Swingers · 1996 — 第 2 / 17 章 · 2'42" · B2

Trent Talks Mike Into Vegas, Explained:get out of Dodge

Mike is still heartbroken, and Trent has had enough of watching him mope. He tells Mike they are driving to Vegas tonight — no plans, no argument. Mike resists, "I'm not going to Vegas," but Trent keeps pushing until Mike is in the car, suit in the back, bound for the tables.

あらすじ

On the phone, Trent tries to drag his friend Mike out of the apartment. Mike, freshly dumped, wants none of it: every party and bar, he says, sucks. Trent ignores the excuses and announces they are driving to Vegas that night. By the end Mike is in the car, changing into a suit, and Trent is promising they will be up five hundred by midnight.

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fuckin'get out of Dodgeskanksupposed to be all happy

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  1. ❝ 独白Mike's party rant14 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白Trent's casino plan4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

get out of Dodge

leave a place fast

Fed up with Mike's complaining, Trent cuts in and insists on getting him out of town now.

After the argument, I just wanted to get out of Dodge.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fuckin'

    fucking, as an intensifier

  • skank

    a crude slur for a cheap woman

  • supposed to be all happy

    expected to act thrilled

  • sit at home

    stay home doing nothing

  • pick someone up

    collect someone by car

このシーンのメモ一覧

65 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A1What's up?

what's going on

- Hello? - What's up, Trent?
スラング · B1beautiful babies

attractive women — Playful guy talk; not for polite company.

There's gonna be beautiful babies there.
表現 · B1have shit to do

have things to deal with

Look, Trent, you know, I got shit to do tomorrow.
表現 · B1get someone out of somewhere

take someone away from a place

We gotta get you out of that stuffy apartment.
表現 · B1something sucks

all are terrible

But all the parties and all the bars, they all suck.
発音talkin' to

The g in talkin' drops and to links on: talkin-ta.

I spend half the night talkin' to some girl who's lookin' around the room...
文法 · B1it's like I'm supposed to be all happy

spoken it's like: Spoken it's like introduces a feeling or scene, not a real comparison.

And it's like I'm supposed to be all happy, 'cause she's wearing a backpack.
表現 · A2half of something

fifty percent of them

You know, and half of them are just nasty skanks who wouldn't be nothing...
スラング · B2skanks

a crude slur for a cheap woman — A crude insult; never say it to anyone's face.

You know, and half of them are just nasty skanks who wouldn't be nothing...
スラング · B2front me

step to me, confront me — Street slang; keep it out of formal talk.

is gonna front me?
表現 · B2get out of Dodge

leave a place fast

Fed up with Mike's complaining, Trent cuts in and insists on getting him out of town now.

Will you shut up for a minute? We gotta get you the fuck out of Dodge, man.
文法 · B1Will you shut up for a minute

rhetorical request: Will you... looks like a question but works as a sharp command.

Will you shut up for a minute? We gotta get you the fuck out of Dodge, man.
発音get you

Get you links up, with the t flapping: ged-you.

Will you shut up for a minute? We gotta get you the fuck out of Dodge, man.
表現 · A2pick someone up

collect someone by car

Mike keeps stalling, so Trent simply announces he will drive over and collect him.

I'm gonna pick you up. Listen to me.
発音pick you up

In pick you up the you weakens toward ya.

I'm gonna pick you up. Listen to me.
表現 · B1hear someone out

listen to me fully

Listen. I just listened to you. Now hear me out.
表現 · B1take out money

withdraw money

All right, listen. I took out $300, but I'm only betting with 100.
表現 · A1a lot of something

a great deal of

And I figure if we buy a lot of chips, though, the pit boss will see us...
文法 · B1if we buy a lot of chips

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition; will in the main clause gives the result.

And I figure if we buy a lot of chips, though, the pit boss will see us...
表現 · B2comp someone

give something for free

Trent promises that buying enough chips will make the pit boss shower them with free perks.

he'll comp us all sorts of free shit; That's how it works over there.
文法 · B1That's how it works

predicative clause: That's how... explains the way something is done.

he'll comp us all sorts of free shit; That's how it works over there.
スラング · B2comp us

give us something free — Casino and hotel jargon; rare in daily talk.

he'll comp us all sorts of free shit; That's how it works over there.
表現 · B1free stuff

free things

C'mon. man. If you're wearing a suit, and you look like you gamble a lot, they give you free shit.
発音wearing a

Wearing a runs together like wear-in-na.

C'mon. man. If you're wearing a suit, and you look like you gamble a lot, they give you free shit.
表現 · B1drive up

arrive by car

They're watching you when you drive up.
スラング · B2dig

understand, like — Dated slang; usually playful now.

They're gonna give Daddy the Rain Man suite. You dig that?
表現 · A2by midnight

before midnight

You think we can get there by midnight?
スラング · B2hundy

a hundred — Very casual street slang for a hundred.

We're gonna be up five "hundy" by midnight!

「Trent Talks Mike Into Vegas」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a sales pitch disguised as friendship. Mike is stuck on the woman who left him, and Trent's cure is movement: go out, drive to Vegas, gamble, forget. Mike's long complaint — "all the parties and all the bars, they all suck" — is really about not wanting to feel again, and his line about being "supposed to be all happy, 'cause she's wearing a backpack" shows how raw he still is. Trent does not argue with the sadness; he simply refuses to let it set the schedule. "We're goin' to Vegas tonight," he says, and the rest of the scene is Mike slowly giving in. The comedy is in the mismatch: Mike over-explains his pain, Trent answers every objection with the same word, Vegas.

Theme

FriendshipTrent's pushy plan is his way of helping: he pulls Mike out of the apartment because staying home is making things worse.
HeartbreakMike is not over the breakup, and every joke about the dating scene keeps circling back to how much the loss still hurts.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Trent sells Vegas like a pitch, not a plan.
  • Mike's rant is grief wearing a costume of disgust.
  • Get out of Dodge is about escape, not geography.
  • Hear me out is what people say before steamrolling you.

発音のポイント

  • talkin' to — The g in talkin' drops and to links on: talkin-ta.
  • get you — Get you links up, with the t flapping: ged-you.
  • pick you up — In pick you up the you weakens toward ya.
  • wearing a — Wearing a runs together like wear-in-na.
And it's like I'm supposed to be all happy, 'cause she's wearing a backpack.

Mike's bitter joke about dating: he is expected to act pleased just because the woman opposite him looks young and carefree.

But all the parties and all the bars, they all suck.

Mike's blanket verdict on going out, and the reason Trent has to force the issue: he cannot picture enjoying any of it.

You can't sit at home thinking about it.

Trent's rule for a broken heart: staying home keeps the wound open, so the only fix is to go out.

They're watching you when you drive up.

The half-serious Vegas logic: arriving in a suit fools the casino into treating you like a high roller.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Trent want to take Mike to Vegas?

Because Mike has been sitting at home obsessing over his ex, and Trent thinks a night out is the cure. He does not try to talk Mike out of being sad; he just refuses to let him stay stuck.

Why is Mike so reluctant?

He is still hurt over the breakup and believes going out will only remind him of it. 'All the parties and all the bars, they all suck,' he says, and he is not in the mood to pretend otherwise.

What does "get out of Dodge" mean?

It means to leave a place quickly, especially somewhere you should not stay. Trent uses it to tell Mike he needs to get out of the apartment and out of his own head.

Do they actually go to Vegas?

Yes. By the end of the scene Mike has stopped arguing, is changing into his suit in the car, and Trent is predicting they will be up five hundred by midnight.

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