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A Father-Daughter Swearing Lesson in “The F-Word”
《脏话课》：父女间的粗口教学
In Alex and Paul Cannon’s comedic short, starring Chris Gethard, a dad struggles to give an age-appropriate explanation of the expletive.
在亚历克斯·坎农与保罗·坎农执导的喜剧短片中，由克里斯·格塔德饰演的父亲，正绞尽脑汁想为孩子解释一句脏话——既要让孩子听懂，又得符合他的年龄。
May 22, 2024
Watch “The F-Word.”
A father finds himself wading deep into the politics of language when his young daughter looks up from her coloring paper to ask “What does ‘fuck’ mean?” The dad, played by the comedian Chris Gethard, offers her a survey of the word’s meanings: how it can express pain or triumph, indicate sex or threat, or be sprinkled into otherwise vanilla sentences for simple emphasis. The short, directed by Alex and Paul Cannon, goes beyond dictionary definitions. As the two characters get into the grammar and start to appreciate the term’s versatility, they each end up revealing something unexpected about themselves.
一位父亲正深陷语言政治的泥潭，只因年幼的女儿从涂色纸上抬起头问："'操'是什么意思？" 由喜剧演员克里斯·格塔德饰演的爸爸为女儿梳理了这个词的多种含义：它可以表达痛苦或胜利，指涉性行为或威胁，也能点缀在平淡的句子中作为强调。这部由亚历克斯·坎农和保罗·坎农执导的短片超越了词典定义。当这对父女深入探讨语法结构，开始欣赏这个词语的多功能性时，各自都意外地展露出了不为人知的一面。