Katherine: No; it's not. Is it any good? Come on; ladies. There's no wrong
answer. There's also no textbook telling you what to think. It's not that easy;
is it?
Betty: All right. No. It's not good. In fact; I wouldn't even call it art.
It's grotesque.
Connie Baker: Is there a rule against art being grotesque?
Giselle Levy: I think there's something aggressive about it...and erotic.
Betty: To you; everything is erotic.
Giselle: Everything is erotic.
Katherine: Girls.
Susan: Aren't there standards?
Betty: Of course there are. Otherwise a tacky velvet painting could be
equated to a Rembrandt.
Connie: My uncle Ferdie has two tacky velvet paintings. He loves those
clowns.
Betty: There are standards; technique; composition; color; even subject. So
if you're suggesting that rotted side of meat is art... much less good art; then
what are we going to learn?
Katherine: Just that. You have outlined our new syllabus; Betty. Thank you.
What is art? What makes it good or bad? And who decides? Next slide; please.
Twenty five years ago someone thought this was brilliant.
Connie: I can see that.
Betty: Who?
Katherine: My mother. I painted it for her birthday.
Katherine: Next slide. This is my mom. Is it art?
Susan Delacorte: It's a snapshot.
Katherine: If I told you Ansel Adams had taken it, would that make a
difference?
Betty: Art isn't art until someone says it is.
Katherine: It's art!
Betty: The right people.
Katherine: Who are they?
Giselle: Betty Warren! So lucky we have one right here.
Betty: Screw you.
Katherine: Could you go back to the Soutine, please? Just look at it again.
Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea. All right;
back to chapter three. Has anyone read it? Okay.
妙詞佳句，活學(xué)活用
1. grotesque
這是這部電影里經(jīng)常碰到的一個單詞，意思是“(風(fēng)格)奇異，古怪，荒誕的”。我們來看個例子：Everything seemed strange, so
tawdry and grotesque. 一切都很新奇，很花哨，有點滑稽可笑。
在口語中還有一些其它常用的詞來表示“奇怪的”這一意思的詞，出現(xiàn)頻率都很高。比如 weird，如：Sabrina went out with Linus?
That's too weird. 莎賓娜和萊納斯出去約會了？簡直太奇怪了！
Strange，這是一個大熟詞，就不舉例子了。
Odd，如 It's odd that she should have kept such an ugly name as Ellen.
真奇怪她居然一直用埃倫這么個難聽的名字。
Bizarre，如：For him, it was a bizarre and tedious experience.
對他來說這是一次奇特而又乏味的經(jīng)歷。
2. aggressive
這個單詞不知道怎么回事，很容易被大家記住的意思是“侵略性的，攻擊性的”，因而我們經(jīng)常把它當(dāng)作貶義詞來使用。但是在英語中，尤其在美語中，這個詞還有另一個常用意思是“大膽的，積極進取的”。所以這個詞在本片段中的意思就不是侵略性的，而是“前衛(wèi)的，大膽的”。 e.g.
He is an aggressive young executive. 他是一個進取心很強的年輕管理員。
Betty: What is that?
Katherine: Who are they?
