There's Something About Mary · 1998 — 第 24 / 24 章 · 4'24" · B2

The Guys Confront Each Other, Explained:cross the line

The men who have all been chasing Mary end up in the same room, and the accusations fly. Each blames the others for the anonymous letter that exposed them, and one of them admits he could not "in good conscience" hand her over to a stalker. Then a name nobody recognises changes everything.

あらすじ

The men who have been chasing Mary gather in one room and start accusing each other. One says he followed her out of love, another denies writing the anonymous letter, and each insists the other crossed the line. The argument reveals old tricks and betrayals, and ends with a name none of them expected: Woogie.

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show upfollow aroundfucked meblow someone out of the water

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このシーンの表現

cross the line

go too far

One man tells the other he crossed the line, the plainest statement of limits in the whole fight.

You crossed the line when you lied to her family.

このシーンの他の表現

  • show up

    turn up

  • follow around

    trail someone

  • fucked me

    betrayed or cheated me

  • blow someone out of the water

    destroy the competition

  • are you shitting me

    are you kidding me

このシーンのメモ一覧

68 行のセリフに 35 件のメモ

表現 · B1show up

turn up

Someone complains that things were fine until the other man showed up and ruined it.

And it was going along just fine until you showed up.
発音until you showed up

Until you links together and showed up is clipped short.

And it was going along just fine until you showed up.
スラング · B2Holy shit

wow — A crude exclamation of shock; avoid it in polite settings.

Holy shit.
表現 · A2pretty + adjective

quite pleasant

This is a pretty nice place.
スラング · C1the fuck

on earth — A crude intensifier; not for any formal situation.

Sully. What the fuck happened?
表現 · B1don't do anything rash

nothing reckless

- Man. Don't do anything rash now, buddy. - Who the fuck is this guy?
表現 · A2a pizza boy

pizza delivery guy

That's Norm. He's a pizza boy. He's in love with Mary too.
発音He's a pizza boy

He's a reduces into one weak syllable before the stressed pizza.

That's Norm. He's a pizza boy. He's in love with Mary too.
表現 · B1could use something

would benefit from

All right. Look. I think everybody could use a drink right now.
表現 · B1follow someone around

trail someone

Healy admits he took the job and trailed Mary everywhere, saying it as if it were nothing.

You asked me to follow around your girl and I did.
表現 · B2couldn't in good conscience do something

with a clear conscience

And that's when I realized I couldn't in good conscience bring myself to do it.
表現 · B2bring oneself to do something

force yourself to do

And that's when I realized I couldn't in good conscience bring myself to do it.
文法 · B1that's when I realized

predicative clause: That is when points to a moment, and the clause says what he understood right then.

And that's when I realized I couldn't in good conscience bring myself to do it.
表現 · B1turn someone over

hand someone over

Turn her over to a violent stalker.
表現 · B2can't take the fact that ...

cannot accept that

You just can't take the fact that it was my turn.
表現 · A2it is someone's turn

my turn came

You just can't take the fact that it was my turn.
文法 · B2the fact that it was my turn

appositive clause: The clause after the fact that spells out exactly what he cannot accept.

You just can't take the fact that it was my turn.
表現 · B2blow someone out of the water

destroy the competition

Norm accuses the other man of sinking everyone just because he lost Mary, a naval image for total ruin.

Just because you didn't get her. You didn't have to blow us both out of the water.
表現 · B1an anonymous letter

a letter with no name

You're gonna tell me you didn't write her an anonymous letter...
表現 · B1the whole deal

the entire arrangement

...telling her about our whole deal together?
表現 · B2get someone out of the picture

remove someone

...until we got this fuck out of the fucking picture.
表現 · B1cross the line

go too far

One man tells the other he crossed the line, the plainest statement of limits in the whole fight.

- You crossed the line, man. - Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Man.
スラング · C1piece of shit

a rotten person — A severe insult; recognize it, do not use it.

