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The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 9 / 20 章 · 2'50" · B2

Joe and Jimmy Survive a Car Bomb, Explained：take the heat

Thugs rough up Joe and Jimmy and demand the envelope, and the two of them keep cracking jokes the whole way through. Then the car blows up. "Are you alive?" "I don't know yet." They walk away from it with their sense of humour, if nothing else, intact.

あらすじ

Jake and his men corner Joe and Jimmy in the street, beat them and demand the envelope. In the middle of it, Joe keeps talking, mocking them as the kind of people who read dictionaries. When they open the car boot to fetch the envelope, a bomb goes off, and the pair survive on nothing but luck.

ThreatsCrime scenesThreateningTeasingRivalsB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

with a certain exuberanceuntenablefuckfaceget out of here

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このシーンの表現

take the heat

accept the blame

When Jimmy asks if he is sure, Joe says he will take the heat, meaning he will face the blame alone.

Let me take the heat; I made the call.

このシーンの他の表現

  • with a certain exuberance

    ironically, with brutal enthusiasm

  • untenable

    impossible to maintain

  • fuckface

    a crude insult

  • get out of here

    leave this place

  • sick and tired of

    completely fed up with

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2a bit late

slightly late

- A bit late for a stroll, you think? - You girls ought to get home.
表現 · A2street lights

lamps along the road

- Yeah, street lights are on. - Shut up, fuckface.
スラング · B2asshole

a jerk; a crude insult — A crude insult; never use it in formal settings.

I'm fuckface, he's asshole.
表現 · B2someone's situation

a person's circumstances

Apprise Rodney Dangerfield here of his situation.
表現 · C1dispense with something

do without; skip

Perhaps we can dispense with the fun and games now, yes?
文法 · B2who knows when a situation is untenable

relative clause: The who-clause defines what kind of man he is, shaping the line as praise or pressure.

See, Jake. Here's a man who knows when a situation is untenable.
表現 · B1do + verb

really do have

And you do have that envelope, don't you?
表現 · B1leave someone alone

stop bothering someone

"Leave him alone"? Sure, whatever you say.
表現 · B1beat someone up

hit and injure

Shit, we're being beat up by the inventor of Scrabble.
スラング · B2Shit

damn; a curse word — A curse word for surprise or frustration.

Shit, we're being beat up by the inventor of Scrabble.
表現 · A2be in a good mood

feeling cheerful

- He's still in a good mood. Kick him again. - No, no, no. All right.
表現 · A2give someone the keys

hand over the keys

- It's in the trunk. - Give me the keys.
表現 · B1pay for something

suffer the consequences

You dumb bastard, you're gonna pay for that.
スラング · B2dumb bastard

a stupid man — A rough insult; heavy even between friends.

You dumb bastard, you're gonna pay for that.
表現 · A2are you alive

are you conscious

- Are you alive? - I don't know yet.
発音Are you alive

Link Are you into one word, close to arya.

- Are you alive? - I don't know yet.
表現 · B2a factory recall

a product callback

- Either that or a hell of a factory recall. - Dead guys don't make bad jokes, do they?
文法 · B1Either that or

either ... or: Either that or presents two alternatives; here it jokes about two causes of the blast.

- Either that or a hell of a factory recall. - Dead guys don't make bad jokes, do they?
文法 · B2don't make bad jokes, do they

tag question: A negative statement plus do they forms a tag question that invites agreement, here darkly.

- Either that or a hell of a factory recall. - Dead guys don't make bad jokes, do they?
表現 · A2we're alive

we survived

- No. - Shit, we're alive.
発音get out of

The t in get drops, so get out of rushes together.

Go on, get out of here. Go, go, come on.
表現 · B1sweep up

clean up by sweeping

And I'm sick and tired of sweeping up your dead bodies!
スラング · B2ugly mug

an ugly face — Slang for someone's face, mocking or hostile.

The next time I see your ugly mug...
表現 · B2put a bullet in something

shoot something

...I'm gonna put a bullet in it. You got it?
発音put a bullet

The t in put a flaps, sounding like pudda.

...I'm gonna put a bullet in it. You got it?

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What's really going on

The violence in this chapter is ugly and the film knows it, which is why the jokes are so relentless. Joe cannot stop talking even while being beaten, turning his attackers into comic characters: "Shit, we're being beat up by the inventor of Scrabble." The humour is not a sign that nothing hurts; it is how both men keep their footing when they have no other power in the situation. The car bomb raises the stakes, and the first thing out of their mouths is a joke about factory recalls and dead men. In a genre built on toughness, the film argues that the ability to be funny about disaster is its own kind of armour.

Theme

SurvivalBeaten, threatened and nearly blown up, Joe and Jimmy survive the night on luck and nerve.
Dark humorEven mid-beating and seconds after a bomb, the pair trade jokes rather than admit fear.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Joking after a brush with death is how these men cope.
  • Fancy vocabulary can make violence sound colder, not kinder.
  • Taking the heat means facing blame so a partner does not have to.
  • The cop's threat is quiet, which is what makes it land.

発音のポイント

  • Are you alive — Link Are you into one word, close to arya.
  • get out of — The t in get drops, so get out of rushes together.
  • put a bullet — The t in put a flaps, sounding like pudda.
Shit, we're being beat up by the inventor of Scrabble.

Joe's refusal to stop joking while being beaten, cutting his attackers down to size.

- Either that or a hell of a factory recall. - Dead guys don't make bad jokes, do they?

The first exchange after the bomb: they confirm they are alive by making sure the jokes still land.

And I'm sick and tired of sweeping up your dead bodies!

The police officer's frustration at having to deal with the pair's chaos again and again.

- Are you alive? - I don't know yet.

The deadpan aftermath of the explosion, shock handled with a straight face.

...I'm gonna put a bullet in it. You got it?

The cop's parting threat: next time he sees them, he will shoot, which is his way of warning them to stay alive.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the thugs want the envelope?

The envelope is what everyone in the case is chasing. Jake and his men believe Joe and Jimmy have it and are willing to beat them to get it back.

What happens with the car bomb?

When Joe is made to open the boot, the car explodes. The bomb was planted in advance, and the two men are thrown clear and survive.

Why does the police officer shout at them?

He is tired of cleaning up after their cases and warns them that the next time he finds them, he will put a bullet in them himself.

What does 'take the heat' mean here?

It means to accept the blame or the consequences. Jimmy offers to stay and face the police and the fallout while Joe gets away.

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