approach someone quietly
You creep up on me like that, you little vagrant. What do you want?Whatever Works · 2009 — 第 3 / 16 章 · 4'57" · B1
Boris Takes Melodie In, Explained：get on my feet
A runaway from Mississippi begs Boris for food on the street, and he lets her up for two minutes that turn into a meal. He insults her constantly, warning that she will not survive the city, yet he is the one who feeds her and listens.
あらすじ
On the street, a hungry young woman named Melodie asks Boris for something to eat. He assumes she is a scammer, but takes pity and invites her upstairs, where he feeds her sardines and lectures her about how badly she will fail in New York.
注目の表現
get on my feetthe big timewise toturning tricks
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このシーンの表現
get on my feet
become independent again
Homeless and broke, Melody begs for a few nights until she can get on her feet.
It took me months to get on my feet after losing the job.
このシーンの他の表現
- the big time
the top level of a field
- wise to
aware of a trick
- turning tricks
working as a prostitute
- tricks
pun: sex work vs magic
- bitch
a crude slur for a woman
このシーンのメモ一覧
86 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
a homeless wanderer — A dated, judgmental word for a homeless person.
You creep up on me like that, you little vagrant. What do you want?aware of a trick
The moment Melody asks for food, Boris calls it a scam he has already seen through.
Yeah, listen, I'm wise to that scam, little girl, okay?come upstairs
Come up for two minutes. That's it. And then...noun clause: The clause after know states exactly what she supposedly does not know.
You don't know you have to sing Happy Birthday twice to get the germs off?Have to is usually reduced to hafta.
You don't know you have to sing Happy Birthday twice to get the germs off?flee from something
So what are you running away from?a heavy slur for a woman — A heavy slur; never use it in polite speech.
Scarlett, bitch that she was, with those green eyes...a beauty pageant
My mom always used to keep me busy in all these beauty contests.survive for a period
You're a brainless little twit who won't last three days in New York.relative clause: The clause describes the twit and predicts how fast she will fail.
You're a brainless little twit who won't last three days in New York.a foolish person — British-flavored insult; teasing but cutting.
You're a brainless little twit who won't last three days in New York.counterfactual if-clause: The if-clause imagines the opposite of what happened, so it carries a boast.
You'd be dead now of starvation if I hadn't a heart as big as all outdoors.Link old are you across the d and are.
Stay here? What are you? Nuts? How old are you?crazy — Casual and joking among friends; too blunt for strangers.
Stay here? What are you? Nuts? How old are you?start over somewhere
Okay? I want to make a new life here in New York.end up doing something
You'll wind up a prostitute, like those Asian girls who come here full of high hopes.working as a prostitute
Boris warns Melody that girls like her end up turning tricks to survive, a crude scare tactic.
And then they wind up turning tricks to keep alive.the top level of a field
Boris grants her small-town looks, then says New York is the big time, where she is out of her depth.
You know, you may be beauty contest material in the Deep South, but this is the big time.be naturally good at
- I've a way with jokes. Yes. - Really?become independent again
Homeless and broke, Melody begs for a few nights until she can get on her feet.
I just need a place to stay for a few nights, till I get on my feet.Link on my so it sounds almost like o-my.
I just need a place to stay for a few nights, till I get on my feet.「Boris Takes Melodie In」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter pairs two people who have nothing in common and lets them talk anyway. Boris is at his most hostile here, calling Melodie brainless and warning her she will end up on the street, but every insult comes with a meal and a place to sit. His cruelty is a kind of honesty, and Melodie, who has no idea who he is, simply keeps talking. The line that captures the arrangement is his own backhanded admission: "You'd be dead now of starvation if I hadn't a heart as big as all outdoors." The film's joke is that the man who claims to despise everyone is the one who opens his door, and the relationship that drives the whole story starts with a can of sardines.
Theme
LonelinessTwo isolated people, one bitter and one lost, end up sharing a meal because neither has anywhere better to be.
IdentityBoris tries to scare Melodie with what the city will make of her, revealing his own harsh view of the world.
このチャプターで学べること
- Boris insults her and feeds her in the same scene.
- A pun on tricks lets two people talk past each other.
- Melody's soft request hides how little she has.
発音のポイント
- have to — Have to is usually reduced to hafta.
- old are you — Link old are you across the d and are.
- on my feet — Link on my so it sounds almost like o-my.
You don't know you have to sing Happy Birthday twice to get the germs off?Boris turning a hand-washing joke into a lecture, his way of caring without admitting it.
No, I haven't. Not even the people who live there have heard of it.His deadpan put-down of her hometown, establishing the tone of the whole conversation.
You'd be dead now of starvation if I hadn't a heart as big as all outdoors.The backhanded way he admits he helped her, framing kindness as a burden.
You're 21 like I play for the Yankees. Twenty-one!His mockery of her claimed age, using the most absurd comparison he can think of.
I just need a place to stay for a few nights, till I get on my feet.Melodie's plain request, the beginning of the arrangement the film is built on.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Boris let Melodie into his apartment?
He thinks she is running a begging scam, but she looks genuinely ill and hungry, so he lets her come up for what he says will be two minutes.
Why does Boris keep insulting Melodie?
It is how he talks to everyone. He calls her brainless and predicts she will fail in New York, but he also feeds her and hears her out.
What does Melodie want from Boris?
She wants food and a place to sleep. She tells him she has nowhere to go and asks to stay a few nights until she can get on her feet.
Why did Melodie leave home?
She says she is never going back. Her mother kept entering her in beauty contests, so she barely went to school and left Mississippi for New York.
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第 1 章whatever worksBoris Breaks the Fourth Wall
第 2 章eke out a livingBoris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
再生中 · 第 3 章get on my feetBoris Takes Melodie In
第 4 章spare me the detailsBoris's Runaway Tells Her Past
第 5 章out of the questionBoris Rejects Melodie's Crush
第 6 章bark is worse than your biteBoris Refuses to Marry Melodie
第 7 章play one's cards rightMelodie Meets Perry
第 8 章What possessed me?Boris on a Year of Marriage
第 9 章plain as the nose on your faceMelodie's Mother Shows Up
第 10 章the long and short of itMarietta Argues and Plays Matchmaker
第 11 章down the toiletLeo Discovers Marietta's Photos
第 12 章out of spiteRandy Pursues Melodie
第 13 章toothpaste back in the tubeRandy Takes Melodie to His Boat
第 14 章of all peopleMelodie's Father Shows Up
第 15 章look what the cat dragged inJohn Shows Up at Marietta's Opening
第 16 章wind downBoris and Melodie Break Up第 3 / 16 章 · 残り約 60 分