This Is the End · 2013 — 第 18 / 27 章 · 3'47" · B2

Franco Exposes Jay's Lie, Explained:put you on a pedestal

Danny is handed a going-away gift that turns out to be a prop gun, and the group tears into each other: who never had whose back, who acts superior, who is a fake. The ugliest reveal is saved for Jay, whose kept-up appearance of always staying with Seth collapses — "But you really let me down."

あらすじ

As Danny leaves, Franco gives him a prop gun to take outside — then Danny discovers it is loaded with blanks, and the goodbye turns into a shouting match. Everyone's grievances spill out, and one of them exposes Jay's secret: Jay has been pretending he always stays with Seth when he visits Los Angeles. Jay admits it, and leaves for good.

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prop gunturn this around on ushigh and mightyhave my back

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このシーンの表現

put you on a pedestal

idolize someone

After the reveal, Seth admits he put Jay on a pedestal.

Fans put you on a pedestal and then judge you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • prop gun

    a fake film gun

  • turn this around on us

    make us the bad guys

  • high and mighty

    arrogant and superior

  • have my back

    support me

  • backstabber

    a treacherous person

このシーンのメモ一覧

76 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A2some sort of something

a kind of

so I could at least have some sort of protection while I'm out there. 199466
スラング · B1Fasten

buckle up — Spoken command, short for fasten it.

You don't know what's out there.
表現 · A2mean a lot to someone

matters a great deal

It means a lot to you, and I appreciate that you'd give this to me. 199466230
スラング · C1motherfucker

bastard — Very vulgar insult; never in polite settings.

you stupid, stupid motherfucker.
発音prop gun

The p in prop barely releases; land on gun.

Fucking psychopath. It's a prop gun.
スラング · B2psychopath

psycho — Heavy insult for someone acting unhinged.

Fucking psychopath. It's a prop gun.
表現 · B2be filled with something

loaded with blanks

filled with blanks. Oh, fuck you.
発音turn this around

Link turn this together and stress around.

Don't turn this around on us. You just tried to shoot us, you fucking dickhead.
スラング · B2dickhead

jerk — Crude insult in a fight; informal only.

Don't turn this around on us. You just tried to shoot us, you fucking dickhead.
表現 · B2act high and mighty

arrogant and superior

Danny fires back that they act superior, as if they never erred.

You guys act like you're so fucking high and mighty, like you've never made a goddamn mistake before.
文法 · B2like you've never made a goddamn mistake before

comparison clause with like: The like-clause mocks them by pretending they are flawless.

You guys act like you're so fucking high and mighty, like you've never made a goddamn mistake before.
発音high and mighty

Stress high and mighty; glide over and.

You guys act like you're so fucking high and mighty, like you've never made a goddamn mistake before.
スラング · C1cunt

extreme insult — One of the harshest insults; avoid entirely.

And Jonah, you fucking cunt.
表現 · B1have someone's back

support me

Danny calls out Craig for not standing behind him in the fight.

Craig, you didn't have my back back there. You fuckin disappoint me, Bro.
発音have my back back there

The two backs run together and the first k often drops.

Craig, you didn't have my back back there. You fuckin disappoint me, Bro.
表現 · A2care about someone

feel concern for

Danny questions whether Jay cares about them at all.

The only reason why you care about any of us is
文法 · B2The only reason why you care about any of us is

relative plus predicative clause: The why-clause names the reason and the because-clause fills it in.

The only reason why you care about any of us is
表現 · B2not give a shit

not care at all

Danny says Jay does not give a shit about any of them.

You don't give a shit about us.
文法 · B1so that you could maintain the illusion

purpose clause: So that plus could states the purpose behind a past action.

so that you could maintain the illusion that you always stay with Seth when you're in Los Angeles.
スラング · C1twattage

a stupid move — British slang for a dumb act; playful and crude.

Textbook twattage.
表現 · B2for the record

as a formal note

Before leaving Danny sets the record straight with just for the record.

And just for the record, you guys.
発音for the record

For the reduces to fer-thuh; stress record.

And just for the record, you guys.
文法 · B1I'm choosing to leave

present progressive for the future: The progressive makes the decision feel immediate and deliberate.

I'm choosing to leave. You're not kicking me out.
表現 · A2come back in

return inside

You guys had already said that I could come back in.
文法 · B1You guys had already said

past perfect: Had already marks the promise as finished before the later decision.

You guys had already said that I could come back in.
スラング · B2Get the fuck out of here

get lost — Vulgar way to tell someone to leave.

Get the fuck out of here.
表現 · A2let someone down

disappoint me

Seth's final words to Jay land on disappointment more than anger.

But you really let me down.
表現 · A2for a second

for a moment

I'd like to pray to You for a second.
表現 · B1the last connection to something

the final link

but it's like Jay is the last connection to his shitty weird Canadian life.
表現 · A2do someone a favor

grant me one request

Just do me one favor, God.

「Franco Exposes Jay's Lie」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the friendship finally breaking. A fake gun becomes the trigger: one man meant a gesture, the other took it as an insult, and the group's politeness evaporates. What follows is a score-settling in which everyone names a betrayal — 'you didn't have my back' — and the loudest voice accuses the others of acting 'high and mighty.' Then the real damage lands: one of them reveals that Jay has been hiding where he really stays when he visits, and that he asked for it to be kept from Seth. The lie is small, but it is exactly the kind of thing that matters among friends who measure loyalty. Jay's defense is to admit it and then reframe his exit — 'I'm choosing to leave. You're not kicking me out' — and afterward one of them prays, alone, that God will kill Jay. The comedy has gone cold: the apocalypse outside is now matched by the one inside the house.

Theme

BetrayalA pretended habit of staying with a friend turns out to be a lie, and the reveal is what finally ends the friendship.
TrustEveryone accuses everyone of not having their back, but the real break is a small lie told to keep up an image.

このチャプターで学べること

  • High and mighty accuses someone of false superiority.
  • Have my back means standing behind a friend.
  • Let someone down is quieter and heavier than anger.
  • A prop gun looks real and fires nothing.

発音のポイント

  • prop gun — The p in prop barely releases; land on gun.
  • turn this around — Link turn this together and stress around.
  • high and mighty — Stress high and mighty; glide over and.
  • have my back back there — The two backs run together and the first k often drops.
You guys act like you're so fucking high and mighty, like you've never made a goddamn mistake before.

The accusation that opens the fight: everyone else pretends to be morally superior, as if they had never done anything wrong themselves.

The only reason why you care about any of us is

The charge that cuts deepest: he claims a friend's kindness is not real affection but only doing what he believes is required of him.

I'm choosing to leave. You're not kicking me out.

His exit line: he insists the decision is his, rewriting being thrown out as a choice he made on his own terms.

His insides hurt worse than my outsides.

A joke about who is really suffering: the friend whose feelings are hurt has it worse than the one who is visibly bleeding.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the gun cause a fight?

Franco hands Danny a gun for protection, but Danny finds out it only fires blanks. He feels mocked and endangered at once, and the gesture that was meant kindly becomes the spark.

What secret about Jay comes out?

Someone reveals that Jay stayed at a hotel in Los Angeles and asked for it not to be told to Seth, so he could keep up the impression that he always stays with Seth. Jay admits it.

How does Jay react to being exposed?

He admits it, then insists the exit is his own choice: "I'm choosing to leave. You're not kicking me out." It is a way of keeping some dignity as the friendship ends.

What happens after Jay leaves?

Jonah prays alone, telling God he hates Jay and asking God to kill him. The group's fractures are now open, not hidden.

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