along the corridor
Bathroom, down the hall, first door on the right.The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 13 / 20 章 · 3'19" · B2
Jimmy Tells Joe How He Fell, Explained：feel sorry for yourself
Out of the shower and into a fight, Jimmy explains how he lost everything: painkillers for ruined knees, then codeine with breakfast, then gambling, then a career ended by the league. "I don't use it. I get by." Joe refuses to play therapist, and the two of them end up talking about heroes instead.
あらすじ
Fresh from a shower at Joe's place, Jimmy confesses the story of his decline: painkillers for his knees, then codeine at breakfast, then betting on games, then a career cut short by the league. Joe has no patience for it, and Darian later reveals that Jimmy was her father's hero.
注目の表現
get byblow your brains outDudley Do-Rightfeel sorry for yourself
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このシーンの表現
feel sorry for yourself
indulge in self-pity
Tired of Jimmy's complaints, Joe tells him to stop wallowing and points to the door.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and start applying for jobs.
このシーンの他の表現
- get by
manage to survive
- blow your brains out
shoot oneself in the head
- Dudley Do-Right
a smug, overly proper goody-goody
- injury report
a list of injured players
- accurate spread
a precise betting line
このシーンのメモ一覧
45 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
search for
This is what you were looking for in Cory's apartment?amount valued at
- That's $1,000 worth of shit! - Shut the fuck up!stuff, here drugs — Crude slang for stuff; keep it casual.
- That's $1,000 worth of shit! - Shut the fuck up!leave a place
Get the fuck out of my house before I break your goddamn neck.manage to survive
Thrown out by Joe, Jimmy insists he isn't hooked, just scraping through.
I don't use it. I get by.very easily — Casual speech for very easily.
Well, the shit happens real easy, man.be ruined
...painkillers. Using Demerol because your fucking knees are shot!without noticing
Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes.time clause: Before you know it is a set time clause meaning without your noticing.
Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes.You're weakens to yer in fast speech.
Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes.suddenly
And then a truck comes out of nowhere...The t in ain't often drops and runs into answering.
But he ain't answering.is not — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.
But he ain't answering.receive a phone call
Instead, I get a call from the fucking league.purely commercial
It's all business now. They push you until you blow your fucking brains out!remove by force
Can't you see those fucking hypocrites took away my fucking life?noun clause: The clause after see, with that dropped, states the fact Jimmy insists on.
Can't you see those fucking hypocrites took away my fucking life?time clause: The when-clause means once you finish doing something; the main clause is the real order.
When you're done feeling sorry for yourself, the front door's that way.a contemptible man — A strong insult; avoid saying it face to face.
You bastard.write a signature on it
Will you sign my card?recover from it
- I guess your dad's pretty pissed, huh? - Yeah, but he'll get over it.Get over it runs together as one chunk.
- I guess your dad's pretty pissed, huh? - Yeah, but he'll get over it.stop doing
When you got busted, he quit watching football.「Jimmy Tells Joe How He Fell」を読み解く
What's really going on
Jimmy's monologue is the film's clearest account of how a man falls apart, and it is told without much self-pity even as Joe accuses him of it. The decline is a chain: "Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes," then gambling, then a knee that gives out, then the league ending him. The real target of his anger is not himself but the business that chewed him up, all business now, pushing a man until he breaks. Joe refuses to sympathise, and his answer is the door: "When you're done feeling sorry for yourself, the front door's that way." The chapter then turns the theme around: Darian reveals that Jimmy was Joe's boyhood hero, which is why Joe's contempt is so personal.
Theme
Death & griefJimmy mourns a life and a career taken from him, and Joe offers him no comfort at all.
IdentityThe man Joe dismisses is the hero Joe grew up worshipping, which makes the contempt personal.
このチャプターで学べること
- To get by means to scrape through with barely enough.
- Out of nowhere marks anything sudden and unannounced.
- An injury report is the official list of hurt players.
- Feeling sorry for yourself is self-pity, not sympathy.
発音のポイント
- you're chewing — You're weakens to yer in fast speech.
- ain't answering — The t in ain't often drops and runs into answering.
- get over it — Get over it runs together as one chunk.
Get the fuck out of my house before I break your goddamn neck.Joe's reaction to finding the drugs: anger rather than sympathy, and a threat to match.
I don't use it. I get by.Jimmy's defence of his habit, reframing dependence as simple survival.
Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes.The fall described as a slide, one small step at a time until it is routine.
It's all business now. They push you until you blow your fucking brains out!Jimmy's real accusation: the sport treats players as disposable, and the pressure can kill.
When you're done feeling sorry for yourself, the front door's that way.Joe's refusal to comfort him, delivered as a dismissal.
When you got busted, he quit watching football.Darian's detail about her father, showing how deep the disillusionment went.
Does he punch all his heroes?Jimmy's deadpan question after Joe has already hit him, tying the present to the past.
このシーンについての質問
How did Jimmy's career end?
He got hooked on painkillers after his knees were damaged, then gambled on games. The league ended his career over the gambling.
Why is Jimmy angry at pro football?
He believes the sport runs on business and on injury information that helps gamblers, and that it pushed him until he had nothing left to live on.
Why is Jimmy famous to Darian?
He was a star quarterback and, more importantly, her father's boyhood hero. She grew up hearing Joe praise him, which is why meeting him means so much.
What does Joe do when Jimmy opens up?
He listens without comfort and eventually tells him to leave. The kindness in the scene comes from Darian, not from Joe.
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