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Slacker · 1990 — 第 22 / 22 章 · 2'52" · B2

Friends Get In Free at the Club, Explained：with us or against us

Outside a club, a group works out the five-dollar cover and finds a way in for free with a stamp. One of them lends out a PixelVision camera, asking everyone to pass it around. Then someone launches into a rant about the Freemasons controlling history.

あらすじ

At a club, friends figure out the cover charge and use a stamp to get in free. Someone hands over a PixelVision camera and asks them to pass it around and shoot whatever they like. Meanwhile, another man argues that the Freemasons control history and that American history should be wiped clean.

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注目の表現

with ballsI guess I'm against youbullshitput together

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このシーンの表現

with us or against us

you must pick a side

Before they leave, one guy forces a choice: you are either with us or against us.

The boss acts like you're either with us or against us.

このシーンの他の表現

  • with balls

    gutsy, also testicles

  • I guess I'm against you

    then I am against you

  • bullshit

    nonsense, crap

  • put together

    assemble or build

  • cover

    the entrance fee

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2the cover at a club

the entrance fee short for cover charge, the entry fee

- What's the cover? - Uh, I think it's five bucks.
スラング · A2bucks

dollars — Casual for dollars; use the full word in formal settings.

- What's the cover? - Uh, I think it's five bucks.
表現 · B1get someone in

get someone admitted

I think I can, you know, get you in or something.
表現 · A2something or something

or something like that

See if you lick your wrist or something.
表現 · A2get a stamp

get a hand stamp

- You need to get a stamp also. - You better have one.
スラング · A2man

dude, bro — A casual address among friends; keep it out of formal talk.

No, man. I don't want him licking my arm.
表現 · A2get in free

enter without paying

Yeah, but we can get in free. We won't have to pay.
表現 · B2put something together

assemble or build

Showing off his camera, he says it is for a project he is putting together, then offers it to strangers.

Oh, it's my PixelVision camera. It's for a project I'm putting together.
発音putting together

The tt in putting flaps to a d, so it sounds like puding.

Oh, it's my PixelVision camera. It's for a project I'm putting together.
表現 · B1pass something around

hand it from person to person

Pass it around and we'll see what we come up with later on, okay?
表現 · B1come up with something

produce or devise

Pass it around and we'll see what we come up with later on, okay?
発音Pass it

Pass it links into passa-it with no clear word break.

Pass it around and we'll see what we come up with later on, okay?
表現 · A2at the same time

simultaneously

That's because they could fuck and think at the same time.
表現 · B2get the fuck out of somewhere

get out, with crude force

- Let's get the fuck out of here. - They never had a chance.
スラング · B2get the fuck out

get out, crudely — Very crude; used in anger or mock panic, never formally.

- Let's get the fuck out of here. - They never had a chance.
文法 · B1that's walked on the moon

relative clause: The clause that's walked on the moon modifies every man, naming who qualifies.

Every man that's walked on the moon, 33rd-degree Mason.
表現 · C1wipe the slate clean

wiped clean and restarted

Exactly. The slate of American history needs to be wiped clean.
発音wiped clean

The ed in wiped reduces to a t that clings to clean.

Exactly. The slate of American history needs to be wiped clean.
文法 · B1ought to

modal verb: Ought to marks what one should do, a touch more formal than should.

At least we ought to get that Masonic pyramid bullshit off the back.
スラング · B2bullshit

nonsense, crap — Crude for nonsense; say nonsense in polite company.

At least we ought to get that Masonic pyramid bullshit off the back.
表現 · A1sounds good

that sounds good

- And get some more beer? - Sounds good. Where to?
表現 · B1catch a show

go see a show

- Are you coming? - Nah, think I'm gonna catch that show.
表現 · B2be either with someone or against them

you must pick a side

Before they leave, one guy forces a choice: you are either with us or against us.

Okay, you're either with us or against us.
表現 · B2ain't no + noun

there is no

Man, there ain't no film in that shit.
文法 · B2ain't no

double negative: Ain't no stacks two negatives but means simply there is none.

Man, there ain't no film in that shit.
発音ain't no

The t in ain't often drops, so ain't no runs together.

Man, there ain't no film in that shit.
スラング · B2ain't

is not, in nonstandard speech — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing and formal talk.

Man, there ain't no film in that shit.

「Friends Get In Free at the Club」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a party in miniature, and the camera is its centre. Someone lends a PixelVision camera to be passed around with one instruction — "Shoot whatever you want" — which is also the film's method: a loose chain of small moments. Around it, the group argues about covers and stamps, and one man delivers a conspiracy monologue about the Freemasons, the Warren Commission and the faces on the dollar bill. The joke is that the rant and the invitation sit side by side with no contradiction: "The slate of American history needs to be wiped clean." Then the group splits. One says he is going to catch the show; another answers, "you're either with us or against us," and he replies, "I guess I'm against you." Nobody minds, and they all say good night.

Theme

FriendshipThe group shares a camera, a joke and a walk to the next stop, and nobody takes the political rant personally.
PhilosophyA conspiracy monologue about Freemasons and buried history plays out while the group is really just deciding where to get beer.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Handing the camera around lets strangers write the film.
  • A wrist stamp turns the cover charge into a game.
  • The Mason rant is funny because it is played straight.
  • A forced choice is always an invitation to refuse it.

発音のポイント

  • putting together — The tt in putting flaps to a d, so it sounds like puding.
  • Pass it — Pass it links into passa-it with no clear word break.
  • wiped clean — The ed in wiped reduces to a t that clings to clean.
  • ain't no — The t in ain't often drops, so ain't no runs together.
Exactly. The slate of American history needs to be wiped clean.

His proposal to start history over, said with total seriousness in the middle of a night out.

Well, I guess I'm against you.

His deadpan reply to the with-us-or-against-us line, which defuses the demand to choose a side by cheerfully agreeing to be the enemy.

Pass it around and we'll see what we come up with later on, okay?

The instruction that turns a camera into a group project: everyone shoots a little, and the result is whatever it turns out to be.

And look at the Warren Commission, a Shriner convention without go-carts.

The funniest line in the rant, which reduces a famous government inquiry to a lodge meeting missing its go-carts.

このシーンについての質問

Why do they talk about a cover and a stamp?

The cover is the entry fee at the club. One of them has a stamp on his hand, which lets the group get in free instead of each paying five dollars.

What does the man with the camera want?

He gives the PixelVision camera to the group and asks them to pass it around and film whatever they like, as long as he gets it back.

What is the conspiracy monologue about?

The speaker claims the Freemasons control history and that figures who are not members are deliberately forgotten. He says American history should be rewritten from scratch.

What does 'with us or against us' mean here?

It means you have to pick a side. It is said as a joke when someone chooses to leave, and the answer is a deadpan, 'I guess I'm against you.'

What happens at the end of the scene?

The group splits up. Some go to get more beer and others go to see a show, and they part with friendly good nights.

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