Swingers · 1996 — 第 9 / 17 章 · 3'58" · B2

Hockey Night and Party Plans, Explained:speakeasy

A crew of friends trash-talks through a video-game hockey match, cursing every goal and mourning the fighting mode the new version dropped. Then the talk turns to the night ahead: a party, a bar, a late dinner. A hard-to-find, unmarked bar gets described as a speakeasy — the kind of place you brag about knowing how to find.

あらすじ

Mike and his friends play a hockey video game, cursing each other and complaining that the new version removed fighting. They order food, argue about money, and talk about the party that night: it starts at 8:00, they will meet around 11:00. Then they discuss the bar, which has no sign and is hard to find.

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このシーンの表現

speakeasy

a hidden illegal-era bar

Explaining the signless bar, a friend compares it to a hidden speakeasy where drinkers feel like insiders.

That hidden bar feels like a real speakeasy.

このシーンの他の表現

  • bitch

    a slur for a person

  • bullshit

    nonsense; unfair

  • motherfucker

    a very heavy insult

  • bitch-slap

    slap someone hard

  • get rid of

    remove or eliminate

このシーンのメモ一覧

94 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · B2be on one's ass

knocked down

Sue, why is Gretzky on his ass again?
スラング · B2bitch

a slur for a person — A heavy insult; never use it in formal settings.

Gretzky's a little bitch.
スラング · B2bullshit

nonsense; unfair — Crude; for venting, not for elders or work.

God, this is such bullshit, man. This is bullshit!
スラング · B1suck

be terrible — Casual put-down; avoid aiming it at people.

The Kings suck in this game. You should play another team.
表現 · C1a finesse team

a skill-based team

- They're a finesse team, bro. - They're a fuckin' bitch team. Score.
表現 · A2watch out for something

be careful

- Watch out, motherfucker. - No, you do not fuckin' hit my elbow.
スラング · B2motherfucker

a very heavy insult — One of the heaviest insults; signals real anger.

- Watch out, motherfucker. - No, you do not fuckin' hit my elbow.
文法 · B2so much me as it's Roenick

comparison: Not so much A as B shifts the credit: it is more Roenick than me.

It's not even so much me as it's Roenick. He's good.
発音as it's

As it's links into one quick sound.

It's not even so much me as it's Roenick. He's good.
表現 · A2is that right

really?

Oh, is that right?
表現 · A2check something out

take a look at this

But that was pretty, Sue. Check this out on the instant replay.
表現 · B1on the instant replay

a slow-motion replay

But that was pretty, Sue. Check this out on the instant replay.
発音in the

The reduces to a schwa in fast speech and almost disappears.

Why do you think they put the instant replay in the fucking game?
表現 · A2when someone is not here

while I am away

You should practice this when I'm not here.
表現 · B1get scored on

concede a goal

We'll play some more. He likes to get scored on.
表現 · A2play defense

play defensively

- Yeah? - Better play defense.
表現 · B1buzz someone in

let someone in via buzzer

Dude, it's Pink Dot. Would you buzz him in? Hit nine.
文法 · B2I wish they still had

wish clause: After wish, the past tense marks an unreal present wish: the fights are gone.

I wish they still had fights in this game so I could bitch-slap Wayne.
スラング · B2bitch-slap

slap someone hard — Crude slang; aimed at a real person it is a threat.

I wish they still had fights in this game so I could bitch-slap Wayne.
表現 · A2the old version

the earlier release

Why'd they get rid of the fighting? It's the best part of the old version.
表現 · B2make something bleed

draw blood from them

Yeah, but you know what, Mike? You can make their heads bleed on this one.
文法 · B1make their heads bleed

causative: Make plus an object plus a bare verb: make their heads bleed means cause them to bleed.

Yeah, but you know what, Mike? You can make their heads bleed on this one.
表現 · A2get the door

answer the door

Mikey, get the door?
表現 · A2be about to do something

just going to

Dude, I'm about to do my thing with the thing.
発音about to

About to links into a single blurred sound.

