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Sunset Boulevard · 1950 — 第 6 / 19 章 · 3'08" · B1

Norma Hires Joe to Fix Her Script, Explained：make it worth your while

Norma won't let anyone butcher her script, but she will let Joe rewrite it — if she can trust him. She checks his zodiac sign, decides he's a Sagittarius, and offers him the job. "I'll make it worth your while" settles it, and Joe is soon moved into the room over the garage.

あらすじ

Norma Desmond asks Joe Gillis to edit her screenplay, which she refuses to let anyone butcher. After a few questions about his sign and his living situation, she offers to pay him well and installs him in a room above the garage. Joe takes the job, partly for the money and partly because the car can stay hidden.

NegotiationTalking to the bossBargainingPromisingBoss & employeeB1mediumamericanClean
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注目の表現

make it worth your whilebutcheredquite a characterpeg someone as

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このシーンの表現

make it worth your while

pay you enough to be worth it

Norma wants Joe to polish her script; when he hesitates she promises the pay will justify it.

Help me move this weekend and I'll make it worth your while.

このシーンの他の表現

  • butchered

    ruined by careless cutting

  • quite a character

    an unusual, memorable person

  • peg someone as

    judge someone to be a type

  • drop the hook

    bait someone into a trap

  • something wrong with

    a fault in something

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

文法 · B2have it butchered

causative have: Have something done means letting it be done to your thing.

I will not have it butchered.
表現 · B1somebody I could trust

a person I can rely on

Who? I'd have to have somebody I could trust.
文法 · B2somebody I could trust

relative clause: A reduced relative clause: somebody (that) I could trust.

Who? I'd have to have somebody I could trust.
発音have to have

Have to sounds like hafta and links into the next word.

Who? I'd have to have somebody I could trust.
表現 · B1what sign of the zodiac

a star sign

When were you born? I mean, what sign of the zodiac?
表現 · B2be due on another assignment

another job to deliver

I'm busy. I just finished a script, and I'm due on another assignment.
表現 · B1make it worth someone's while

pay you enough to be worth it

Norma wants Joe to polish her script; when he hesitates she promises the pay will justify it.

I wouldn't worry about money. I'll make it worth your while.
表現 · A2the rest of something

what is left of it

Maybe I'd better take the rest of the script home and read it.
表現 · A2get kind of late

becoming a bit late

Well, it's getting kind of late.
発音kind of

Kind of often reduces to kinda in fast speech.

Well, it's getting kind of late.
スラング · A2sure is

definitely is — Casual emphasis; too loose for formal writing.

There sure is.
表現 · A1come back early

return early

- Why shouldn't you stay here? - Look, I'll come back early tomorrow.
表現 · A2a room over the garage

above the garage

Nonsense. There's a room over the garage.
文法 · B1the way I'd handled the situation

relative clause: The way (that) I handled it — no how after the way.

I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation.
表現 · B2do a patch-up job on something

a quick repair job

Now my car would be safe down below while I did a patch-up job on the script.
表現 · A2plenty of something

a lot of money

And there should be plenty of money in it.
発音gonna stay

Gonna is the reduced form of going to.

Thanks. How did you know I was gonna stay this afternoon?
表現 · B1be quite a character

an unusual, memorable person

Settled above the garage, Joe chats with Max and calls Norma an odd, memorable sort.

Say, she's quite a character, that Norma Desmond.
スラング · B1Say

hey, listen — An old-fashioned opener for a remark.

Say, she's quite a character, that Norma Desmond.
表現 · B1a lock of hair

a strand of hair

Men bribed her hairdresser to get a lock of her hair.
スラング · B2cuckoo

crazy — Slightly mocking; don't say it to the person's face.

I pegged him as slightly cuckoo, too.

「Norma Hires Joe to Fix Her Script」を読み解く

What's really going on

The negotiation is really two lonely people finding a reason to keep each other around. Norma has the money and the mansion, but what she wants is someone who believes her story; she settles for a sign — "Sagittarius. I like Sagittarians. You can trust them." Joe sees the whole thing as a catch: "I dropped the hook and she snapped at it." He tells himself he is only here for the money and a safe garage, but he has already moved in. Max's job is to keep the myth running, and his answer about Norma's glory — "She was the greatest of them all" — shows how completely the household is built around her past.

Theme

MoneyThe whole arrangement is priced: Norma promises it will be worth Joe's while, and he takes the job for cash and a safe parking spot.
TrustNorma picks an editor on the strength of his star sign, and Joe treats the deal as bait he has successfully set.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A single promise of value keeps a stubborn deal alive.
  • Refusing to be edited is a power move, not a craft note.
  • Nostalgia here is also a warning about being left behind.
  • Joe narrates his own manipulation with a grin.

発音のポイント

  • have to have — Have to sounds like hafta and links into the next word.
  • kind of — Kind of often reduces to kinda in fast speech.
  • gonna stay — Gonna is the reduced form of going to.
I will not have it butchered.

Norma's condition for any edit: her words must not be mangled, even if that means the script stays unfixable.

I wouldn't worry about money. I'll make it worth your while.

The offer that closes the deal: Joe is told not to worry about money, since the job will pay well.

I dropped the hook and she snapped at it.

Joe's fishing metaphor for the arrangement — he set the bait and Norma took it, exactly as he planned.

She was the greatest of them all. You wouldn't know. You're too young.

Max's view of Norma's vanished stardom, and a reminder of the age gap that keeps Joe from understanding her.

What for? I can say anything I want with my eyes.

Norma's defense of silent film: gestures could say everything, so added dialogue was pointless.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Norma hire Joe to work on her script?

She wants an editor she can trust, and after learning his sign she decides a Sagittarian will do. She also refuses to let the script leave the house.

Why won't Norma let Joe take the script home?

She is fiercely possessive of her work and says she couldn't let it out of her house, so Joe has to finish it there — which is how he ends up staying.

Why does Norma ask Joe about his zodiac sign?

She is looking for someone she can trust with her precious script, and she uses astrology as her test. Once she hears he is a Sagittarius, she decides he will do.

What does Joe mean by 'I dropped the hook'?

It's a fishing image. Joe believes he played the situation well: he offered a little resistance, Norma bit anyway, and now he has money, a room, and a safe garage.

Why does Joe agree to stay in the room over the garage?

The job promises good money, and the garage keeps his car safely hidden from the men chasing him. His narration treats the whole arrangement as a catch he has landed.

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