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Swingers · 1996 — 第 12 / 17 章 · 4'21" · B2

Trent's Bear and Bunny Speech, Explained：money

Mike bombs with a girl at the bar and calls himself a fool; his friends refuse to let him mope. "You're so money, and you don't even know it," one insists, then paints him as a big bear with claws and fangs who can only gently bat around a scared little bunny. Their cure is simple: go get her digits.

あらすじ

At a bar, Mike tries to flirt with a woman but realizes he recognizes her from a Starbucks where he once asked for a job, so the talk turns awkward fast. His friends, led by Trent, tell him he is 'money' and use a bear-and-bunny metaphor, then push him to go get the girl's number.

First datesComforting a friendComplimentingPersuadingFriendsB2fastamerican
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注目の表現

moneyon the rocksget someone's digitswhere someone is coming from

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  56. ❝ 独白the bear and the bunny16 行練習ページ ↗
  75. ❝ 独白the bad-man pep talk10 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

money

super cool, the real deal

After another flop, Trent tells Mike he has the magic and cannot see it.

With that jacket on, he looks money tonight.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on the rocks

    served over ice

  • get someone's digits

    get someone's phone number

  • where someone is coming from

    someone's angle or intent

  • fuckin'

    fucking, as an intensifier

  • open mike

    an open-mic night

このシーンのメモ一覧

84 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2get out of school

finish school for the day

- Someone got out of school early today. - I think, they like our vibe.
表現 · B1it's on

it is happening

- Oh, it's on. - It's definitely on.
表現 · B1something on the rocks

served over ice

Mike steps up to the bar and orders a whisky over ice, sounding a little unsure.

Hi, can I get a Dewars on the rocks?
発音on the rocks

The n links into the, so on the rocks almost becomes one word.

Hi, can I get a Dewars on the rocks?
表現 · B1know someone around here

be known in this place

That's pretty- They know you around here, huh?
スラング · B2our little friend

our little friend, sarcastic — A mocking label for someone; only as a joke.

And some more olives for our little friend here.
表現 · A2have been to a place

have visited somewhere

You ever been to the Ha-Ha Hole on Pico?
表現 · B1an open mike

an open-mic night

Mike pushes the girl to remember his open-mic night, sounding eager and unsure.

No? You're sure? Monday nights, open mike?
表現 · A2a lot of hard work

a great deal of effort

Yeah, it's a dream, you know. It's a lot of hard work and travel and hotels.
表現 · B1treat oneself

reward yourself

Treat myself. I figure I worked for it. Why not?
表現 · A2a while ago

some time ago

Must've been a while ago, 'cause I'm...
文法 · B2Must've been

modal deduction: Must have been is a confident guess about the past, not an obligation.

Must've been a while ago, 'cause I'm...
文法 · B2things have been going

present perfect continuous: Have been going shows an action continuing right up to now.

Probably longer, 'cause things have been going very well lately.
表現 · A2look for a job

search for work

So I haven't been looking for a job in a while.
表現 · B2get someone's digits

get someone's phone number

Trent comes back bragging that Mike got the number, using the street word digits.

- We got digits, baby. - Yeah, what a surprise.
スラング · B2digits

phone number — Youth slang for a phone number; use phone number at work.

- We got digits, baby. - Yeah, what a surprise.
表現 · B1make a fool of oneself

embarrass oneself

She didn't like me, okay? I made a fool of myself.
スラング · B1made a fool of myself

embarrassed myself badly — A self-mocking way to say you embarrassed yourself.

She didn't like me, okay? I made a fool of myself.
表現 · B2be so money

be really cool

You're so... you're so money, and you don't even know it.
発音you're so money

You're weakens to yər so that so money carries the stress.

You're so... you're so money, and you don't even know it.
スラング · B2money

super cool — Nineties slang for cool; keep it between friends.

