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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 12 / 27 章 · 3'45" · B2

Addressing the Elephant in the Room, Explained：the elephant in the room

Once Emma is safely upstairs, the men try to talk about the obvious problem — one woman, six men — and only make it worse. "I'm just trying to lay it out there," one insists, as the attempt to sound harmless turns into an argument no one can win and Emma comes downstairs to catch all of it.

あらすじ

Emma Watson turns up alive after hiding in a drainpipe for days, and the house celebrates. Once she goes upstairs to rest, the men have to confront an awkward fact — one woman and six men under one roof — and their clumsy attempt to talk about it goes badly. It ends when she reappears and says she heard everything.

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このシーンの表現

the elephant in the room

the obvious unspoken problem

Jay wants to discuss the awkward ratio of men to one woman and picks an idiom that insults nobody and everyone.

Let's address the elephant in the room before the meeting ends.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the rest of your comedies

    your remaining comedies

  • used to eating

    accustomed to eating

  • give off a bad vibe

    to seem unsettling

  • rapey

    creepy in a predatory way

  • came up with

    invented or proposed

このシーンのメモ一覧

85 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1make a sequel to something

to film a follow-up

We should make sequels to more of our movies.
表現 · A2the rest of something

your remaining comedies

Seth jokes about making more sequels, and Jay turns it into a jab about Seth's future films.

The beginning of the rest of your comedies. Looks good.
表現 · B2in someone's travels

while you were out and about

Out there in your travels, uh, did you see anything that you would describe
表現 · A1what's going on

what is happening

I mean, no, but, uh, I would say it's completely obvious what's going on here.
発音what's going

Squeeze what's going into one quick run.

I mean, no, but, uh, I would say it's completely obvious what's going on here.
表現 · A2the whole time

all along

You said zombies. I said zombies the whole time.
表現 · A2take a rest

to have a short break

If you want to take a little rest, you're welcome to do that upstairs. Thank you. Cool.
表現 · A2shitty food

bad food

She's used to eating shitty food anyway.
文法 · B1used to eating

be used to doing: The to is a preposition, so the verb after it takes -ing.

She's used to eating shitty food anyway.
発音used to eating

Used to blurs into a single weak sound.

She's used to eating shitty food anyway.
スラング · B1shitty

bad, low quality — Casual complaint word for poor quality; keep it informal.

She's used to eating shitty food anyway.
スラング · B2fucked up

wrong, out of line — Strong disapproval among friends only.

That's fucked up. Look how tiny she is.
表現 · A2can't wait till something

to be eager for

I cannot wait till she wakes up and I can ask her all these amazing questions about
表現 · B2the elephant in the room

the obvious unspoken problem

Jay wants to discuss the awkward ratio of men to one woman and picks an idiom that insults nobody and everyone.

Guys, listen, listen. I think we need to address the elephant in the room.
発音elephant in

Link elephant in so the t slides into the next word.

Guys, listen, listen. I think we need to address the elephant in the room.
表現 · B2on everyone's mind

what everyone is thinking about

I was referring to the issue that's on all of our minds.
文法 · B1the issue that's on all of our minds

relative clause: The that clause pins down which issue he means.

I was referring to the issue that's on all of our minds.
表現 · B2give off a vibe

to seem unsettling

Jay tiptoes around safety by saying the group should not give off a bad vibe.

Well, I'm just saying we should. We don't want to give off a bad vibe.
スラング · B1dude

mate, man — A casual address for friends, not for formal talk.

Chill out, dude.
表現 · B1in the mix

added into it

Why you putting that shit in the mix? Yeah. He fucking said it. You're the one saying it.
表現 · A2bring something up

to raise a topic

Dude, nothing was rapey till you brought up the rapey vibes.
スラング · B2dawg

bro, buddy — Street and rap slang for a close friend.

Fucking one who smelt it dealt it, dawg. True that, dude.
表現 · B2lay it out

to state it plainly

I'm just trying to lay it out there.
表現 · A2come up with something

invented or proposed

Danny pins the awful idea on Jay and says it was Jay who raised it first.

What? DANNY: He came up with the rape idea. And his face looks like the police sketch.
文法 · A2were specifically talking about

past continuous: The past continuous sets what the group was in the middle of discussing.

We were specifically talking about not raping you.

「Addressing the Elephant in the Room」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy here is the gap between intention and effect. The men mean to make Emma feel safe, and the more they talk about it, the worse they sound — one says he doesn't want the group to 'give off a bad vibe,' and the conversation immediately turns into everyone accusing everyone else of being the problem. The joke is that naming the awkwardness creates it: as one of them puts it, nothing was wrong until someone brought up the vibe. By the time it escalates into loud, incriminating jokes and a running argument over who started it, Emma has heard the whole thing from upstairs. Her quiet reappearance turns their claim to be protecting her into the thing she needed protecting from, and their defense — that they were talking about not doing anything — is the least convincing line in the scene.

Theme

TrustThe men try to reassure Emma but sound so incriminating that she overhears exactly the fear they meant to prevent.
IdentityEveryone rushes to deny being the bad guy, and the argument becomes about whose face or joke proves they are.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The elephant in the room is the obvious unspoken issue
  • Give off a vibe means to send out an impression
  • Be used to doing takes a gerund, not a base verb
  • Bring something up means to raise a topic

発音のポイント

  • what's going — Squeeze what's going into one quick run.
  • used to eating — Used to blurs into a single weak sound.
  • elephant in — Link elephant in so the t slides into the next word.
That's fucked up. Look how tiny she is.

The objection to giving Emma the food they don't want: it's mean, and she's small enough that it feels especially unfair.

Guys, listen, listen. I think we need to address the elephant in the room.

Jay's opener: he frames the awkward subject as the thing everyone is thinking but no one will name, and asks the group to face it.

I'm just trying to lay it out there.

The defense of saying the uncomfortable thing: he insists he is only putting the issue plainly, not accusing anyone.

We were specifically talking about not raping you.

The desperate correction after Emma overhears them: they claim the entire argument was about protecting her, not harming her.

このシーンについての質問

Where has Emma Watson been?

Hiding in a drainpipe for several days. She says she stopped hearing people and started hearing growling noises, which fits the zombie theory the others have.

What is 'the elephant in the room' here?

The fact that one woman is now staying in a house with six men. Jay is the one who insists they address it, even though naming it is what makes everything awkward.

Why does the conversation go so wrong?

Because trying to sound harmless makes them sound worse. They start debating who might be a danger to whom, which is exactly what Emma overhears from upstairs.

What does Emma say when she comes downstairs?

That she heard them discussing which of them would get to assault her. The men immediately argue that they were talking about not doing anything — a defense that convinces no one.

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