a small distinction
Someone corrects Mr Pink, insisting there is a slight difference between the two.
There's a slight difference.Reservoir Dogs · 1992 — 第 20 / 22 章 · 2'57" · B2
Eddie Tells the Elois Story, Explained：lay eyes on someone
The crew is killing time with crude banter about women when Eddie takes over and tells the story of Elois, a cocktail waitress from one of his father's clubs. He swears every word is true: how she got back at her abusive husband with glue, and how the night ended with a call for paramedics.
あらすじ
Between jobs, the men are arguing about how much women will put up with, with Pink insisting they all have a line you don't cross. Then Eddie takes over and tells the story of Elois, a waitress at one of his father's clubs, who got revenge on the man who abused her — a story he insists is completely true.
注目の表現
a slight differencefuck someone upa piece of shitchill out
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このシーンの表現
lay eyes on someone
see someone
Mr Pink says every man who ever laid eyes on Elois could not forget her.
He hadn't laid eyes on her in years.
このシーンの他の表現
- a slight difference
a small distinction
- fuck someone up
beat someone badly
- a piece of shit
a worthless person or thing
- chill out
calm down
- it doesn't matter
it makes no difference
このシーンのメモ一覧
47 行のセリフに 38 件のメモ
tolerate
The argument opens with what one woman will put up with and another will not.
What a white bitch will put up with, a black bitch wouldn't put up with for a minute.what-clause subject: The what-clause is the subject of the sentence, naming what she will tolerate.
What a white bitch will put up with, a black bitch wouldn't put up with for a minute.a racist slur for a woman — A racist and sexist slur; never use it.
What a white bitch will put up with, a black bitch wouldn't put up with for a minute.go too far
They got a line and if you cross it, they fuck you up.agree with
I gotta go along with Pink on that one. I've seen it happen.witnessed it
I gotta go along with Pink on that one. I've seen it happen.Seen it links up into one smooth run.
I gotta go along with Pink on that one. I've seen it happen.treats his partner
why is it that every nigger I know treats his woman like a piece of shit?why is it that: Why is it that ... is an emphatic question pattern, sharper than a plain why.
why is it that every nigger I know treats his woman like a piece of shit?an extreme racial slur — A severe racial slur; never acceptable.
why is it that every nigger I know treats his woman like a piece of shit?bet you
I'll make you a bet that those same damn niggers who are showing their ass in public, when their bitches get 'em home, they chill out.acting a fool in public
I'll make you a bet that those same damn niggers who are showing their ass in public, when their bitches get 'em home, they chill out.calm down
Mr Pink says the men who show off in public chill out once their women take them home.
I'll make you a bet that those same damn niggers who are showing their ass in public, when their bitches get 'em home, they chill out.when-clause: The when-clause sets the time, with 'em as the spoken form of them.
I'll make you a bet that those same damn niggers who are showing their ass in public, when their bitches get 'em home, they chill out.tell you all a story
I'll tell you guys a story.see someone
Mr Pink says every man who ever laid eyes on Elois could not forget her.
Un-fucking-believable. Every guy who ever laid eyes on her had to jack off to her at least once.no fewer than once
Un-fucking-believable. Every guy who ever laid eyes on her had to jack off to her at least once.Laid eyes on links up, with her reduced.
Un-fucking-believable. Every guy who ever laid eyes on her had to jack off to her at least once.masturbate — Crude and sexual; not for polite talk.
Un-fucking-believable. Every guy who ever laid eyes on her had to jack off to her at least once.resemble
You know who she looked like? She looked like Christie Love.like ... without ...: The like ... without ... pattern pairs a simile with a contrast to define the show.
Christie Love was like a Pam Grier TV show without Pam Grier.on earth — A crude intensifier; keep it informal.
- So who was Christie Love? - How the fuck should I know?enter the club
She looked exactly like Elois. Anyway...I come into the club one night, and there's Carlos - he's the bartender. He's a wetback. He's a friend of mine.a slur for Mexican immigrants — A racial slur; never use it.
She looked exactly like Elois. Anyway...I come into the club one night, and there's Carlos - he's the bartender. He's a wetback. He's a friend of mine.married to
Now, apparently, Lady Ε was married to a real piece of dog shit.a total lowlife — A crude insult; avoid it to someone's face.
Now, apparently, Lady Ε was married to a real piece of dog shit.hit someone repeatedly
One of the men presses: did Elois's husband beat her up?
