Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 16 / 19 章 · 4'17" · B2

Chad and Dale Talk It Out, Explained:in their shoes

The group stages a mediation, with each man asked to tell his side and see the other's point of view. Chad tells the story of his parents being killed by hillbillies, and Dale insists he had nothing to do with it: "It may not have been you, but it was definitely your kind."

あらすじ

In a staged mediation, Chad and Dale are each asked to explain their side. Chad describes how his parents were attacked by hillbillies in the Memorial Day Massacre, and Dale apologizes for the loss while insisting he was not involved. The session is briefly declared a success.

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このシーンの表現

in their shoes

imagine another's position

Allison opens the mediation by asking Chad and Dale to listen from each other's position.

Put yourself in their shoes before you decide who is right.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ran for her life

    fled to survive

  • institutionalized

    placed in an institution

  • fucking

    an intensifier swear word

  • have anything to do with

    be connected to something

  • your kind

    people like you

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

発音gonna do

Gonna is the reduced going to; say it as one word.

Here's what we're gonna do. I want you each to tell your side of the story,
表現 · A2listen to someone

hear the other person out

and as you're listening to the other person, I want you to see yourself in their shoes.
文法 · B2it's important that we

extraposed subject clause: It stands in for the real subject, the that-clause about communicating feelings.

Now, it's important that we communicate our feelings and understand each ether's perspective before any progress can be made.
表現 · A2why don't you do something

how about you go first

Chad, why don't you start?
スラング · B2fucking

an intensifier swear — A heavy swear; keep it out of formal talk.

- Well, where should I fucking begin? - Wherever you'd like.
表現 · B1not that far back

not that long ago

A long time ago, - before I was born... - OK, maybe not that far back.
表現 · B1be attacked by someone

be set upon by

You see, my parents, they were attacked by hillbillies just like him.
スラング · B2hillbillies

rural folks, a slur — A slur for rural people; insulting in person.

You see, my parents, they were attacked by hillbillies just like him.
文法 · B1that she was pregnant with me

object clause: The that-clause is the object of know, naming what he did not realize.

and he didn't even know that she was pregnant with me yet.
発音pregnant with me

Link the final t of pregnant into with so it sounds continuous.

and he didn't even know that she was pregnant with me yet.
表現 · B1be never found

was never located

His body was never found.
表現 · B1by the time something happens

by the point that

By the time I was born...
表現 · B1grow up doing something

heard it while growing up

I grew up hearing that story from my grandmother.
文法 · B1hearing that story

participle phrase: The -ing participle describes what he was doing throughout his childhood.

I grew up hearing that story from my grandmother.
表現 · A2thank someone for doing something

thanks for opening up

Thank you for sharing with us, Chad.
スラング · A2No way

absolutely not — Blunt refusal, common among friends.

No way.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Spoken shorthand; too casual for writing.

Now, come on, we gotta do something.
表現 · A2be really sorry about something

truly sorry

I am really sorry that your family got massacred.
表現 · B1have something to do with something

be connected to something

Dale rushes to deny any link to the massacre, insisting he had nothing to do with it.

Secondly... I didn't have anything to do with that, OK?
文法 · B2I would have been six years old

subjunctive mood: Would have been speculates about his age at that past moment.

I mean, I would have been six years old at the time, so...
発音would have been

Have reduces to a faint /əv/, so would have been blurs together.

I mean, I would have been six years old at the time, so...
表現 · A2can't even do something

am unable even to

My kind? Now, hey, I can't even hurt a fish, can I, Tucker? I can't even hurt fish.
表現 · B1make progress

advancing well

As the session seems to work, Allison cheerfully reports that they are making good progress.

Great. OK. We're really making good progress.
スラング · B1freaks

weirdos, an insult — A taunting insult; use with care.

It's show time, freaks!

「Chad and Dale Talk It Out」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the film's central idea performed as a joke. The mediation format assumes two sides can talk it out, but Chad has no interest in understanding anyone; he uses his family's tragedy as proof that Dale is guilty by category, telling him, "It may not have been you, but it was definitely your kind." Dale, who cannot even kill a fish, is asked to defend his entire existence, and the only argument he can make is that he is harmless. The scene is funny because the therapy language is absurd in a siege, and it is bleak because the mediation cannot touch the real problem: a prejudice that has already decided the verdict. The cheerful note that they are making good progress lands as a punchline.

Theme

IdentityDale is judged as a category rather than a person, forced to prove he is not what Chad assumes.
JusticeA tragedy is used as evidence against the wrong man, showing how grief can harden into prejudice.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Mediation language can be weaponized as easily as used.
  • The fish line shows innocence argued with comedy.
  • Your kind turns one person's act into a group's guilt.
  • Allison hears progress while danger gathers outside.

発音のポイント

  • gonna do — Gonna is the reduced going to; say it as one word.
  • pregnant with me — Link the final t of pregnant into with so it sounds continuous.
  • would have been — Have reduces to a faint /əv/, so would have been blurs together.
and as you're listening to the other person, I want you to see yourself in their shoes.

The mediation rule, asking each side to imagine the other's position before judging.

They brutally murdered everyone. Just for fun.

Chad's account of the massacre, told to make his fear of hillbillies sound justified.

- But you don't even have a gun. - Damn it, woman! Don't argue with me!

The impatient exchange that interrupts the mediation, showing how little patience anyone really has.

I am really sorry that your family got massacred.

Dale's sincere sympathy, offered before he has to defend himself.

It may not have been you, but it was definitely your kind.

Chad's refusal to separate the individual from the group, the core of his prejudice.

My kind? Now, hey, I can't even hurt a fish, can I, Tucker? I can't even hurt fish.

Dale's defence, both comic and pathetic: the gentlest possible proof of innocence.

このシーンについての質問

What is the mediation supposed to do?

It is meant to let each side tell their story and understand the other's point of view, so that the conflict can be talked through instead of fought out.

Why does Chad refuse to accept Dale's apology?

Chad is not interested in Dale as an individual. He blames Dale's whole group for his family's death, so an apology from one man changes nothing for him.

Why does Dale say he cannot hurt a fish?

It is his only defence: he is too gentle to hurt anyone. The line is funny because it is such a small, helpless argument against being called a killer.

What does 'see yourself in their shoes' mean?

It means imagining yourself in another person's position. The mediator asks each man to try it, though the session quickly shows that neither of them really will.

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