Shoot Self with You · Film passages
“But You Asked Me Here to Perform in This Play”
Position in the film 02:13:07 — 02:13:28
He Fa asks Ricky to leave the stage. Ricky returns the reason for his original invitation: you asked me to perform in this play, so why are you now asking me to leave?
Original sound · Clip duration 00:21 Open video separately
Selected dialogue is presented below in English and Chinese; omissions are marked.
The Exchange
Bilingual dialogue excerpts · In their original order
- He Fa / the real director
- The acting—the acting is really terrible.演 演的实在是太差了
- [Some lines omitted]
- He Fa / the real director
- This can’t go on.演不下去了
- He Fa / the real director
- Just leave the stage and be an audience member.直接下去吧做个观众
- [Some lines omitted]
- Ricky
- Why? I’m not leaving.为啥 我就不下
- He Fa / the real director
- Let the three of them carry on. Really.你让他们三个继续 真的
- He Fa / the real director
- Ricky, leave the stage. Go on.Ricky 你下去吧 下去吧
- [Some lines omitted]
- Ricky
- I know the acting is terrible.我知道演的太差了
- Ricky
- But you asked me here to perform in this play.可是你就是让我演这戏才来的
- He Fa / the real director
- OK, OK, OK.OK OK OK
Dialogue and Timing Notes
The wording and speaker attribution follow the human-confirmed record of 6 May 2026. Dialogue timestamps are historical navigation points; they have not been recalibrated line by line for this edition. Still-image times are actual sample positions in the fixed 4K master. A single image cannot establish who is speaking or being addressed.
He Fa asks Ricky to leave; Ricky responds by recalling the invitation. This selection retains judgments, demands, refusal and reasons. Omitted lines are not presented as a continuous verbatim transcript.
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Ricky then says, “I know the acting is terrible, but you’re the one who asked me to come and act in this play.” He does more than argue about the quality of the acting. He brings up why he came in the first place. Someone has been invited to take part, has given their time and taken on a role, and is now suddenly asked to leave the stage. The invitation collides with the assessment. The original arrangement needs to be explained again.
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