You probably did it yourself. you piece of shit.
表現 · B1make a lot of sense

said sarcastically

Accused of sending the letter himself, he answers with sarcastic agreement to mock the charge.

Oh, yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Why would I rat myself out?
表現 · B2rat someone out

inform on yourself

Oh, yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Why would I rat myself out?
表現 · B1figure someone out

work out

Like I'm gonna try to figure out some guy...
文法 · B2Like I'm gonna

elliptical speech: The opening Like drops It's, adding a dismissive what, me? tone.

Like I'm gonna try to figure out some guy...
表現 · B2Don't flatter yourself.

don't give yourself airs

- You were following us. - Don't flatter yourself. I was following her.
表現 · B1get rid of someone

got someone out of the way

How the hell do you think I got rid of the last guy. Brett?
表現 · B2a goody two shoes

a self-righteous good kid

Are you shitting me? Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes?
表現 · B1if it weren't for someone

were it not for me

He takes the credit, claiming that without him she would have married that fool.

Because if it wasn't for me, she might have married that schmuck.
発音if it wasn't for

The t in wasn't often drops, and if it runs together.

Because if it wasn't for me, she might have married that schmuck.
スラング · B2schmuck

a fool — A mild, Yiddish-flavored insult, playful among friends.

Because if it wasn't for me, she might have married that schmuck.
表現 · A2be out of here

leaving now

I'm out of here.
表現 · A2be worried about someone

concerned about

I was worried about you. I thought that...

「The Guys Confront Each Other」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the film's whole web of schemes unravelling at once, and its energy comes from everyone being guilty of something. Ted, Healy, Sully and Norm have all pursued Mary through tricks and lies, and they turn on each other with the same methods they used on her. The accusations are precise and petty — who followed her, who wrote the letter, who betrayed the deal — and the funniest thing is that every charge is true of someone in the room. What lifts the scene above farce is the moment of honesty when one of them explains that he could not, "in good conscience", hand Mary over to a violent man. It is a small moral line drawn in the middle of a mess, and it makes the final revelation land harder: the letter came from someone none of them even suspected, and the name shocks them all.

Theme

DeceptionEvery man in the room has lied to Mary in some way, and the scene lets their schemes collide until the truth is forced out.
BetrayalThe men made deals with one another and broke them, and the accusation of betrayal is the engine of the whole argument.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A fight over a letter exposes everyone's motive.
  • Confessing the spying earns no forgiveness here.
  • Blame bounces around until the real sender appears.
  • One unknown name can end an entire shouting match.

発音のポイント

  • until you showed up — Until you links together and showed up is clipped short.
  • He's a pizza boy — He's a reduces into one weak syllable before the stressed pizza.
  • if it wasn't for — The t in wasn't often drops, and if it runs together.
You just can't take the fact that it was my turn.

A complaint dressed as fairness: the speaker insists his turn with Mary has come, and resents being blocked by the others.

And that's when I realized I couldn't in good conscience bring myself to do it.

The one honest line in the argument: he says his conscience stopped him from handing Mary over to a violent man.

Who the hell is Woogie?

The question that ends the fight: after all the accusations, a name appears that nobody in the room recognises.

And it was going along just fine until you showed up.

Ted's summary of the whole mess: everything was fine until a rival appeared and the schemes began.

このシーンについての質問

Why are the men arguing?

Because they have all been pursuing Mary and now suspect each other of wrecking their chances. The argument centres on who wrote the anonymous letter that exposed Ted.

What does "cross the line" mean?

It means to go too far and break an agreed limit. One man accuses another of crossing the line by betraying the deal they made about Mary.

Who admits he could not hand Mary over?

One of the men says his conscience would not let him turn her over to a violent stalker. It is the one moment of decency in the scene.

What is the letter about?

It is an anonymous letter that told Mary the truth about Ted and the other men's schemes. Each man denies writing it, and the argument grows out of that denial.

Why does the name Woogie shock everyone?

Because none of them knows who Woogie is. After all their scheming against each other, a hidden player turns out to have been involved all along.

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