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It's just regulation size. We have three like this.Some Like It Hot · 1959 — 第 14 / 19 章 · 5'02" · C1
Joe Invents a Mental Block, Explained：leave someone cold
Alone with Sugar on a borrowed yacht, Joe — posing as the millionaire Shell Oil Junior — cannot seduce her without exposing his lies. So he invents a "mental block": girls "just sort of leave me cold," which makes him harmless. Sugar is moved rather than put off.
あらすじ
On Osgood's yacht, Joe, still pretending to be the millionaire Shell Oil Junior, serves Sugar champagne and cold pheasant. When she worries about being alone with a man, he claims he is harmless because women leave him cold — a self-diagnosed mental block. He then tells a long, sad story about a girl named Nellie who fell into the Grand Canyon.
注目の表現
leave someone coldmental blocktake advantage offall in love
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このシーンの表現
leave someone cold
fail to interest someone
On the yacht Junior says women leave him cold, stating his indifference offhand.
Horror movies leave me cold.
このシーンの他の表現
- mental block
a psychological block
- take advantage of
exploit a chance
- fall in love
start loving someone
- throw someone a dirty curve
give someone a nasty turn
- what good is it
what use is it
このシーンのメモ一覧
100 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
be decided by
That depends on whether you're coming or going.across from
I mean, normally... normally the aft is on the other side of the stern.Glass of runs together, with a faint v.
- Would you like a glass of champagne? - Love it.room for clothes
And another nice thing about this yacht... lots of closet space.arrange or place
Now, let me see. Where do you suppose the steward set it up?rhetorical question: A negative question here expresses amazement, not a real question.
Isn't it amazing how they get those big fish into those little glass jars?bottoms up
Well, down the hatch, as we say at sea.Link down and the so it sounds like one word.
Well, down the hatch, as we say at sea.exploit a chance
Sugar says some men would take advantage of being alone at sea, naming her fear out loud.
But there are certain men who would try to take advantage of a situation like this.relative clause with who: The who-clause narrows men to the kind who would exploit the moment.
But there are certain men who would try to take advantage of a situation like this.fail to interest someone
On the yacht Junior says women leave him cold, stating his indifference offhand.
They just sort of leave me cold.Sort of often weakens to sorta in fast speech.
They just sort of leave me cold.sexually unresponsive — Clinical and blunt; rude to say to someone's face.
You mean, like frigid?a psychological block
Junior calls his problem a mental block, framing it as a vague condition Sugar can pity.
Well, it's more like, um, a mental block.a total failure — Casual; call a person a washout and it stings.
- Nothing at all? - Complete washout.occasionally
It's just that every now and then, Mother Nature throws somebody a dirty curve.the thing is: It's just that introduces a reason softly, as if excusing yourself.
It's just that every now and then, Mother Nature throws somebody a dirty curve.start loving someone
After his story, Sugar checks whether he can still fall in love; his Not anymore sounds resigned.
- You mean, you can't fall in love? - Not anymore.remove something worn
I took off my glasses. She took off her glasses.what use is it
Junior sighs that his wealth is useless and asks what good it is, showing his emptiness.
Yes. All the money in the world, and what good is it?at such a moment
How can you think about food at a time like this?relative clause: The that-clause describes which books: the ones banned in Boston.
Got a special tutor to read me all those books that were banned in Boston.「Joe Invents a Mental Block」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is one long improvised cover story. Joe is after Sugar, but as Junior he has invented a self he cannot sleep with, so he does the one thing that both keeps her close and keeps her at arm's length: he invents a tragic flaw. Calling himself harmless and blaming a "mental block" turns a refusal into a wound, and Sugar, who has spent the film being used by men, responds with tenderness instead of suspicion. The invented backstory — Nellie, the Grand Canyon, the transfusions — is absurd, but it works because it asks for pity rather than action. Sugar's line "You poor, poor boy" shows the con landing exactly as planned. Even his aside about food — "Mint sauce or cranberries?" — lands as proof that he is too broken to be a threat.
Theme
DeceptionJoe's whole night is an invention — a fake illness and a fake tragedy — built to win Sugar without ever telling her the truth.
RomanceHe is courting her, and the scene shows how far he will go: he turns his own lie into a love story sad enough to melt her.
このチャプターで学べること
- Junior's confession is a performance, not a symptom.
- Wealth is no comfort when desire is gone.
- Sugar hears romance; the audience hears a con.
- Polite phrasing can hide a blunt lie.
発音のポイント
- glass of — Glass of runs together, with a faint v.
- down the — Link down and the so it sounds like one word.
- sort of — Sort of often weakens to sorta in fast speech.
It's just that every now and then, Mother Nature throws somebody a dirty curve.The line that turns Joe's excuse into fate: his problem is not his fault but a cruel trick played by nature, which is exactly what Sugar wants to hear.
Yes. All the money in the world, and what good is it?The rich-boy complaint that makes his story land: money cannot fix him, so Sugar's sympathy matters more than his wealth.
They just sort of leave me cold.The joke at the center of the scene: women do nothing for him, so he is safe to be alone with — a claim he uses to keep Sugar close without touching her.
When I'm with a girl, it does absolutely nothing to me.Joe spells out the invented condition in plain terms, making his lack of desire sound like a medical fact rather than a choice.
Eight hours later, they brought her up by mule.The punchline of his tall tale: the girl he describes losing did not die romantically but was carried off a cliff by mule, which makes the tragedy both sad and ridiculous.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Joe pretend to be impotent?
He has to. If Junior makes advances, he risks exposing the whole lie, so he invents a condition that makes him safe to be alone with. It keeps Sugar close emotionally without forcing a physical situation he cannot handle.
Does Sugar believe the story?
Yes. Her reaction, "You poor, poor boy," shows that instead of cooling her interest, the tragedy makes her more tender toward him, which is exactly the effect Joe was aiming for.
Where did the Grand Canyon story come from?
Joe makes it up on the spot to explain why he cannot fall in love. The details are absurd, but the sadness is persuasive, and Sugar never thinks to doubt it.
What does "throws somebody a dirty curve" mean?
It means cruel fate deals someone a bad break, borrowed from a tricky pitch in baseball. Joe uses it to make his condition sound like bad luck rather than a defect.
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