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Planning Oppenheimer's Downfall, Explained：how the game is played

Strauss lays out the plan to destroy Oppenheimer without a trial, using a closed hearing and no need to prove anything: "We're not convicting. We're just denying." Later he tells Oppenheimer the decision is not yet signed and explains that power stays hidden.

あらすじ

Strauss works behind the scenes to end Oppenheimer's career. He hands the file to Borden, keeps McCarthy away, and arranges a closed hearing with no audience, no reporters and no burden of proof. He refuses a trial because a platform could turn Oppenheimer into a martyr, then tells him his clearance is up for renewal.

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注目の表現

in the shadowsburden of proofhow the game is playedhold someone at bay

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このシーンの表現

how the game is played

游戏规则就是这样；事情本来就是这么运转的

幕后操盘者引述奥本海默自己说过的话，用游戏规则来回应他天真的抗议。

You have to accept that this is how the game is played.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in the shadows

    待在阴影里；藏在幕后暗中行事

  • burden of proof

    举证责任；证明某事成立的责任

  • hold someone at bay

    把某人挡在外围；牵制住，不让他靠近或得逞

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ

表現 · B2set someone on someoneYou set him on Oppenheimer.
表現 · B2take some convincingdidn't take any convincing.
表現 · B1take your timeTake your time, use the entire file.
発音Write up your conclusion

liaison

Write up your conclusion, send them to the FBI.
表現 · B1nothing new hereThe material is obviously extensive, but there's nothing new here.
表現 · B1pass something to someoneHoover passes them to McCarthy?
表現 · C1be too slippery for someoneOppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
表現 · C1self-promoting somethingOppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
スラング · B1clownOppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
表現 · C1hold someone at bayI've talked it over with Hoover, he'll hold McCarthy at bay while you do this with the AEC.
表現 · B2talk something over with someoneI've talked it over with Hoover, he'll hold McCarthy at bay while you do this with the AEC.
表現 · B2give someone a platformNo trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.
文法 · B2You can't give Oppenheimer a platform

modal negative

No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.
表現 · C1martyr someoneYou can't martyr him.
表現 · C1a systematic destruction of somethingWe need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
表現 · C1matters of somethingWe need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
発音a systematic destruction

stress

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
表現 · C1far from the limelightA shabby little room, far from the limelight.
表現 · B2be up for renewalHis Q clearance is up for renewal.
表現 · C1write something upYou write up an indictment
表現 · C1in all but name-Prosecutor? -In all but name.
文法 · C1As will the Gray board

inversion

As will the Gray board.
表現 · C1defense counselDefense counsel will not.
表現 · C1a closed hearingA closed hearing.
表現 · C1the burden of proof-No burden of proof. -No burden of proof?
発音burden of proof

liaison

-No burden of proof. -No burden of proof?
表現 · B2how the game is played"This is just how the game is played."
文法 · B2how the game is played

passive

"This is just how the game is played."
表現 · C1forgive my somethingWell, forgive my naivete.
表現 · B2stay in the shadowsPower stays in the shadows.
表現 · B2come out of the shadowsBut, sir, you're... you're out of the shadows now.
表現 · B1this has to workYeah, that's why this has to work.

「Planning Oppenheimer's Downfall」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a lesson in how power actually works. Strauss does not attack Oppenheimer in public; he builds a procedure that looks neutral and makes the outcome certain. There will be a hearing, but no trial, because a trial would give Oppenheimer a stage. There will be an indictment, but no burden of proof, because the goal is not to convict him but to deny him. That distinction is the whole plan, and Strauss states it plainly: "We're not convicting. We're just denying." The cruelty is bureaucratic, which makes it harder to fight. And when Oppenheimer notices that Strauss himself has stepped into the open, Strauss answers with the film's coldest line about survival: "Power stays in the shadows." It is a confession and a threat at once.

Theme

PowerStrauss uses a neutral-looking procedure to destroy a rival while keeping real power hidden.
CorruptionA closed hearing with no burden of proof turns the security system into a weapon.

発音のポイント

  • Write up your conclusion — liaison
  • a systematic destruction — stress
  • burden of proof — liaison
"This is just how the game is played."

The excuse that turns dirty procedure into normal business, as if nothing could be done differently.

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.

The goal stated without disguise: not justice, but silencing a voice people still listen to.

No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.

Why the process must stay closed: an open hearing would let him defend himself in public.

Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.

A jab at McCarthy as a showman, explaining why this operation is run by quieter men.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Strauss refuse a trial?

Because a trial would give Oppenheimer a public platform. He worries it could turn him into a martyr, so he wants a closed hearing instead.

How is the hearing designed against Oppenheimer?

There is no audience, no reporters and no burden of proof. The board can read his file while his lawyers cannot, so the result is decided before it starts.

Why does Strauss insist the hearing is not really a judgment?

He says they are not convicting but only denying: the aim is not to prove him guilty but to take away his clearance and his public voice.

What does "how the game is played" mean here?

It is an excuse: it presents the dirty procedure as the normal, unchangeable way things work, as if no one could act differently.

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