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The End of the Tour · 2015 — 第 17 / 17 章 · 4'40" · B1

Wallace Dances at a Baptist Church, Explained：put my foot down

Wallace and Lipsky are playing with his dogs and talking about nothing much. Then a phone call: he's going to meet someone at a dance — at a Baptist church, no less. "Baptists can dance," he says, dodging the real reason. It's all warmth and deflection.

あらすじ

Lipsky is staying with Wallace at his home in Bloomington. Between playing with Jeeves and Drone and eating fries, Wallace takes a phone call and arranges to meet someone at a dance later. He tells Lipsky he's gotten into seventies disco dancing at a local Baptist church.

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a tough nutpicky eatergo for ittaken to

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このシーンの表現

put my foot down

refuse to budge

Disco is fine, but voguing is where Wallace puts his foot down.

I put my foot down and said no.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a tough nut

    a harder case

  • picky eater

    a fussy eater

  • go for it

    just do it

  • taken to

    warmed to

  • time warp

    a jump in time

このシーンのメモ一覧

87 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

発音Mornin', man

The g drops in Mornin' and it links into man.

Mornin', man.
スラング · A2Mornin'

morning, slurred — Very casual greeting; not for formal use.

Mornin', man.
表現 · B2a tough nut

a harder case

One dog obeys instantly; the other, Drone, is a much tougher nut.

Drone's a much tougher nut.
表現 · A2in the spring

during spring

You should see it in the spring when the wind blows.
表現 · A2get going

set off

Should probably get going though. Okay.
表現 · B1hold the bag

carry the load

Thanks for holding the bag, man. Of course.
表現 · B1a picky eater

a fussy eater

The reporter skips the pickles, and Wallace jokes about being a picky eater.

what my mother's known for years... I'm a picky eater?
文法 · B2what my mother's known for years

noun clause: The what-clause is the object of know, moved to the front.

what my mother's known for years... I'm a picky eater?
表現 · A2go for it

just do it

Told no, then yes: Wallace says go for it and lets the reporter feed the dog.

All right, go for it. Hey, Jeeve-meister.
表現 · A2be super obedient

very well behaved

Sit. God. Drone gets super obedient when food is around.
文法 · B1when food is around

time clause: The when-clause marks the time food is present.

Sit. God. Drone gets super obedient when food is around.
発音gets super

The ts in gets links into super.

Sit. God. Drone gets super obedient when food is around.
文法 · B1make me look like

causative structure: Make plus object plus phrase states how someone appears.

You're not gonna make me look like I'm one of those insane old women...
表現 · B2take to someone

warmed to

Wallace says the dogs have never taken to a man the way they take to him.

They've never taken to a man the way they've taken to you.
表現 · B1get on with one's life

move on with life

I should probably get out of here, let you get on with your life.
スラング · B1cheesy

corny, tacky — Playfully negative; fine among friends.

You know, like, cheesy '70s disco.
表現 · B2a time warp

a jump in time

Living in Bloomington is like a time warp, where old dances make you hip.

It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that.
発音hip if

The p in hip runs into if.

It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that.
スラング · B1hip

cool, fashionable — Dated slang for cool; playful with friends.

It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that.
表現 · A2show up

turn up

Yeah. It's really cool though. Like a lot of people show up.
表現 · B1leave each other alone

let each other be

It's good. It's nice. Everyone for the most part just leaves each other alone.
文法 · B2for the most part

parenthetical phrase: For the most part is a parenthetical meaning mostly.

It's good. It's nice. Everyone for the most part just leaves each other alone.

「Wallace Dances at a Baptist Church」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like downtime, but it's Wallace managing an interview without ever seeming to. He's relaxed enough to joke about his dogs, yet he keeps steering: when the question turns to why a Baptist church, he answers "Baptists can dance" and moves on — a real answer and a door closing at once. There's a small line staked out, too: "That is where I put my foot down. I do not vogue." He'll offer up his odd, sincere hobby — cheesy '70s disco, in a town he calls a "time warp" — but he sets a limit on how he'll be seen. And when he says the dogs have "never taken to a man the way they've taken to you," it lands as both warmth and a quiet admission that this closeness is rare.

Theme

IdentityWallace jokes about dogs and disco, then marks the line he won't cross: how he is seen in the piece.
FriendshipUnder the small talk, he and Lipsky warm to each other, the dogs and dancing doing the work of connection.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The dogs' affection says what the men will not.
  • Disco at a Baptist church makes corny feel cool.
  • The cold joke softens a real goodbye.
  • A picky eater line turns a small quirk into banter.

発音のポイント

  • Mornin', man — The g drops in Mornin' and it links into man.
  • gets super — The ts in gets links into super.
  • hip if — The p in hip runs into if.
They've never taken to a man the way they've taken to you.

Wallace says his dogs have never warmed to any man the way they've warmed to Lipsky — a rare compliment tucked inside a dog anecdote.

It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that.

Bloomington feels stuck in the past, so dancing like it's the '70s doesn't make you uncool there — it makes you cool.

I'll start carving an ice sculpture out of my car.

A joke about how brutally cold it is: he'll have to chip his frozen car out of the ice before they can drive anywhere.

That is where I put my foot down. I do not vogue.

He'll happily do cheesy '70s dance moves, but voguing is the one thing he refuses to do — that's his line.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Wallace go dancing at a Baptist church?

He tells Lipsky it's simply because "Baptists can dance," and that it's a low-key, friendly scene where people mostly leave each other alone. The line dodges the real question, but his fondness for the place seems genuine.

What won't Wallace do, even though he dances?

Vogue. He jokes that cheesy '70s moves are fine, but "That is where I put my foot down. I do not vogue." It's a small line that shows where he draws his limits.

Who is Wallace meeting at the dance?

The film doesn't name the person on the phone. He only says he has the "Rolling Stone guy" with him and arranges to meet the caller later, keeping the two parts of his life apart.

Why does Wallace worry about how he'll come across in the article?

He jokes that talking to his dogs could make him look like one of those "insane old women who talks to their dogs." The worry is real: he's letting a reporter into his private life and knows how easily it can be made to look strange.

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