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Uncle Frank · 2020 — 第 6 / 17 章 · 2'25" · B1

Wally Pushes Frank to Come Out, Explained：in my blood

A quiet breakfast turns into a debate about honesty, as Frank asks Beth to keep his secret and Wally refuses to let him. On the surface it's toast and bacon. Underneath, Frank admits he doesn't believe his family could accept him: "I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't."

あらすじ

At breakfast the morning after the funeral, Beth admits she has never known anyone gay, and Frank asks her not to mention him to the family. Wally argues that Frank should tell them, offering to tell his own family too. Frank deflects with an extreme excuse about Saudi Arabia.

Family dinnersSmall talkConfessingPersuadingFriendsB1mediumamericanClean
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appreciate it ifget past itin my bloodbring shame on someone

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このシーンの表現

in my blood

a quality or habit someone is born with

沃利打趣说自己是个南方男孩，吃培根是刻在骨子里的，用玩笑化解早餐桌上的尴尬。

Racing is in her blood; her father drove too.

このシーンの他の表現

  • appreciate it if

    a polite way to ask for something

  • get past it

    to move beyond a problem or hurt

  • bring shame on someone

    to make someone or a family feel dishonored

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 35 件のメモ

表現 · B1please tell me ...Oh, please tell me you eat bacon.
表現 · B2hate even the smell of somethingGood, 'cause Wally, he hates even the smell of it.
表現 · B2something is in someone's blood

a quality or habit someone is born with

But I'm a good Southern boy, and bacon's in my blood.
表現 · B2feel different about someoneSo, you feel any different about me?
表現 · B2never known anybody who ...Never known anybody who was gay before.
表現 · B1of course someone hasOf course you have.
表現 · B2not be aware of somethingYou just weren't aware of it.
発音aware of it

liaison

You just weren't aware of it.
表現 · B2I'd appreciate it if ...I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone in the family about me.
文法 · B2I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone

polite I'd appreciate it if

I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone in the family about me.
表現 · B2be from different worldsEh, we're from such different worlds now.
表現 · B2change anythingIt wouldn't do any... [Wally] Change anything?
表現 · B2not see someone anywayYou don't see them anyways, Frank.
スラング · B1anywaysYou don't see them anyways, Frank.
表現 · B1how you feelingHey, Beth. How you feeling?
表現 · B2the last time someone did somethingWhen's the last time you saw your family?
表現 · B2at least every two yearsI go there at least every two years. You know that.
表現 · B2a phony somethingHe shows them photographs of a phony wife,
スラング · B2phonyHe shows them photographs of a phony wife,
表現 · B2played by someonewho's also played by Charlotte, by the way.
表現 · B2bring shame on someone

to make someone or a family feel dishonored

If I told them I was with a man, it would bring shame on them.
文法 · C1If I told them I was with a man, it would bring shame on them

second conditional

If I told them I was with a man, it would bring shame on them.
表現 · B2why do you think ...Why do you think it wouldn't bring shame on my family?
表現 · B2not care about somethingAmericans don't care about honor, Frank.
表現 · B2get past something

to move beyond a problem or hurt

I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't.
文法 · C1I wish I thought my family could get past it

wish with past tense

I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't.
発音get past it

flap

I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't.
表現 · B2eventually accept somethingI think your family would eventually accept it.
表現 · B2not know someone's familyHere you go. Yeah, well, you don't know my family.
表現 · B2how bad can someone beThank you. No, but you came from them, so how bad can they be?
発音came from them

liaison

Thank you. No, but you came from them, so how bad can they be?
表現 · B2how about thisHow about this?
表現 · B2tell one's familyyou tell your family, and then I'll tell mine.
表現 · B2smell like deathYour bacon smells like death.
表現 · B2delicious deathDelicious death.

「Wally Pushes Frank to Come Out」を読み解く

What's really going on

The breakfast is the film's clearest look at how Frank's secret works. He is warm and funny with Beth, yet the moment turns when he asks her to keep quiet, an ask he softens with "I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone in the family about me." Wally sees the contradiction and pushes, pointing out that Frank barely sees these relatives and that their opinion shouldn't rule him. Frank's answer, "I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't," is honest about his fear rather than angry. The Saudi Arabia joke that follows isn't a real argument; it's the sound of a man ending a subject he can't win.

Theme

IdentityFrank keeps his life hidden from his Southern family even as Wally urges him to stop hiding.
TrustBeth is let into Frank's secret, and Wally keeps pushing him to trust the family with the truth.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use get past it to talk about moving on
  • Hear bring shame on as family disgrace
  • Make polite asks with I'd appreciate it if
  • Hear How about this as a counteroffer

発音のポイント

  • aware of it — liaison
  • get past it — flap
  • came from them — liaison
I wish I thought my family could get past it, but I don't.

Frank's admission that he has no faith his relatives will accept him, said plainly instead of angrily.

Thank you. No, but you came from them, so how bad can they be?

Wally's counter to Frank's fear, arguing that a family which produced Frank can't be all bad.

Eh, we're from such different worlds now.

Frank's explanation for the distance, framing the split as time and place rather than as rejection.

If I told them I was with a man, it would bring shame on them.

Frank names the exact reason he stays silent, a fear of shaming his family rather than of being hurt himself.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Frank ask Beth not to tell the family?

He has spent years keeping his life in New York separate from his Southern relatives and even shows them photos of a fake wife. He fears the truth would end that arrangement.

Why does Frank refuse to tell his family about Wally?

He believes it would bring shame on them, and he doesn't think they could get past it. Wally points out that Frank barely sees them anyway, which makes the fear look more like a habit.

What does Wally propose?

He suggests a trade: Frank tells his family, and then Wally will tell his. It is his way of refusing to let Frank carry the secret alone.

What does Frank mean by the Saudi Arabia line?

It's a deflection and a joke. Wally's family is Saudi, so Frank claims telling them would get him beheaded, using the most extreme excuse he can find to avoid the conversation.

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