Did he beat her up or something?stays calm and cool
So, anyway, one night she plays it real cool.go to sleep
Elois waits for her husband to get drunk and fall asleep on the couch.
She waits for this bag of shit to get drunk, he falls asleep on the fuckin' couch,Falls asleep on runs together as one phrase.
She waits for this bag of shit to get drunk, he falls asleep on the fuckin' couch,creeps up on him
she sneaks up on him, puts some wacko glue on his dick...summon the ambulance crew
Mr Pink says it got so bad they had to call the paramedics to cut him loose.
They had to call the paramedics to cut the prick loose, literally!a crude word for a man — Crude slang; not for formal speech.
They had to call the paramedics to cut the prick loose, literally!go for a pee
Mr Pink ends on a ridiculous image: what if you had to take a piss doing a handstand?
How would you feel if every time you had to take a piss you had to do a fuckin' handstand?stand on your hands
How would you feel if every time you had to take a piss you had to do a fuckin' handstand?if-clause with every time: An if-clause nests an every-time clause, stacking hypotheticals to force empathy.
How would you feel if every time you had to take a piss you had to do a fuckin' handstand?The d in had to often flaps, and take a links up.
How would you feel if every time you had to take a piss you had to do a fuckin' handstand?「Eddie Tells the Elois Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene looks like idle locker-room talk, but it's doing several things at once. The opening argument about 'a line you don't cross' sets up the Elois story as its punchline: a woman pushed past her limit, and a man who pays for it. The story itself is told as a tall tale — 'I'm dead serious,' Eddie swears — and the men keep interrupting with jokes, which is how the film builds its world: these are men who turn everything, even violence, into entertainment. There's a quieter point too. Elois is described through how she looked and whose story she belongs to, not as a person in her own right, and the crew never questions that. Their banter is funny, and the film lets you feel exactly how ugly the fun can be.
Theme
Dark humorThe men turn a grim story of abuse and revenge into a running joke, laughing their way through the details.
RevengeElois's payback on her abusive husband is the story's point: a woman pushed past her line gets even, painfully.
このチャプターで学べること
- Put up with means tolerate what you dislike.
- Chill out is a casual way to say calm down.
- Beat someone up puts the pronoun in the middle.
- It doesn't matter closes a pointless argument.
発音のポイント
- seen it happen — Seen it links up into one smooth run.
- laid eyes on her — Laid eyes on links up, with her reduced.
- falls asleep on — Falls asleep on runs together as one phrase.
- had to take a — The d in had to often flaps, and take a links up.
They got a line and if you cross it, they fuck you up.The crew's claim about women: everyone has a limit, and crossing it brings real consequences. It's the setup the whole Elois story is meant to prove.
I'm serious, man. I'm serious. I'm dead serious.The storyteller's insistence that the unlikely tale really happened. Repeating it three times is how he sells it — and how the scene keeps its comic tension.
How would you feel if every time you had to take a piss you had to do a fuckin' handstand?The punchline that answers whether the victim was angry: imagine living with the injury. The absurd image lands the joke and the cruelty together.
They had to call the paramedics to cut the prick loose, literally!The detail that makes the tall tale concrete: emergency workers had to be called to free him. 'Literally' insists it's not a figure of speech.
Now, apparently, Lady Ε was married to a real piece of dog shit.The setup for the revenge: Elois's husband is a genuinely awful man. 'A piece of dog shit' is a strong insult, and it's used to justify what comes next.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Elois, and whose story is this?
Elois is a black cocktail waitress at one of Joe Cabot's clubs, and the story is told by Eddie, Joe's son. He claims every detail is true, from her looks to her revenge.
Why does Eddie tell the Elois story?
It follows the crew's argument about how much women will put up with. Elois is his proof: a woman with a line, and a man who crossed it and paid for it.
What does "a line you don't cross" mean?
It means a limit that shouldn't be crossed. People may tolerate a lot, but cross that line and there will be consequences — which is the warning the story illustrates.
What does Elois do to her husband?
While he is passed out drunk, she glues his penis to his belly. Eddie says paramedics had to be called to cut it loose, which is exactly the kind of outrageous detail that makes the men doubt and enjoy the story.
Do the men believe the story?
They're half-laughing and half-horrified. They keep interrupting with jokes and questions, and one says he's "totally tortured" by the details, which is how the film treats the tale — entertaining, and disturbing.
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