You're so... you're so money, and you don't even know it.
表現 · B1mess with someone

tease or provoke me

Could you not mess with me right now?
発音fuckin' teeth

The g in fuckin' disappears, sliding straight into teeth.

- Big fuckin' teeth, man. - Yeah, big fuckin' teeth on ya.
スラング · C1fuckin'

fucking, intensifier — A very rough intensifier; strictly for close friends.

- Big fuckin' teeth, man. - Yeah, big fuckin' teeth on ya.
文法 · B1How am I supposed to

be supposed to: Be supposed to asks what is expected or intended; here it sounds lost and helpless.

with these claws, you're thinkin', "How am I supposed to kill this bunny?"
スラング · B1the PG-13 movie

a teen-rated movie — A movie rating, here standing for the too-nice guy.

I don't want you to be the guy in the PG-13 movie...
表現 · B2an R-rated movie

an R-rated film

I want you to be like the guy in the rated-R movie, you know?
表現 · B2where someone is coming from

someone's angle or intent

Trent coaches Mike to stay mysterious, so the girl cannot read his intentions.

You're not sure where he's coming from, okay? You're a bad man.

「Trent's Bear and Bunny Speech」を読み解く

What's really going on

The joke and the comfort are the same scene. Mike is humiliated because he wanted to be seen as a smooth ladies' man and was instead recognized as the guy who once asked for a job at a Starbucks. He says it plainly — "She didn't like me, okay? I made a fool of myself" — and what his friends do next is the film's idea of friendship: they simply refuse the verdict. The bear-and-bunny metaphor is absurd on purpose. Mike is not a predator; he is a man so unsure of himself that, holding claws and fangs, he cannot work out how to catch a harmless bunny. Labeling him "so money" is not a compliment about wealth but an attempt to give him a self-image worth acting on, and the pep talk ends with a task, not a feeling: go over and get her digits.

Theme

FriendshipWhen Mike calls himself a failure, his friends reject the story and invent a flattering image to get him back out there.
IdentityThe bear-and-bunny talk is about self-image: Mike has the 'claws' but cannot see himself as someone who can succeed.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A slang compliment can pull a friend out of a slump.
  • The bear metaphor makes shyness sound almost affectionate.
  • Movie ratings here stand in for two kinds of men.
  • Digits is a casual word for a phone number.

発音のポイント

  • on the rocks — The n links into the, so on the rocks almost becomes one word.
  • you're so money — You're weakens to yər so that so money carries the stress.
  • fuckin' teeth — The g in fuckin' disappears, sliding straight into teeth.
You're so... you're so money, and you don't even know it.

Trent's highest praise: Mike is effortlessly cool, but does not believe it. 'Money' here means impressive, not rich.

Alright. I want you to go over to that girl and I want you to get those digits.

The pep talk ends with an assignment rather than a feeling: walk over to the woman and leave with her phone number.

You know, I was Hamlet two months ago Off-Broadway, and I was good.

Mike's attempt to sound accomplished — an Off-Broadway Hamlet — which lands as bragging in a bar where nobody is impressed.

She didn't like me, okay? I made a fool of myself.

Mike's blunt self-verdict after his awkward attempt with the woman, spoken to friends who refuse to accept it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mike think he made a fool of himself?

He tried to flirt with a woman but recognized her as the Starbucks employee who once took his job application. His attempt to explain the coincidence only made the encounter more awkward.

Why does Trent compare Mike to a bear and a bunny?

He says Mike is a big bear with claws and fangs who cannot bring himself to catch a harmless bunny: Mike has every advantage but no belief, so he only gently bats the girl around.

Why do Trent and the others refuse to let Mike be negative?

They think his self-image is the problem, not his looks or charm. By calling him 'money' and telling him he is a 'bad man,' they try to replace his story of failure with one worth acting on.

Why does Trent tell Mike to get the girl's number?

He turns the pep talk into a specific task. Getting her number would prove the new image right and force Mike to act instead of talking himself down.

スウィンガーズ · 全 17 章

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