people who came through law school
There's a group there from law school.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 5 / 22 章 · 2'20" · C1
Everyone Is Watching at the Party, Explained：manoeuvred his way around
On the surface this is a drunken chambers party: prosecco, tequila, dancing, and a barrister bragging that he won a massive drug appeal. Underneath, the boast that he "manoeuvred his way around the rules" sits beside a speech about innocent until proven guilty, until a wandering hand is flicked away with "Hey, hey, everyone is watching!"
あらすじ
Chambers colleagues drink too much prosecco and four tequila shots each. Jackets come off, they dance, and he boasts of a drug appeal, a hand on her waist. She answers with a defence speech, flicks his wandering hand, and calls out that everyone is watching. A big case tomorrow means staying primed. She will not go home with him. She peels him off, orders an Uber, and kisses Alice goodbye.
注目の表現
comes outbloody incrediblemanoeuvred his way aroundcatchphrase
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このシーンの表現
manoeuvred his way around
threaded a way past the rules
The narrator reports his boast that he manoeuvred his way around the rules in the Grove appeal, proud rather than sorry.
The intern manoeuvred his way around the deadline and still filed on time.
このシーンの他の表現
- comes out
show up to a social gathering
- bloody incredible
a sweary British way to say amazing
- catchphrase
a slogan people repeat until it thins
- fighting for jail time
you want prison, not justice
- the best of the best
the very top of an already top group
このシーンのメモ一覧
44 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
from the same barristers' set chambers means a barristers' set, not bedrooms
Those from my chambers, Alice, Julian. Adam? Oh, he never comes out.Don't stop after comes; let it slide into out.
Those from my chambers, Alice, Julian. Adam? Oh, he never comes out.stays resting there too long
Julian's hand lingers on my back as he talks to me.reported speech: Said folds in his boast, so the manoeuvre is his claim, not the narrator's act.
Said he manoeuvred his way around the rules in the Grove appeal.really sexy, with real as the adverb
I'm dancing real sexy now!release your grip on it not dropping a glass; dropping restraint
Let go of it all!UK courtroom advocates who defend criminal cases
'Criminal defence barristers, yeah.trust the system to do its job
'We believe in the law. We believe in the system.'a gaze covering the whole body not spilled on her; his eyes travel over her
Jules's eyes all over me.guilt has to be proved first
'We believe in innocent until proven guilty.the base everything else rests on not literal rock; the base of civil society
'It is the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised.'how-clause: The how-clause spells out what that bedrock actually is.
'It is the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised.'Give bedrock the weight and keep of from taking a full beat.
'It is the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised.'Land on jail, keep for light, and don't add a beat on time.
'You, you are fighting for jail time!doubt a reasonable person would still hold
'The right to innocence unless there is reasonable doubt.'unless-clause: Unless limits the right: reasonable doubt is where it stops being automatic.
'The right to innocence unless there is reasonable doubt.'we control how it turns out not literally held; their freedom depends on the speakers
'Your liberty, your life is in our hands.' I toss my hair.quick, flexible intellects agile describes thinking, not a nimble body
'You want the smartest, you want the most agile minds.'a hand that keeps touching without leave the hand is straying, not taking a walk
I flick Jules's wandering hand.judge someone before the facts
'Those... Those who do not pre-judge you, who trust the system, that is us.'relative clause: Both who-clauses define Those before the line claims that is us.
'Those... Those who do not pre-judge you, who trust the system, that is us.'a glance that delivers a message
Alice gives me a look. Eye roll.a look of scorn — Casual scorn between friends; too flip for a formal note.
Alice gives me a look. Eye roll.pick the weak spots in a case holes are flaws in the case, not physical gaps
'It's our job to find holes in the case, keep the police honest, protect society.'stop the police cutting corners not a character reform; a check on how police build cases
'It's our job to find holes in the case, keep the police honest, protect society.'made ready in advance for a task not paint primer; mentally ready for the case
I've got to be primed for a big case tomorrow.You need not hit both t's; got and to can share one short beat.
I've got to be primed for a big case tomorrow.oh no, damn — A private oh-no; leave it out of court and client emails.
Shit!detach someone who is clinging not peeling fruit; pulling him off her
I peel Jules off me, I order an Uber, kiss Alice goodbye.「Everyone Is Watching at the Party」を読み解く
What's really going on
The party runs a creed and a flirtation in the same breath. Someone says, "We believe in the law. We believe in the system," and calls innocent until proven guilty "the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised." Prosecutors are told they are "fighting for jail time," while defence is "human rights" and "Your liberty, your life is in our hands." In the same stretch he boasts that he "manoeuvred his way around the rules" on the Grove appeal, right after calling the win "bloody incredible." The hands do not follow the lecture. A wandering hand is flicked away, and the next line is "Hey, hey, everyone is watching!" a stop called in front of the others. Alice gives a look and an eye roll. She already knows there is no going home together, because a big case tomorrow means staying primed. He is peeled off, an Uber is ordered, and the goodbye kiss goes to Alice.
Theme
JusticeThe speech calls innocent until proven guilty the bedrock of a civilised society, in the same room as a boast about getting around the rules on an appeal.
PrideA won drug appeal is called bloody incredible, and the room is told to want the best of the best, a price shouted at the top.
発音のポイント
- comes out — Don't stop after comes; let it slide into out.
- bedrock of how — Give bedrock the weight and keep of from taking a full beat.
- for jail time — Land on jail, keep for light, and don't add a beat on time.
- got to be — You need not hit both t's; got and to can share one short beat.
'It is the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised.'It answers the line before it: innocent until proven guilty is not just a catchphrase, but the base that keeps a society civilised.
'You, you are fighting for jail time!Aimed at prosecutors in the party argument: they say they fight for justice, but this line says what they are really fighting for is prison time.
'The right to innocence unless there is reasonable doubt.'In the speech this is the right being claimed: a person stays innocent unless there is reasonable doubt.
'Hey, hey, everyone is watching!'Shouted as a wandering hand is flicked away. It is a public order to stop, said in front of the others.
'Those... Those who do not pre-judge you, who trust the system, that is us.'Defence is cast as the people who do not judge you first and who trust the system, set against the prosecutors just accused of wanting jail.
'It's our job to find holes in the case, keep the police honest, protect society.'The speech sums up the defence job: find the weak points in a case, keep the police honest, and call that protecting society.
このシーンについての質問
Why bring up the Grove appeal?
A massive drug appeal is being told as a win just scored, and that win is called bloody incredible. The Grove appeal is the one where he manoeuvred his way around the rules. It is a boast about how the win was got.
Why is "everyone is watching" a call to stop, not a remark that people are watching the dancing?
A wandering hand has just been flicked away. The line that meets it is "Hey, hey, everyone is watching!" It is a stop called in front of the others, not a pleased note that the room is watching the dancing.
Why does bloody incredible land on the drug appeal?
The win is still being told when bloody incredible is added, loud and pleased. It cheers the appeal as amazingly good. It is a British swear of admiration, not a description of blood.
Does "the best of the best" include the smartest, most agile minds?
No. "You want the best of the best, yeah?" only stacks the boast to the top. "You want the smartest, you want the most agile minds" is the following line, not part of that phrase.
Why say that Adam never comes out?
Colleagues from chambers are being named, Alice and Julian among them, and Adam is crossed off with "Oh, he never comes out." He never shows up to these nights.
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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
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第 15 章psyche myself upTessa Is the One on Trial
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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
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