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The Way Way Back · 2013 — 第 13 / 18 章 · 3'10" · B1

The Family Plays Candy Land, Explained：fudge the rule

A board game turns into a fight about rules. One player wants to bend them: we can fudge the rule. Another refuses to let it slide, insisting that if it did not matter, they would not put it in the directions. What starts as family fun becomes a contest over who gets to decide.

あらすじ

Stuck at the house, the family settles in for a night together and plays Candy Land. When someone tries to take a shortcut the rules do not allow, the game turns into an argument, with one side demanding that they play by the rules.

Parents & kidsComplainingConfrontingParent & childB1fastamerican
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注目の表現

hang out with someonemake an evening out of itfudge the ruleway ahead

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このシーンの表現

fudge the rule

bend the rule quietly

When the rule blocks Trent's own move, he shrugs and suggests bending it.

The referee fudged the rule to let the play stand.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hang out with someone

    spend time with someone

  • make an evening out of it

    turn it into a whole evening

  • way ahead

    ironic praise for cheating

  • fucking

    vulgar intensifier

  • take the shortcut

    use a shorter route

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2stay in for the night

stay home

Let's stay in. Do something we can all do together. As a family.
表現 · B1make an evening out of something

turn it into a whole evening

Trent wants to invite Kip and Joan and stretch a plain dinner into a whole evening.

We could grab Kip and Joan and make an evening out of it.
スラング · A2grab

pick up, invite along — Casual for inviting someone along; not for formal invitations.

We could grab Kip and Joan and make an evening out of it.
表現 · A2hang out with someone

spend time with someone

At the dinner table Duncan refuses to spend the evening with Kip and Joan, flat and cold.

I don't feel like hanging out with Kip and Joan.
発音hanging out

The g in hanging is often dropped, giving hangin' out.

I don't feel like hanging out with Kip and Joan.
表現 · A2feel like doing something

be in the mood to

I feel like hanging outwith all of you.
表現 · B1be appropriate for someone

suitable for

It says appropriate for people four to eight.
スラング · B1we're good

we're fine — Informal way to say things are fine; keep it out of formal writing.

So, we're good.
表現 · A2take the shortcut

use a shorter route

Trent points at a path that skips ahead and urges Duncan to take it.

Oh, look, you can take the shortcut there.
発音Here we go

Link Here and we so it rushes out as one unit.

Okay. Hold on, hold on. Okay. Here we go.
表現 · B1put something in the directions

print it in the rules

If it didn't matter, they wouldn't put it in the directions.
文法 · B1If it didn't matter, they wouldn't

hypothetical conditional: A present unreal conditional: past tense in the if-clause with would in the main clause.

If it didn't matter, they wouldn't put it in the directions.
表現 · B1fudge the rules

bend the rule quietly

When the rule blocks Trent's own move, he shrugs and suggests bending it.

We can fudge the rule.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; write it as going to in formal text.

If you're gonna play this way, then, I'm just going like that.
表現 · A2move back to a place

go back to a spot

Duncan, move back to your correct place.
表現 · B1play by the rules

follow the rules

Why don't we just play by the rules?
発音don't we

The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like don-we.

Why don't we just play by the rules?
文法 · A2gonna be

future with gonna: Gonna marks the casual future here, softening a promise into coaxing.

And then everybody's gonna be happy. Okay?
表現 · A2set the table

lay the table

Now, take my turn. I'm going to set the table for lunch.
文法 · A2the one who wanted

relative clause: A relative clause with who identifies the person being blamed.

No. You're the one who wanted to play. So play your turn.
表現 · B1land by exact count

land on the exact number

And I've landed by exact count, at the shortcut so, I am going to take the Gumdrop Mountain Pass.
表現 · B1be way ahead

ironic praise for cheating

After moving pieces in his own favor, Trent tells Duncan he is now far ahead, dressing up cheating as help.

See? You're way ahead now.
スラング · B2fucking

vulgar intensifier — Heavy spoken profanity; avoid it in formal or polite settings.

It's fucking Candy Land!

「The Family Plays Candy Land」を読み解く

What's really going on

The game is small and the stakes are nothing, which is exactly the point. The argument over the shortcut is really about how this household decides things and who gets to bend the rules. Trent treats the game as something to win, casually offering to fudge it, and the pushback is immediate: "If it didn't matter, they wouldn't put it in the directions." Candy Land is a children's game, and the fact that it becomes a standoff says everything about the adults at the table. Duncan, who has no real standing in this family, is the one least willing to let the rules slide, because the rules are the only thing giving him a fair position. When it ends with someone declaring "It's Candy Land, Trent," the line is not about the game at all.

Theme

Family conflictA trivial board game exposes how this family negotiates rules and who is allowed to bend them.
ParenthoodThe adults' behavior at the table shows the kids what fairness and honesty look like in this house.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Trent's cheating is dressed up as advice.
  • One flat line shuts down the whole game.
  • A family night turns into a fight about control.
  • Rules matter most to the person not winning.

発音のポイント

  • hanging out — The g in hanging is often dropped, giving hangin' out.
  • Here we go — Link Here and we so it rushes out as one unit.
  • don't we — The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like don-we.
Let's stay in. Do something we can all do together. As a family.

The invitation to a family night at home, the premise that turns into the whole argument.

I don't feel like hanging out with Kip and Joan.

A refusal to share the evening with the neighbors, narrowing family to just us.

If it didn't matter, they wouldn't put it in the directions.

The rulebook used as a moral argument: written rules exist because they matter.

Fine. We'll play the way you're supposed to play.

A grudging surrender, agreeing to the rules only after the cheating has been exposed.

Why don't we just play by the rules?

The plea for basic fairness, sounding childish only because the adults cannot manage it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the Candy Land game cause an argument?

Someone tries to take a shortcut the rules do not allow, and the others refuse to let it slide. A children's game becomes a fight over who has to follow the rules.

Who is cheating at Candy Land?

One player tries to bend the rules in their own favor, and when they are called out, they threaten to just move their piece wherever they want and win.

What does 'fudge the rule' mean?

To fudge a rule is to bend or fudge it slightly, not break it outright. It is a casual way of saying you will quietly loosen the rules to get the result you want.

Why does the scene end with 'It's Candy Land'?

Because the argument has become absurd. The line points out that they are fighting over a children's board game, which makes the adults' behavior look even smaller.

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