have a scheduled meeting
Mr. DeMille is shooting. You got an appointment?Sunset Boulevard · 1950 — 第 13 / 19 章 · 4'07" · B1
Norma Desmond Returns to Paramount, Explained：give someone the brush
Norma Desmond drives onto the Paramount lot expecting a hero's welcome, and the studio does not even recognize her name. She insists she built the place, while DeMille's staff plot to 'give her the brush.' What she wants is respect; what she gets is a chair and a polite promise to make a call.
あらすじ
Norma Desmond and Joe Gillis arrive at Paramount to see Cecil B. DeMille about her script. At the gate she is met with 'Norma who?', and only her old acquaintance Jonesy lets the car through. On the set, DeMille is rehearsing; his aide offers to turn her away, but DeMille invites her in and promises to look into it.
注目の表現
give someone the brushtied upa terror to work withmake yourself comfortable
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このシーンの表現
give someone the brush
brush someone off
Someone in the studio suggests they can politely brush Norma off.
It is rude to give a guest the brush.
このシーンの他の表現
- tied up
busy, unable to leave
- a terror to work with
very hard to work with
- make yourself comfortable
relax, feel at home
- the lot
a studio's grounds
- play innocent
pretend to know nothing
このシーンのメモ一覧
66 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
well, look who it is
Why, if it isn't Miss Desmond.buddy, mate — Old casual address for a man; dated today.
Sure, Miss Desmond. Come on, Mac.counterfactual would: Without me sets up a condition, and wouldn't have states the opposite of the truth.
Tell him without me, he wouldn't have any job, because without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio.Link without and me; the t softens.
Tell him without me, he wouldn't have any job, because without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio.move people away
Just clear them out, will you? Spread the thing out so I can see it.stay quiet
Keep it quiet a little bit, will you, back there?take a look at
Can you hit that with a light, somebody, so I can get a look at that 'scape?a condescending word for a girl — Condescending to women; do not imitate it.
Back up a little bit here, girlie, back up.move aside
Soldier, get out of the way. You fell over the back there.In fast speech her loses its h after given.
Thirty million fans have given her the brush. Isn't that enough?did not intend to
- I didn't mean to... - No, of course you didn't.work extra hours
You know, a dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.stop everything
Hold everything.come with us
- Don't you want to come along, darling? - I don't think so.when I last saw you
That last time I saw you was some place very gay.say sorry for
- I must apologize for not calling you. - You'd better. I'm very angry.extremely busy
Well, as you can see, I'm terribly busy.not a good reason
That's no excuse. You read the script, of course?could have done: Could have done points at something possible in the past that was not done.
Then you could have picked up the telephone yourself, instead of leaving it to one of your assistants.busy doing something
Norma, I'm in the middle of a rehearsal.why don't you suggestion: Why don't you softens a suggestion so it sounds like an invitation.
Now, why don't you just sit up here in my chair and make yourself comfortable?Link make and yourself into one run.
Now, why don't you just sit up here in my chair and make yourself comfortable?will be right back
I won't be a moment.「Norma Desmond Returns to Paramount」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is a homecoming that turns into an audit of fame. Norma believes her name still opens doors, but the studio greets her with 'Norma who?', and even a sympathetic doorman has to remind a colleague who she was. Her boast that 'without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio' is not vanity so much as evidence: she has become a monument to a past the business has written off. DeMille, who remembers her kindly, jokes that 'she must be a million years old,' then catches himself: 'I could be her father.' When his aide proposes to 'give her the brush,' DeMille answers with the line that says everything — 'Thirty million fans have given her the brush. Isn't that enough?' The scene is about what a legend is owed when no one remembers who she is.
Theme
MemoryNorma returns to the studio she once ruled, now a stranger to the front gate and a joke on the set.
IdentityHer whole argument for respect is the past: 'without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio.'
このチャプターで学べること
- A gate is where status gets checked in one line.
- Thirty million fans are not a reference letter.
- DeMille's charm is a way of stalling.
- Norma still hears applause nobody else hears.
発音のポイント
- without me — Link without and me; the t softens.
- given her the brush — In fast speech her loses its h after given.
- make yourself — Link make and yourself into one run.
Tell him without me, he wouldn't have any job, because without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio.Norma's reminder that the studio owes its existence to her; part boast, part plea to be taken seriously.
I hate to think where that puts me. I could be her father.DeMille jokes about his own age after someone calls Norma ancient, softening the insult with self-deprecation.
Thirty million fans have given her the brush. Isn't that enough?His answer to the aide's plan: the public already abandoned her, so should the studio too? It carries both pity and reproach.
You know, a dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.DeMille's explanation for why Norma became difficult: constant publicity can damage a person inside, not just her ego.
It's your script. It's your show. Good luck.Said to Norma as she goes in: her project, her risk, her moment — encouragement with a hint of distance.
I remember waving to you. I was dancing on a table.Norma's fond memory of a carefree past, when the studio crowd knew and celebrated her.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the gate guard ask 'Norma who?'
She has been away so long that the younger staff does not know her. Her name, once a password at every studio, now means nothing at the front gate.
Why does DeMille agree to see Norma?
He remembers her fondly and feels the studio owes her something. When his aide offers to turn her away, he instead gives her his chair and says he will look into the script.
Why is Norma angry with DeMille?
She believes he snubbed her by sending an assistant named Gordon Cole instead of calling her himself. DeMille does not even know who Cole is, which makes her more suspicious.
What does 'give someone the brush' mean here?
It means to dismiss or brush someone off politely. The aide proposes to 'give her the brush,' and DeMille answers that thirty million fans have already done exactly that.
Why does DeMille joke that he could be Norma's father?
Someone on set calls Norma a million years old, so he turns the joke on himself and his equally old career. He is easing the awkwardness, not insulting her.
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第 2 章over a barrelJoe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount
第 3 章a white elephantJoe Is Mistaken for the Undertaker
第 4 章It's the pictures that got smallNorma Desmond: The Pictures Got Small
第 5 章a pressing engagementNorma Makes Joe Read Salome
第 6 章make it worth your whileNorma Hires Joe to Fix Her Script
第 7 章not by a long shotNorma Moves Joe Into Her Mansion
第 8 章a matter of life and deathNorma Buys Joe New Clothes
第 9 章take me for grantedNorma's New Year's Eve Confession
第 10 章close, but no cigarJoe Meets Betty at Artie's Party
第 11 章sell on somethingNorma Sends Her Script to DeMille
第 12 章write on specBetty Asks Joe to Write With Her
再生中 · 第 13 章give someone the brushNorma Desmond Returns to Paramount
第 14 章nothing would please me moreNorma Desmond's Comeback Falls Apart
第 15 章sell like hotcakesJoe and Betty Write the Script Together
第 16 章come cleanBetty Tells Joe the Nose Story
第 17 章wipe outBetty Confesses She Loves Joe
第 18 章a good dealJoe Shows Betty Norma's Mansion
第 19 章have the heart toJoe Tells Norma He's Leaving第 13 / 19 章 · 残り約 20 分