.in control, not lost or confused
She has just described him carrying her without a stumble, then stops on but.
He didn't fall or stumble. He knew what he was doing, but...be turned into something that hurts me
This will be used against me. Yeah.the one whose word counts for less
She finishes their point: if only she was drunk, her account counts for less.
They will say I was the only drunk one in this story, so I am the less reliable one.result clause: So delivers their conclusion: her drunkenness makes her less believable.
They will say I was the only drunk one in this story, so I am the less reliable one.emphatically mine, nobody else's very strengthens own; it does not mean extremely
I'm using my own defence skills to doubt my very own story.search a story for what is wrong with it
Finding fault in my story. Trapped again and again and again.repeatedly, with no end in sight
Finding fault in my story. Trapped again and again and again.「Cross-Examining Herself in Court」を読み解く
What's really going on
The smile lasts a moment, then he is "all professional." Name, occupation, the first night, vodka in the office, "the night in question." A snicker comes from the gallery, where Julian's friends sit. She still calls it "showing support for one of their own." What sounds like care starts to cut the other way. She is asked about vomiting, then about "Julian carefully carrying me back to the bed." Set beside "He didn't fall or stumble," the carry means he was not too drunk to remember. "He has lied to me about being so drunk." "This will be used against me." If he walked steadily, "They will say I was the only drunk one in this story, so I am the less reliable one." "I answer the questions aloud. In my head, I am cross-examining myself." Her own defence skill, finding fault again and again, is aimed at her story. Her mother's face does not change. She digs her nails into her palms.
Theme
JusticeOn the stand she watches a steady walk become proof that she, not he, is "the less reliable one."
LiesThe careful carry back to bed makes "He has lied to me about being so drunk" her conclusion, because he did not stumble.
発音のポイント
- sympathetic smile — Stress the middle of sympathetic and let smile fall away.
- off him — Keep him light and leave the weight on eyes.
- in question — Stress the first syllable of question; do not lift it like a real question.
- wasn't too drunk — Let the final t in wasn't brush into too without a stop.
I don't want to do anything that suggests manipulation.She will not meet the woman juror's eye or do anything that could look like she is steering the room.
He has lied to me about being so drunk.The careful carry back to bed tells her he was sober enough to remember, so his claim of being that drunk was a lie.
They will say I was the only drunk one in this story, so I am the less reliable one.She is predicting the attack, not reporting one already made: a steady walk will be used to argue that only she was drunk, and that she is the one less to be believed.
I answer the questions aloud. In my head, I am cross-examining myself.The answers come out loud for the court, but inside she is running the same cross-examination on her own account.
I'm using my own defence skills to doubt my very own story.The habit she uses to pick holes in a case is now aimed at the story she is telling.
このシーンについての質問
Why does she decide he lied about being so drunk?
Because he carried her back to bed without falling or stumbling. She takes that steady walk as proof he was not too drunk to remember, so "He has lied to me about being so drunk."
Why does she think the steady walk will be used against her?
She is still answering when she makes the inference. If he walked steadily, "They will say I was the only drunk one in this story, so I am the less reliable one."
Why does she avoid the woman juror's eye?
She looks at the jury, feels anxious, and will not meet that juror's eye. The line is "I don't want to do anything that suggests manipulation."
Who snickers while she describes the first night?
She hears a snicker, looks out, and sees extra people in the gallery: Julian's friends, school or university mates who "all look the same." She calls it "showing support for one of their own."
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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
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
再生中 · 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
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