pure myth, not history
From the Buddha to the cross, I have always imagined both as entirely mythic -The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 9 / 10 章 · 3'20" · C1
So You Were Jesus, Explained：the jury is still out
One line puts it flat: were you Jesus? The reply will not settle it. "The jury is still out" leaves the claim hanging, then the same question goes back to the asker: when did you begin to believe you were a psychiatrist? Theology is the surface. Under it sits a test of who is sane enough to judge.
あらすじ
Someone asks to lie on the couch, no longer as young as they used to be. Then comes "So, you were Jesus." The reply says somebody had to be, for better or for worse, and that the jury is still out. The follow-up, when did you begin to believe you were Jesus, is sent straight back: when did you begin to believe you were a psychiatrist?
注目の表現
when did you begin to believefor better or for worsethe jury is still outstake my reputation
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このシーンの表現
the jury is still out
there is still no verdict
Right after the role is half-accepted, this line keeps the verdict from closing.
I'd say the jury is still out on this little cafe.
このシーンの他の表現
- when did you begin to believe
when someone began to believe
- for better or for worse
accept the outcome either way
- stake my reputation
bet your professional name
- as sane as
just as sane as someone
- without rigmarole
skip the long fussy procedure
このシーンのメモ一覧
55 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
Slide from like into to with no gap.
but I would like to hear more.older than one used to be
I'm not as young as I used to be.Ease both as; let young take the weight.
I'm not as young as I used to be.accept the outcome either way
Faced with having been Jesus, someone shrugs and treats the role as a job already taken.
Well, perhaps somebody had to be, for better or for worse.Press still and let out finish short.
The jury is still out.put a belief into action
Have you acted upon this belief?a practice one runs oneself
I had a private practice for a while, and then I taught.Reduce and before a clear then.
I had a private practice for a while, and then I taught.bet your professional name
The answer starts with Very, and the reputation is already on the table before the sentence ends.
Very. I would stake my reputationno less sane than I am
he is as sane as I am, so why does he persist in such a story?keep insisting on a story
he is as sane as I am, so why does he persist in such a story?the whole thing was invented in one's head
Unless I imagined it all?be taken for a heretic
Did you ever find it prudent to worship yourself rather than be thought a heretic?preparatory it: It saves the object slot so the real action can come after.
Did you ever find it prudent to worship yourself rather than be thought a heretic?have trouble believing it
And what does Jesus have to say to those present who find it difficult to believe in him?skip the long fussy procedure
Asked what Jesus would tell the doubters in the room, the answer cuts past ritual.
Believe in what he tried to teach, without rigmarole.nominal clause: The what-clause tells you what piety is not.
Piety is not what the lessons bring to people.already know where one is headed
John, do you have a destination in mind?believe it and mean it
Anyone mentally ill can imagine a fantastic background, even an entire life, and sincerely believe it.be pushed out of first place
In the clinical stretch, identity is ranked behind the delusion and the need for it.
His true identity has taken a backseat to his delusion and the need for it.a serious mental disorder
If that's the case with John, there is a grave disorder.a reply ready for every challenge
He's got an answer for everything.participle phrase: The participle says the early past was replaced by fantasy.
It might involve rejection of his father, of his entire early past, replaced by this fantasy.a drug habit riding someone
After the case write-up, the monkey line is heard at once as a drug question.
Do you think that perhaps our caveman has a monkey on his back?After the comma, give strung and out separate beats.
I've seen people tripping, strung out...high on a drug — Casual drug talk; keep it out of formal charts.
I've seen people tripping, strung out...worn out by drugs — Insider talk for a drug crash; not for polite company.
I've seen people tripping, strung out...whatever is going on with someone Up is not a place; something is wrong.
Whatever's up with John, it isn't that.「So You Were Jesus」を読み解く
What's really going on
"So, you were Jesus" asks for a confession. "Perhaps somebody had to be, for better or for worse" treats the role as an assignment. "The jury is still out" withholds the verdict. Asked when that belief began, someone returns the question: "When did you begin to believe you were a psychiatrist?" Harvard, a residency, and a private practice come out as ordinary, until the example is a caveman who thought he was Jesus. A reputation is staked on his sanity, and "I think you're as sane as he is" puts both in one class. Belief then gets a limit: "Believe in what he tried to teach, without rigmarole." "It's the mistake they bring to the lessons" calls piety the listener's own error. Someone asks John if a destination is in mind, then lets it go. If that's the case with John, someone calls it a grave disorder. "A monkey on his back" is guessed of the caveman and refused for John.
Theme
FaithSomebody had to be Jesus, for better or for worse, but the jury is still out, and belief is pointed back to the teaching without rigmarole.
IdentityA question about when belief in Jesus began is turned into when a psychiatrist began to believe the title, then sanity, delusion, and a forgotten father are tried as explanations.
発音のポイント
- like to hear — Slide from like into to with no gap.
- not as young as — Ease both as; let young take the weight.
- is still out — Press still and let out finish short.
- and then I — Reduce and before a clear then.
When did you begin to believe you were a psychiatrist?The Jesus question is handed back unchanged. Belief in a professional title is treated as the same kind of belief, not a settled fact.
Well, perhaps somebody had to be, for better or for worse.The reply will not call being Jesus a triumph or a crime. Somebody had to fill the role, and the result is accepted either way.
I think you're as sane as he is.Sanity is not granted outright. It is only matched to the other person's, so neither one stands as the healthy judge.
Did you ever find it prudent to worship yourself rather than be thought a heretic?The question raises a survival tactic: accept worship of yourself if the alternative is being called a heretic. The line does not say it happened.
It's the mistake they bring to the lessons.Piety is not described as the gift of the teaching. It is the error listeners add when they meet the lessons.
His true identity has taken a backseat to his delusion and the need for it.In the Napoleon comparison, the real self loses the driver's seat to the fantasy and to the need to keep that fantasy.
このシーンについての質問
Does anyone confirm he was Jesus?
No. The nearest reply is "perhaps somebody had to be, for better or for worse," then "The jury is still out." The claim is left unproved. It is not announced as fact and not thrown out.
Why does the Jesus question come back as a question about a psychiatrist?
"When did you begin to believe you were Jesus?" is answered in the same shape: "When did you begin to believe you were a psychiatrist?" What follows is Harvard, a residency, a private practice, and teaching, called nothing unusual until a caveman who thought he was Jesus. A professional title is set beside the religious one.
Why does someone bring up a monkey on his back?
It is a guess that the caveman story comes from drugs. The next line is "Drugs?" and what follows is a string of noes. Someone who has consulted on narcotics has seen people tripping and strung out, and says whatever is up with John, it isn't that.
Do they decide John is mentally ill?
They test the idea and do not close it. A fantastic life can be sincerely believed, as with a man who thinks he is Napoleon. If that is the case with John, someone calls it a grave disorder, brilliantly organized. "You said he was sane" is answered only with "Did I?" The drug version is rejected. No line hands down a diagnosis.
What are the people who cannot believe told to hold on to?
"Believe in what he tried to teach, without rigmarole." The following lines say piety is not what the lessons bring to people. It is the mistake they bring to the lessons. The answer keeps the teaching and drops the ceremony. It does not prove the identity.
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