be very grateful for
Hey, Rupe, before I forget, I really appreciate you meeting me for lunch.The King of Comedy · 1982 — 第 3 / 21 章 · 2'28" · B2
Rupert Rehearses Taking Over the Show, Explained：take over
Over lunch, Jerry asks a reluctant Rupert to take over his show for six weeks. "I can't even take over my own life for six weeks," Rupert protests, before finally giving in. What sounds like a career offer is really a fantasy played out alone downstairs, until his mother calls down and asks who he is talking to.
あらすじ
Downstairs at home, Rupert rehearses a lunch with Jerry Langford, signing an autograph for a fan named Dolores. In the scene he imagines, Jerry begs him to take over the show for six weeks, and Rupert, after insisting he is too busy and too tired, finally agrees. His mother's voice from upstairs cuts the fantasy short.
注目の表現
take overwork it outnot that big a dealWhat are friends for
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このシーンの表現
take over
take control of
Jerry frames it lightly, asking Rupert to take over the show for six weeks, handing him the whole program.
She will take over the morning show while he is on leave.
このシーンの他の表現
- work it out
solve it somehow
- not that big a deal
not very important
- What are friends for
that is what friends do
- There you go
here you are
- day and night
all the time
このシーンのメモ一覧
38 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
short for Rupert — A familiar nickname; strangers should not use it.
Hey, Rupe, before I forget, I really appreciate you meeting me for lunch.that is what friends do
Rupert thanks Jerry for the lunch, and Jerry brushes it off with a question about what friends are for.
What are friends for, Jerry?The s of friends links straight into for.
What are friends for, Jerry?viewing figures
The pressure, the ratings, the same guests, same questions.stop finding it fun
- I'm just not enjoying it anymore. - That's... the worst.reconsider it
Listen, I really wish you would think about it again, okay?wish + would: Wish plus would asks someone to change their behavior, with a hint of complaint.
Listen, I really wish you would think about it again, okay?bring it up again
You're starting again. You're starting up again.not very important
Rupert says Jerry will not even think about it; Jerry snaps back that thinking is not such a heavy ask.
- It's not that big a deal to think. - I am thinking. I'm thinking.all the time
Rupert claims thinking about it is all he does, day and night, which sounds like obsession.
That's all I do, is think day and night.rhetorical question: The negative question is rhetorical and really means of course I think about it.
How can I not think about it? I'm here at lunch with you...take control of
Jerry frames it lightly, asking Rupert to take over the show for six weeks, handing him the whole program.
I'm asking you to take over the show for six weeks. I mean, what's six weeks?Link take-over and over-the into smooth runs.
I'm asking you to take over the show for six weeks. I mean, what's six weeks?solve it somehow
Rupert calls it impossible; Jerry waves that aside and says they can work it out somehow.
There's gotta be a way you can work it out. It's just six weeks.The t in gotta drops and There's weakens to a z sound.
There's gotta be a way you can work it out. It's just six weeks.have got to — Spoken shorthand; too casual for writing.
There's gotta be a way you can work it out. It's just six weeks.here you are
After signing, Rupert hands the paper back to Dolores with a warm There you go.
There you go, sweetheart.give someone a reply
- He made you bigger. - Will you give me an answer?stop pestering me — An irritable brush-off; only with people close to you.
Don't bother me. I'll give you six weeks. What can I say? Are you happy now?「Rupert Rehearses Taking Over the Show」を読み解く
What's really going on
The clue is that no one else is in the room. Rupert is not being offered anything; he is staging the offer he wants, complete with a rival who begs and a fan who "sensed greatness." He casts himself as the busy, reluctant star, because refusing a job is proof you are wanted. His protest, "I can't even take over my own life for six weeks," is the one line that sounds like the truth, and it is the funniest, since a man who cannot manage his own life is pretending to weigh a network's offer. The imagined Jerry says exactly what Rupert needs to hear: that he is a tough negotiator, not a nobody. Then his mother calls down, and the fantasy collapses into a basement again.
Theme
LonelinessRupert's only audience is himself; he stages the success no one else will give him.
DreamsHe rehearses his big break as if it were already real, turning a basement into a stage.
このチャプターで学べること
- A huge ask is always dressed up as a small one.
- Self-mockery can be a shield and a plea at once.
- Persistence wins before argument does.
- Real life intrudes on every negotiation.
発音のポイント
- friends for — The s of friends links straight into for.
- take over the — Link take-over and over-the into smooth runs.
- There's gotta be — The t in gotta drops and There's weakens to a z sound.
I can't even take over my own life for six weeks.His one honest-sounding line: he cannot manage his own messy life, yet he is pretending to decide whether to run a TV show.
What are friends for, Jerry?A friendly cliché used as pressure, pretending the big favor is just what friends naturally do for each other.
There's gotta be a way you can work it out. It's just six weeks.The imagined Jerry keeps pushing, treating six weeks as nothing so that saying yes feels easy.
It's impossible! I'm trying to tell you that. You want the tears to come out of my eyes?A refusal staged for maximum drama, as if being asked to host were a burden worth crying about.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Jerry asking to take over the show?
Rupert. In the scene Rupert is playing out, Jerry asks him to host for six weeks, though no real offer is being made.
Is the conversation with Jerry real?
No. Rupert is alone downstairs, rehearsing it, and his mother's voice from upstairs reveals there is no one else in the room.
What does "take over" mean here?
To take charge of something, in this case hosting Jerry's show for six weeks while Jerry steps away.
Why does Rupert say he can't take over his own life for six weeks?
It is a rare moment of honesty in his fantasy: he can barely manage his own life, so the idea of running a network show is absurd.
Who is Dolores?
A fan Rupert signs an autograph for in the scene, telling her that she "sensed greatness."
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