you went to too much trouble
Owen hands Lewis a strange gift, and Lewis thanks him with the standard polite formula.
Owen, you shouldn't have.The Way Way Back · 2013 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 2'24" · B2
Lewis Gets a Water Park Sendoff, Explained：pour one's heart out
A farewell speech turns into a water fight. Lewis, the departing guest of honor, tries to say he will miss the people, and the staff answer by soaking him with squirt guns, insisting, "It's part of our tradition." The joke lands because everyone except Lewis seems to be in on it.
あらすじ
At the water park, the staff gather to send Lewis off. Owen gives him a gift he hunted down in three places, and someone calls for a few parting words. Lewis resists, then begins a speech, and the farewell becomes a prank when the water guns come out.
注目の表現
you shouldn't haveparting wordsbitalmost memorable
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このシーンの表現
pour one's heart out
confide with total openness
Just as Lewis opens up, the squirt guns fire, and someone protests on his behalf.
She poured her heart out to me after the funeral.
このシーンの他の表現
- you shouldn't have
you went to too much trouble
- parting words
a goodbye speech
- bit
a comedy routine
- almost memorable
ironically, nearly noteworthy
- what the hell
what on earth, mildly profane
このシーンのメモ一覧
33 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Shouldn't have reduces to something like shouldn'a.
Owen, you shouldn't have.infinitive of purpose: The infinitive to catch states what the object is used for.
You can use it to catch thunderclouds.a goodbye speech
Owen dresses up the rowdy send-off as a ceremony and asks Lewis for a proper goodbye speech.
We need to hear a few parting words from our guest of honor.the person being celebrated
We need to hear a few parting words from our guest of honor.become a comedy routine
I don't want to open myself up to some bit.a comedy routine — Showbiz talk; use sketch or routine in formal writing.
I don't want to open myself up to some bit.join a tradition
You want to be part of a tradition?no more to it
Plain and simple.sit down and take it in
I'm gonna have to sit for this.double negative: Two negatives cancel, so he does admit a little affection, just grudgingly.
Well, I won't say that I won't miss some aspects of this place.entirely lacking
It wasn't completely void of decent times.ironically, nearly noteworthy
Trying to praise the place, Lewis lands on a couple of days that were almost memorable.
I remember a couple of clays that were almost memorable.miss very much
Lewis finally admits there is one thing he will miss deeply, and is cut off mid-sentence.
I guess if there's one thing I will miss dearly, it's...what on earth, mildly profane
The squirt guns cut off Lewis's speech, and he blurts the line in surprise and annoyance.
What the hell, man?The t in What flaps into the, sounding like wha-dthe.
What the hell, man?an emphatic intensifier — Mild swearing; avoid it at work or in formal settings.
What the hell, man?a twisted custom
What kind of warped tradition is that?twisted — Casual slam; formal talk prefers odd.
What kind of warped tradition is that?confide with total openness
Just as Lewis opens up, the squirt guns fire, and someone protests on his behalf.
Lewis was pouring his heart out!Pouring and his link together into one run.
Lewis was pouring his heart out!water pistols
The only thing that could make this worse is if there were more squirt guns.subjunctive were: The unreal if-clause uses were to picture a worse situation that may yet happen.
The only thing that could make this worse is if there were more squirt guns.water pistols — Everyday word for water pistols.
The only thing that could make this worse is if there were more squirt guns.「Lewis Gets a Water Park Sendoff」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene works because it refuses to be sentimental. Lewis has been a difficult, disliked figure, and the water park crew is happy to see him go, but they still stage a goodbye. The prank is the affection, and it is telling that the one thing Lewis asks for is not to be made into a joke: "I don't want to open myself up to some bit." The crew insist, "There's no bit here. We're going to miss you," and then soak him anyway. Lewis, for his part, cannot quite admit he will miss the place, landing on a backhanded version of sincerity: "It wasn't completely void of decent times." The sendoff ends in laughter, which is the closest this group comes to saying something warm.
Theme
FriendshipThe crew's farewell is a prank, but the teasing is how this group expresses that someone mattered.
Dark humorA sincere goodbye is undercut by squirt guns, and the joke is allowed to stand in for feeling.
このチャプターで学べること
- A formal farewell with squirt guns is the film's whole tone in one scene.
- Lewis hides affection behind two negatives.
- Almost memorable is an insult wearing praise.
- The park's tradition is chaos that everyone secretly enjoys.
発音のポイント
- shouldn't have — Shouldn't have reduces to something like shouldn'a.
- What the — The t in What flaps into the, sounding like wha-dthe.
- pouring his — Pouring and his link together into one run.
We need to hear a few parting words from our guest of honor.The call for a farewell speech, setting up the sincerity the scene will then wreck.
There's no bit here. We're going to miss you.The reassurance that this is genuine, delivered right before the prank begins.
Well, I won't say that I won't miss some aspects of this place.Lewis unable to admit plainly that he will miss it, so he hedges with a double negative.
It wasn't completely void of decent times.His backhanded compliment, the warmest thing he can bring himself to say.
What kind of warped tradition is that?The outrage at the squirt guns, calling out the absurd excuse used to justify them.
The only thing that could make this worse is if there were more squirt guns.The joke escalating itself, daring the situation to get even messier.
このシーンについての質問
Why do they soak Lewis at his own sendoff?
It is the water park's running prank. They call it a tradition, which lets them do something mean while framing it as affection.
Does Lewis actually enjoy the farewell?
He starts out resisting it and does not want to be a joke, but he gives a speech anyway, and the backhanded warmth he offers is as close as he gets to sincerity.
What does 'open myself up to some bit' mean?
Lewis is saying he does not want to make himself vulnerable only to become the punchline of a joke. A bit here means a comic routine.
Is the water park staff being cruel to Lewis?
It is teasing rather than real cruelty. They are sending him off the only way they know how, and even the people who dislike him show up for it.
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