how have things been with you
How have you been, Rita?The King of Comedy · 1982 — 第 4 / 21 章 · 2'13" · B2
Rupert Asks Rita Out After 15 Years, Explained：didn't have the nerve
Rupert has carried a crush on Rita for fifteen years and finally, in the bar where she works, asks her out. She turns the delay into a joke: "It only took you 15 years to ask me for a date. Don't you think it's a little late?" He laughs it off and keeps pushing.
あらすじ
Rupert finds Rita tending bar and greets her like an old friend, though she barely remembers him. He gives her a gift, admits he voted for her as Most Beautiful back in school, and tells her she's still beautiful. When he asks if she's happy there and what she's doing tonight, Rita notes it took him fifteen years to ask.
注目の表現
didn't have the nervecome up withask someone for a datemake good
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このシーンの表現
didn't have the nerve
be too scared to
Rupert admits he voted for Rita years ago but never had the nerve to tell her.
I wanted to sing on stage but didn't have the nerve.
このシーンの他の表現
- come up with
think of something
- ask someone for a date
invite someone out
- make good
succeed in the end
- what are you up to
what are you doing lately
- final irony of life
life's cruel joke
このシーンのメモ一覧
32 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
Have weakens and you-been links into one run.
How have you been, Rita?bring you a gift
I brought you a little present.a teasing nickname — A joking nickname; not for formal settings.
Oh, yeah. I remember. Mr. Romance, heh.what are you doing lately
Rupert opens with a question about what Rita has been up to, searching for a way back in.
So, what are you up to these days?What-are-you can blur into a wacha-like sound.
So, what are you up to these days?still just as beautiful
You're looking as beautiful as ever, Rita.cast a vote for someone
You know, it's funny, but I... I, uh, voted for you, Most Beautiful.be too scared to
Rupert admits he voted for Rita years ago but never had the nerve to tell her.
- Did you? That was sweet. - I didn't have the nerve to tell you then, but...we are grown-ups
Yeah, now you can tell me. It's okay, we're both adults.time clause: The when-clause sets the stage and describes a general habit at that age.
When you're younger, you're afraid to say those things...ought to have said
...you can say all those things that you should have said 15-, 20 years ago.should have done: Should have plus a past participle marks something owed but never done.
...you can say all those things that you should have said 15-, 20 years ago.Have shrinks to a schwa, sounding like should-uv-said.
...you can say all those things that you should have said 15-, 20 years ago.life's cruel joke
Rupert has just said he was too shy to speak when young; now he turns that regret into a grand line about life.
Isn't that the final irony of life? Isn't it?are you free tonight
- Oh, really? Like what? - Well, what are you doing tonight?why is this amusing — A defensive comeback when someone laughs at you.
- What am I doing tonight? - Yeah. What's so funny?invite someone out
Rita names what just happened: an invitation he took fifteen years to make.
It only took you 15 years to ask me for a date. Don't you think it's a little late?think of something
Pressed for her favorite movie star, Rita says she had better come up with one or they will never leave.
Well, I better come up with somebody or we'll never get out of here, right?「Rupert Asks Rita Out After 15 Years」を読み解く
What's really going on
Rita remembers Rupert as 'Mr. Romance,' but not as anyone she was waiting for. Rupert arrives with a gift and fifteen years of stored-up feeling: he confesses he voted for her as Most Beautiful, worked up the nerve only now, and calls her beautiful as ever. Rita keeps her footing by making the delay the joke — 'It only took you 15 years to ask me for a date. Don't you think it's a little late?' She is polite, amused, and a little tired of the town she never left: 'Local cheerleader makes good.' Then Rupert turns the talk into a quiz about her favorite movie star, steering a conversation she thought was just catching up.
Theme
RomanceRupert's fifteen-year crush finally becomes a date attempt; the bar reunion is romance arriving years too late.
MemoryThe whole scene runs on what was never said in high school — a vote for Most Beautiful kept secret until now.
このチャプターで学べること
- A compliment from the shy lands harder than a smooth one.
- Late courage is still courage.
- Teasing can keep a door open or close it.
- A favorite star becomes a small test of character.
発音のポイント
- have you been — Have weakens and you-been links into one run.
- what are you up to — What-are-you can blur into a wacha-like sound.
- should have said — Have shrinks to a schwa, sounding like should-uv-said.
You're looking as beautiful as ever, Rita.His opening compliment, spoken with her name; he picks up exactly where his high-school crush left off.
Well, here I am. Local cheerleader makes good.Rita sums up her life back home — the local beauty who stayed put — with self-aware, slightly wry pride.
Isn't that the final irony of life? Isn't it?Rupert's conclusion: only when you're older do you dare say what you should have said years ago.
It only took you 15 years to ask me for a date. Don't you think it's a little late?Rita frames his invitation as long overdue; she is teasing, not refusing, and making sure he feels the fifteen years.
このシーンについての質問
Does Rita remember Rupert?
Not at first. She asks 'Do I know you?' and only places him when he gives his name; then it clicks as 'Mr. Romance,' a nickname from their school days.
Is Rita rejecting Rupert when she mentions the 15 years?
It reads more like teasing than a refusal. She lets the conversation continue, and Rupert keeps asking her out and steering the talk, so she hasn't shut him down.
Why does Rupert ask about her favorite movie star?
He turns the friendly catch-up into a quiz, and the answer — Marilyn Monroe — is exactly what he was fishing for. It shows he came with an agenda, not just a hello.
Why did Rupert wait so long to ask Rita out?
He says himself that he 'didn't have the nerve' to tell her how he felt back then. Wanting to say it years later is, in his words, the 'final irony of life.'
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