rush about
The speaker opens by mocking everyone running around, panicking about bombs.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.Slacker · 1990 — 第 9 / 22 章 · 2'27" · C1
A Street Rant About Bombs, Explained：the fact of the matter is
A man on the street delivers a political rant: the bombs have already fallen, people cannot think outside their own caste system, and taxes pay for guns used to oppress them. By the end he is talking about terrorism and serious work for a weapon.
あらすじ
On the street, a man monologues about bombs that have already fallen and a public that cannot think outside its caste system. He urges action, complains about taxes on guns, and hints at serious work that involves something permanent about death. He calls terrorism the surgical strike of the oppressed.
注目の表現
run aroundthe fact of the matter isthink outside oftake action
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このシーンの表現
the fact of the matter is
the plain truth is
After painting the panic, he pivots with the fact of the matter is to deliver his verdict.
The fact of the matter is, we simply cannot afford it.
このシーンの他の表現
- run around
rush about
- think outside of
think beyond something
- take action
start doing something about it
- taxed out of our asses
taxed to an extreme degree
- deal with
handle, cope with
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44 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
the plain truth is
After painting the panic, he pivots with the fact of the matter is to deliver his verdict.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.predicative clause: The that-clause is the fact itself, stated as the predicate after is.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.The t in fact drops, blurring the phrase together.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.going to — Spoken shorthand for going to.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.lingering in
People are running around here dwelling in the 11 th-hour concept...present to us
by the concepts these people lay before us.think beyond something
He complains that nobody out here can think outside of their own caste system.
that can think outside of their own caste system right now.a rigid social hierarchy
that can think outside of their own caste system right now.Link of their own; the of nearly vanishes.
that can think outside of their own caste system right now.afflicted by
and he's actually suffering from oxygen deprivation. He's brain-dead.start doing something about it
After all the analysis, he declares it is time to take action.
I mean, we're walking around here right now, and it's really time for us to take action.to an extreme degree — A vulgar intensifier; keep it out of polite talk.
All right? We're being taxed out of our asses...exclusive control of
to pay for a monopoly on guns by people to oppress us already.keep going, hang in there — A laid-back encouragement, fine among friends.
- Thanks. - Keep on keepin' on.bolt out of
You ever just want to get the hell out of this country?as a mild swear intensifier — A mild swear; too rough for formal talk.
You ever just want to get the hell out of this country?handle, cope with
The traveler lists travel's costs: bad food, illness, and strange people to deal with.
You gotta deal with strange people.whether-clause: The whether-clause is what cannot be told apart: real memory or TV.
And when you get back, you can't tell whether it really happened to you...the smell of spices
And it brought the scent of spices out to us three miles out from shore.Link miles out and soften the t in out.
And it brought the scent of spices out to us three miles out from shore.a flying carpet
And it was as if we were being wafted into shore on a magic carpet.as-if clause: The as-if clause frames the whole trip as a sensation rather than a fact.
And it was as if we were being wafted into shore on a magic carpet.inside two weeks
After the spice story, he predicts the next passerby will be dead within a fortnight.
will be dead within a fortnight.「A Street Rant About Bombs」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a street-corner sermon, and its power comes from how confidently it mixes the apocalyptic with the everyday. He begins with a good line — "the bombs have already fallen" — and keeps going until the politics turn into a personal threat. The uncomfortable turn is the gun talk: he says that if he pays taxes on weapons, he should get to own them, "because I have work for them right now," and then adds that the work is "something very permanent about death." That is the moment the speech stops being harmless. His closing phrase, "terrorism's the surgical strike capability of the oppressed," gives the whole rant a slogan, and the scene lets it stand without comment.
Theme
PowerHe describes a public controlled by church, schools and media, taxed to pay for the guns that keep it oppressed.
PhilosophyThe rant turns politics into a theory of perception, asking people to switch their gestalt and think outside their caste system.
このチャプターで学べること
- The sermon reframes waiting as something that already happened.
- Out of our asses is an intensifier, not a literal phrase.
- The spice memory is tender right up to its final threat.
- Fortnight is a literary two weeks.
発音のポイント
- fact of the matter — The t in fact drops, blurring the phrase together.
- of their own — Link of their own; the of nearly vanishes.
- miles out from shore — Link miles out and soften the t in out.
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.His opening claim and the best line of the speech: the disaster is not coming, it has arrived, and nobody has noticed.
terrorism's the surgical strike capability of the oppressed.The slogan he leaves behind, turning violence into a military-sounding term and giving the rant its final, chilling shape.
And it was as if we were being wafted into shore on a magic carpet.The sailor's image of arriving in Bombay, carried in on the smell of spices, which is the film's most beautiful moment of pure description.
I have some very serious work for them. Something very permanent about death.The line that turns abstract politics into a threat: he is not only talking about ideas but about using a gun on someone.
このシーンについての質問
What is the man on the street arguing?
That society is already ruined and that people cannot see it. He attacks the church, schools and media, complains about taxes on guns, and says terrorism is the weapon of the oppressed.
Why does he mention guns and taxes?
He says that if he pays taxes on weapons, he should be allowed to own them. Then he adds that he has serious work for a gun, which turns the argument into a threat.
What does 'within a fortnight' mean?
It means within two weeks; a fortnight is an old British word for fourteen days. The line promises that the next person who passes will soon be dead.
Who is the sailor telling the story about Bombay?
A different voice takes over the film, remembering a voyage from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and the smell of spices carried out to sea near Bombay.
How does the scene end?
With a warning: the next person to walk past will be dead within a fortnight. It leaves the rant and the travel story hanging together as one unsettling mood.
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