Hit second harder than Today, so the rank carries the boast.
Today, the prosecutor came second.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 3 / 22 章 · 4'39" · C1
Tessa Comes Home After the Win, Explained：What's new?
A lawyer leaves court on "Today, I came first," and the phone throws back "What's new?" The ride to Mum's melts the gloss of this legal life into the seat. In the kitchen one line lands: "you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?" The win does not survive the room.
あらすじ
After court, the lawyer packs up, nods to the judge, and tells a weeping mother she has to run. A phone call brings "What's new?" A cab, a missed fare, then the train to Mum's, where the gloss melts. The kitchen has Fanta, chopping, a sale shirt, and a fight that ends with Mum on the floor picking up carrots.
注目の表現
came secondWhat's new?the glosshad a big night
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このシーンの表現
What's new?
a sarcastic so-what to stale news
Jules answers the win with What's new?, so the news arrives already old.
I told him I got the job, and he only said, "What's new?"
このシーンの他の表現
- came second
finished behind the winner
- the gloss
the shiny surface that wears off
- had a big night
was out late drinking hard
- Fa-ail
fail stretched like a game buzzer
- did ya
a sarcastic tag: isn't that so
このシーンのメモ一覧
80 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ
gather things and put them away
I pack up my files. Nod thanks to counsel for the prosecution.look someone in the eye
Don't make eye contact, blah, blah, blah.get up and go without lingering
Motion for my client to up and leave.copy the action just done
Turn at the door, nod to the judge, gesture for my client to do the same.Glue to onto got and keep it light, with no extra beat.
I like the mothers, they know, they understand. I tell them, 'I've got to run.don't come back to this place here means court: don't come back as a defendant
'I've got another case to prepare. I don't want to see you in here again.'finished in first place not a sports meet; she won the case
Today, I was a winner. Today, I came first.go over an event after it ends
I call Alice to debrief on my case.ask what the result was like
Someone else picks up. It's Jules. He asks me how it went.shout for someone to return not a return call; the driver calls her back to the cab
I hop out, the cabbie calls me back.oh no, a blunder — Save it for a private blunder, not for clients or elders.
'It's not an Uber!' I forgot to pay. Shit!stop holding something so tight she lets go of the adrenaline and the pace
Catching the train to Liverpool, and I finally start to let it go – the adrenalin, the pace.travel gradually toward a place
as the train makes its way to where I started out.place clause: where names the destination as the place she originally came from.
as the train makes its way to where I started out.drop sharply in speed or trade the shop's trade dropped, not someone walking slower
We talk about how his business has slowed right down,the television — Fine in a living room, odd in an essay or a news report.
The telly's on and the news is blaring.light a cigarette
Me mum lights up a ciggie, tells me the Fanta isn't sugar-free.a cigarette — Casual British for a cigarette; keep it out of formal writing.
Me mum lights up a ciggie, tells me the Fanta isn't sugar-free.my mum, said the casual way — British casual for my mum; don't use it in a formal introduction.
Me mum lights up a ciggie, tells me the Fanta isn't sugar-free.tag question: The tag doesn't seek information; it pushes her to accept the accusation.
'Oh, you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?'Let ya stay small; don't rebuild a full you after did.
'Oh, you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?'available to buy in a shop in British English, often just available for sale
'I saw it on sale. It looks like what a lawyer would wear.'nominal clause: what stands for the kind of thing, so the shirt is judged as lawyer-wear.
'I saw it on sale. It looks like what a lawyer would wear.'how someone shows a feeling
But this is my mum's way of saying she is proud.ended up in a physical fight
'Your brother, he got into a fight last night.'draw one's body back she pulls her body back, not a vehicle leaving
As I hug her, I feel her stiffen a little, she pulls away.a worthless person, said with contempt — Said in raw anger; it blows up the room if he can hear it.