Dude, I'm about to do my thing with the thing.
表現 · B1shake all over

trembling everywhere

Little Wayne's legs are shaking all over.
発音makin' me

The final g of makin' drops and slides into me.

You're fuckin' makin' me sick! You want to kiss me!
表現 · A2take off one's shoes

remove one's shoes

Have him come look. Have him take off his shoes.
表現 · A2let someone go

allow someone to leave

Michael, I want to see him. Don't let him go! Don't let him go.
表現 · A2get away from someone

escaped

Oh, he got away from us. I'm sorry, Michael. Was he nice?
スラング · B2assholes

jerks; idiots — Crude but common between friends; avoid formally.

You guys are assholes. Eat, eat, you fuckin' jackals.
スラング · C1rounder

a hard-partying social guy — Old slang, usually approving, for a social man.

Yeah, he's cool. You'll like him. He's a rounder, Rob.
表現 · B1what a surprise

how unexpected (often ironic)

- What a surprise. - How novel.
表現 · A2go for a bite

go for a quick meal

To grab a drink before we meet the guys for a bite at 11:00.
表現 · A2hard to find

difficult to locate

For some reason the cool bars in Hollywood have to be hard to find and have no sign.
表現 · B2be in on a secret

be let in on something private

It's like you're in on some kind of secret, you know?
スラング · B1chick

a casual word for a woman — Fine among friends, flippant in formal talk.

You tell a chick you been someplace, it's like braggin' that you know how to find it.

「Hockey Night and Party Plans」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the noise, the scene is about how these friends perform closeness. The insult slinging — 'bitch,' 'bullshit,' 'you want to kiss me' — is a running joke about how secure they feel with each other, and the game is just an excuse to keep yelling. The bigger subject is the evening's plan, which has its own rules: nobody arrives at a party on time, and the best places are the ones that are hard to find. That is the film's whole value system in miniature: cool is not what you have but what you can seem to know. The key line spells it out — "You tell a chick you been someplace, it's like braggin' that you know how to find it" — and the speakeasy bar with no sign is the perfect prop, since finding it is itself the trophy.

Theme

FriendshipThe nonstop insults and the video-game fight show a friendship so easygoing that rudeness is a form of affection.
ClassThe night's plan prizes hidden, unmarked bars, because being able to find the cool place is the status they are chasing.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Arguing over an instant replay turns a game into a relationship test.
  • The insults are banter, not a real fight, until someone says he is serious.
  • 'Grab a drink' is the casual softener before a night out.
  • A bar with no sign makes the customer feel like an insider.

発音のポイント

  • as it's — As it's links into one quick sound.
  • in the — The reduces to a schwa in fast speech and almost disappears.
  • about to — About to links into a single blurred sound.
  • makin' me — The final g of makin' drops and slides into me.
It's not even so much me as it's Roenick. He's good.

A boast disguised as modesty: the player credits the video-game star Roenick for his success, which is really another way of bragging.

Why do you think they put the instant replay in the fucking game?

The comeback after a disputed goal: the instant replay exists precisely so an argument about whether a play was 'bullshit' can be settled.

You tell a chick you been someplace, it's like braggin' that you know how to find it.

The film's theory of cool: knowing a hidden place is worth more as a story to tell women than the place itself.

Why'd they get rid of the fighting? It's the best part of the old version.

The complaint that drives the whole game-night scene: the newer game cut the fighting, which the friends considered the best feature.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the friends keep insulting each other?

It is how they bond. During the hockey game they shout insults over every goal and near-miss, and the rudeness is a running joke that shows how comfortable they are together.

Why are they upset about the fighting mode being removed?

The old version let players fight, which they call the best part. In the new game they can only make a player's head bleed, so they miss the old violence.

Why does the group care so much about the hard-to-find bar?

Because knowing it is a form of status. The bar has no sign and is hard to find, so being able to bring someone there is itself the thing worth bragging about.

Why does the party start so late?

The party officially begins at 8:00, but the friends say everyone arrives around 10:00 and they will not show up until midnight. Arriving on time would look too eager.

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