{"id":722,"date":"2010-05-21T21:50:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T21:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=722"},"modified":"2010-07-23T17:29:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T17:29:29","slug":"avez-vous-deja-vu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/avez-vous-deja-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"“Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu…?” (“Have you already seen…?”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we have a special DMCV<\/strong> <\/em>(which stands for “Dieux Merci C’est Vendredi”<\/em>, if you still don’t know it yet), and\u00a0I wonder if you have\u00a0already seen it?<\/p>\n

“Avez vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu\u00a0… Cendrillon qui prend l’avion?<\/em>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbfcJIcsNSk<\/a><\/p>\n

I mean: Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/em> vu… <\/em>“Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/em><\/strong> vu<\/strong>“<\/em>? (Have you\u00a0already seen… “Have you\u00a0already seen”?)<\/p>\n

Hold on a second. Did I confuse you, un petit peu <\/em>?<\/p>\n

Well, je vous explique <\/em>(I explain to you),\u00a0by “Avez-vous\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/em> vu<\/em>“, I actually mean the\u00a0title itself\u00a0of the\u00a0French animated\u00a0show of 45 seconds produced by the com\u00e9dien<\/em> Alain Chabat<\/strong>. If you have\u00a0watched French TV –<\/em>I mean: Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision fran<\/em>\u00e7aise ?-<\/em> you would know him from the CANAL+ <\/strong>tv channel shows, like “Les Nuls<\/strong><\/em>“, or from movies such as “La Cit\u00e9 de la Peur<\/strong>“<\/em>, which is mainly a “au second degr\u00e9”<\/em>\u00a0(tongue-in-cheek)\u00a0spoof of the big Hollywood blockbusters of that time.\u00a0\u00a0He also played the role of\u00a0“Jules C\u00e9sar” (or Julius Cesar)\u00a0in the big 2002 hit\u00a0“Ast\u00e9rix et Ob\u00e9lix : Mission Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre<\/strong><\/em>“, which we mentioned in the previous post (about “Les Visiteurs<\/em>.”) Finally, he is known for lending his\u00a0“polymorphic voice” (yes, yet another one of those)\u00a0to dub\u00a0a few\u00a0characters into French,\u00a0especially Shrek<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In\u00a0the episode above,\u00a0“Avez vous\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/em> vu\u00a0… Cendrillon qui prend l’avion ?<\/strong><\/em>” (“Have you already seen… Cinderella taking a plane?”), Cinderella,\u00a0in “princess mode” we may say, is acting all impertinente<\/em>, all\u00a0sassy, flying 1\u00e8re classe<\/em> (1st class)\u00a0and\u00a0yet not\u00a0too happy about the airline\u00a0service…\u00a0Very hard to please the demoiselle, en effet <\/em>(indeed)…\u00a0“Ho ho!<\/em> Alors vraiment,<\/em> pour un service en premi\u00e8<\/em>re classe, c’est un peu minable !<\/em>” (“Hon hon hon! <\/em>[typical French interjection, you say?]\u00a0\u00a0For a first-class service, it’s pretty pathetic!) And then, all of\u00a0a sudden,\u00a0comes the announcement that le fuseau horaire\u00a0<\/em>(the time zone)\u00a0is switching to a new one, and therefore everyone\u00a0must change their watches to… minuit<\/strong><\/em> (midnight)!\u00a0Quelle catastrophe !<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Of course,\u00a0the “poor”\u00a0(and I mean, the now\u00a0literally poor) Cinderella\u00a0has\u00a0barely enough time to be kicked out of la premi\u00e8<\/em>re classe<\/em>,\u00a0before she could\u00a0explain to le steward\u00a0<\/em>that even the pilote -and in fact the whole plane!- are… well… you know!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00c0 part cela<\/em> (other than that), avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu un\u00a0poisson \u00e0 gage <\/em>? (Have you already seen a “hired (fish) killer”?)<\/p>\n

You’ll see, it’s actually not\u00a0that “fishy”…<\/em><\/p>\n

Regardons-le en action<\/em><\/strong> (Let’s see\u00a0him in action)<\/p>\n

“Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu… un\u00a0poisson \u00e0 gage ?<\/em>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pz9yIa7yDxs<\/a><\/p>\n

The poor “FIBs”\u00a0serving as bodyguards\u00a0(as in\u00a0MIB. From FIB -not FBI-\u00a0meaning “fish-in-black”…<\/em>) have barely enough time to warn monsieur le pr\u00e9<\/em>sident <\/em>about that one\u00a0suspicious\u00a0ver de terre <\/em>(earthwarm.)<\/p>\n

Une chose est assez claire <\/em>(one thing is pretty\u00a0clear), Mister the (fish) President doesn’t seem to be\u00a0particularly intelligent…\u00a0Well, that’s most likely\u00a0another, shall we say,\u00a0“d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/strong><\/em>“, n’est-ce pas <\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, we have a special DMCV (which stands for “Dieux Merci C’est Vendredi”, if you still don’t know it yet), and\u00a0I wonder if you have\u00a0already seen it? “Avez vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu\u00a0… Cendrillon qui prend l’avion?“ I mean: Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu… “Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu“? (Have you\u00a0already seen… “Have you\u00a0already seen”?) Hold on a second. Did I…<\/p>\n

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