'Mum, he's a fucking loser!'a dried smear of blood bloody means blood here, not the British swear
His face is contorted. Over his eyebrow is a dried bloody mess.suddenly back in the same place back in the old standoff, not a street address
And we are right back there.participle clause: The participle ties his words to the smell of last night at the same moment.
while breathing out last night's fumes as he speaks.closest friend — Friendly British for a closest friend; too casual for a boss.
This man, he... He was once my best mate. He did everything with me.Let gonna stay one piece and slide out after just.
I am just gonna leave.lift fallen things off the ground picking vegetables off the floor
And the last thing that I see is my mum on the floor trying to pick them up.「Tessa Comes Home After the Win」を読み解く
What's really going on
One line puts the prosecutor second. Another says "Today, I was a winner. Today, I came first." No eye contact, a nod to the judge, the client shown to do the same, then a weeping mother told there is another case. The scoreboard stops outside. On the phone, "I won" gets "What's new?" The train to Mum's lets the gloss of this legal life melt into the seat. The kitchen has the news, a brother in bed after a big night, and Fanta that is not sugar-free. "I won a case today" is met with "you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?" A shirt on sale is offered as what a lawyer would wear, and it goes on right there. The brother stands in the door, eyebrow a dried bloody mess, and turns the pink shirt into an insult. He does not hit her. She leaves. Mum is on her hands and knees, picking up carrots and broccoli.
Theme
ClassA first-place lawyer rides home until the gloss melts, then chops veg for a mother who cleans offices like hers and buys a shirt on sale.
Family conflictThe kitchen answers a courtroom win with a tag question, a brother after a big night, and Mum on the floor picking up the veg.
発音のポイント
- came second — Hit second harder than Today, so the rank carries the boast.
- got to — Glue to onto got and keep it light, with no extra beat.
- did ya — Let ya stay small; don't rebuild a full you after did.
- just gonna leave — Let gonna stay one piece and slide out after just.
Today, the prosecutor came second.The lawyer frames the verdict as a race and puts the other side in second, so the win is a ranking, not just a result.
Today, I was a winner. Today, I came first.Leaving court, the same race is called in the first person: today the winner is the one who came first.
It's a long ride to Mum's, and the gloss of this legal life melts into my seatOn the train home the shine of courtroom life thins out and sinks into an ordinary seat, back toward where this life began.
'Oh, you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?'Home does not applaud the win. The tag question treats getting a client off as putting criminals back on the street, and demands a yes.
'Fancy fucking lawyer in your fancy fucking pink shirt, eh?'From the doorway the brother dirties the courtroom polish, using the pink shirt as proof that the lawyer has become someone fancy and far away.
And the last thing that I see is my mum on the floor trying to pick them up.The exit from the fight leaves Mum on the floor, gathering the chopped vegetables the row has scattered.
このシーンについての質問
Why is the win scored as first and second?
The walk out of court is told as a race. "Today, the prosecutor came second" puts the other side behind, and "Today, I was a winner. Today, I came first" takes the top place. The same stretch names respect and power.
Why answer "I won" with "What's new?"
Someone on the phone asks how it went. The reply to "I won" is "What's new?" Coming first is treated as old news, not something to celebrate.
Is her mother proud of the case?
The case itself gets no praise. "I won a case today" is answered with "you got more criminals out on our streets then, did ya?" The narration locates pride in the shirt instead: it was on sale and "looks like what a lawyer would wear," called her way of saying she is proud.
Why does the brother attack the pink shirt?
The shirt has just been put on in the kitchen. He stands in the doorway with a dried bloody mess over his eyebrow, and the line he spits is about a fancy lawyer in a fancy pink shirt. He does not hit her.
Why is Mum on the floor at the end?
He swoops at the wall and vegetable pieces fly everywhere. She is about to leave. The last thing she sees is her mum on the floor, on her hands and knees, picking up carrots and broccoli.
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第 18 章cross-examining myselfCross-Examining Herself in Court
第 19 章in the darkWitness Faces the Cross-Examination
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