Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 1 / 19 章 · 2'35" · B1

Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison, Explained:out of your mind

Tucker spends the scene coaching Dale to walk over and talk to the pretty college girl, insisting confidence is all he needs. Dale, convinced he is beneath her, fires back, 'Are you out of your mind, Tucker?' The joke is that both of them are far more scared than they will admit.

あらすじ

At the camp store, Tucker notices a group of college girls and pushes Dale to introduce himself to Allison. He suggests mentioning the vacation home to impress her. Dale refuses, saying girls like that grew up with vacation homes while he fixes their toilets, but Tucker insists confidence is what matters and that girls can smell fear. He sends Dale over with one rule: smile and laugh.

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注目の表現

out of your mindhave faith in yourselfwhat in the worldhold up

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このシーンの表現

out of your mind

crazy or unreasonable

Outside the store Dale calls Tucker crazy for telling him to brag about a vacation home.

You paid that much for a used car? Are you out of your mind?

このシーンの他の表現

  • have faith in yourself

    believe in yourself

  • what in the world

    on earth

  • hold up

    wait a moment

  • damn

    a mild swear for emphasis

  • in the back

    at the rear

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2get up somewhere

go up to that place

Sure you got everything you need? Cos once you get up there...
文法 · A2Cos once

reason clause: Cos is a spoken shortening of because, introducing the reason.

Sure you got everything you need? Cos once you get up there...
スラング · A2them kids

those kids (nonstandard) — Rural nonstandard speech; keep it out of formal talk.

You see the way them kids looked?
表現 · B1read something back to someone

read aloud to confirm

Read that list back to me. OK, three-quarter-inch nails, hacksaw, baling hooks, brush-clearing Scythe, clamps...
表現 · A1it's just me

it is only me

- Oh, my God! - It's just me.
表現 · A2get out of somewhere

leave this place

Let's get out of here. This place is so creepy.
表現 · A2anything like that

something of that kind

Oh, hot dog, Tucker. Have you ever seen anything like that in your life?
表現 · B1your average + noun

ordinary students

- They're just your average college girls. - Nothing average about that.
表現 · A1go over there

walk over to that spot

She's just human. Why don't you go over there and talk to her?
文法 · B1would I say

hypothetical would: Would frames an imagined situation he cannot picture handling.

Talk to her? What? What in the world would I say?
表現 · B1impress someone

make her admire you

I don't know. Tell her that you got a vacation home. That'll probably impress her.
発音out of your

Out of your blurs into something like oud-a-yer.

Are you out of your mind, Tucker? These are college girls.
表現 · B1grow up with something

had it since childhood

They grew up with vacation homes, and guys like me fixing their toilets.
文法 · B1guys like me fixing their toilets

absolute phrase: The fixing phrase adds a second, contrasting group to the same picture.

They grew up with vacation homes, and guys like me fixing their toilets.
表現 · B1smell fear

sense someone's nervousness

You gotta have some faith in yourself, man. Girls can smell fear.
発音gotta have

Link gotta and have so they run together in fast speech.

You gotta have some faith in yourself, man. Girls can smell fear.
スラング · A2good-lookin'

handsome (dropped g) — Casual clipped form; fine between friends.

Now come on! You are a good-lookin' man...
スラング · B1damn

damn (mild swear) — A mild swear; fine with friends, not at work.

You got a damn good heart.
表現 · A2get over there

hurry over to that spot

I mean, that's two things right there. Now, go on, get over there.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

- You're right, Tuck. I'm gonna do it. - All right.
表現 · A2smile and laugh

keep a warm face

All right, now, whatever you say, just smile and laugh.
表現 · B1show confidence

looks self-assured

It shows confidence.
発音shows confidence

Stress shows and let confidence trail off lightly.

It shows confidence.

「Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the film's gentlest joke and also its thesis about class. Dale is a decent man who thinks the world is divided into people with vacation homes and people who fix their toilets, and he puts Allison on the far side of that line before she has said a word. Tucker's coaching is ridiculous, but his read on the problem is not wrong: what holds Dale back is fear, not his job. He tells him, "You gotta have some faith in yourself, man. Girls can smell fear." The line lands because Dale's real obstacle has never been the girls. The comedy comes from two grown men studying the situation like a military operation, yet the scene leaves Dale with a plan and the nerve to walk over, which is more than he had before.

Theme

FriendshipTucker pushes Dale past his own excuses, and the scene is really about one friend helping another.
ClassDale assumes college girls with vacation homes are out of his league, and the joke exposes that assumption.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A country store run doubles as dating advice.
  • Tucker's fix is blunt: nerve beats looks.
  • Dale sees a class gap he cannot talk across.
  • The pep talk works because it names the fear.

発音のポイント

  • out of your — Out of your blurs into something like oud-a-yer.
  • gotta have — Link gotta and have so they run together in fast speech.
  • shows confidence — Stress shows and let confidence trail off lightly.
Are you out of your mind, Tucker? These are college girls.

Dale rejecting the plan as ridiculous, hiding his nerves behind the class gap.

You gotta have some faith in yourself, man. Girls can smell fear.

Tucker's pep talk, naming fear as the real problem rather than Dale's looks.

What's the worst that could happen?

The line that finally gets Dale moving, a shrug of an argument.

They grew up with vacation homes, and guys like me fixing their toilets.

Dale's own picture of the distance between them, stated plainly.

I don't know. Tell her that you got a vacation home. That'll probably impress her.

Tucker's absurd advice, funny because it would never work.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Dale think he has no chance with Allison?

He believes she is rich and he is just a handyman. He says girls like her grew up with vacation homes while guys like him fixed their toilets.

What advice does Tucker give Dale?

He tells Dale to go over and talk to her, suggests mentioning the vacation home, and says the key is confidence, because girls can smell fear.

What is the 'vacation home' joke?

Tucker thinks bragging about a vacation home will impress Allison. It is funny because Dale owns the run-down cabin they are staying in and knows it would mean nothing to her.

Why does Dale finally agree to go?

Tucker wears him down by asking what the worst that could happen is. Dale has no answer, so he decides to go before he can talk himself out of it.

What does Tucker tell Dale to do while he talks to her?

He tells him to smile and laugh no matter what he says, because it will make him look confident. Dale repeats it back like a line to memorize.

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