Daredevil - Wesley, The Interpreter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Wesley discovers the utility of his multilingual proficiency during a conversation between his employer and Madame Gao.
Daredevil belongs to Marvel. I do not claim ownership for the clip I merely cut from an episode from the Netflix series.
If you've ever felt useless just remember that Wesley's only function/purpose in this scene was as a literal room decoration. The look on his face when he realized his interpretation was completely unnecessary was priceless.
If I ever feel useless I'll just remember that you bothered posting this comment....
@@jihigh482 Sigma male grindset #289: metafy someone else's comment into an insult towards them to deflect your own insecurities.
@@jihigh482
And you bothered to respond to a useless comment, lmao get a life bro.
And it also proves Fisk kept Wesley for his company, which is why he grieved a loy when he died
Gao legit trolled Wesley 🤣🤣🤣
''I speak many languages''
''How many?''
''All of them''
*puts on sunglasses*
Can you speak Latin though?
@@Just_Driive ALL OF THEM
She is a few thousands years old
Man those were good times
YEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!! 🎸🎸🥁🥁🎸🎸
"How many?"
"All of them"
starts speaking in C++
A brief pause, then she begins clicking and chittering in dolphin.
Bruh
Joss Whedon directed the sequence? 😂
Nah, she starts speaking in Binary.
Klingon and high valyrian too?
What Kingpin isn't afraid of:
- The F.B.I.
- A violent armored ninja who beat the Hand.
- A psychopath with deadly aim.
- Mass murderers with a hatred for criminals.
- Prison violence.
What Kingpin is afraid of:
- An elderly asian mom who's incredibly disappointed in him.
Wise man
Yeah, he's wise
Gao is very, VERY dangerous and powerful
Gao is old asf
@@cliff9092 beware the old woman in the land where the men died so young.
Don’t fuck with mom
This was actually a power move by Fisk here, well, his attempt. Gao called it - the wise man plays the fool. By pretending to need an interpreter, he allows others to think they are smarter than him, as people who are multilingual are usually smarter. This can cause pride, which can cause situations where they might flaunt their superiority over him, by speaking in other languages in front of him. By pretending to not understand them, he can get them to lower their guard around him, which is quite important. And if the interpreter leaves the room for some reason, the multilingual person that Fisk is dealing with, or their people, might let loose something in their language that he might otherwise never hear. This is actually a very smart tactic by Fisk, cashing in on the arrogance of those around him. He even fooled his own people, since Wesley didn't even know. That's how good Fisk was at this, until Gao caught him.
I speak polish and love it at work when the agency lot sit there and talk shit thinking i dont know what they are saying. One said i was a fat idiot to my face in polish and the agency supervisor said it meant "easy mistake" I put in the grievance and totally wrecked him by calling it out. He lied to the other managers saying what it really meant, to which i then spoke to him in fluent polish. His face went from smug to shock. I then said i want a grievance on him for lying too." I started a new job four months ago, so far its going well, noone on nights knows i speak it, and its still fun hearing them talking thinking i dunno whats being said. As Gao said "the wise man plays the fool" noone pays attention to the idiot, its the smart ones people watch
I think she knew the entire time; she just chose to say nothing
"...as people who are multilingual are usually smarter..."
This seems to be a common belief, but I have never seen any evidence to support it.
Thank you for explaining what the entire scene was made to convey. Where would we be without you?
@suppperdude9 I don't know about smarter, but speaking other languages fluently makes you think differently, since you think in the other language(s) when you speak it(them). Since words in Different languages have different sounds, meanings and etymology. For example Plot can be "plot of land" "plot thickens" or even words like which and Witch, same sound but completely different on everything else. In french you have words like "Porte" that could mean Carry, door or wear. It's even worse (or better) when both languages don't have the same base, Latin for French and Germanic for English.
Wait ... he speaks English, Chinese, Japanese AND he's an expert at table flipping ? Gosh, that man has skills.
I actually like Madame Gao she seems like an interesting character
Vasun05 Madam Gao is awesome
she was ruined in The Defenders
@@ragerodracir Yes
@@ragerodracir I like to pretend the defenders just didn't happen/
She is a humble woman
I love how she just casually switches to Japanese when she's asking about Nobu.
My poor ears had not realized she switched until I read your comment!
@@livia3075 Her Japanese is a bit stilted but I picked it up right away. And then Fisk replies in Japanese.
@@aresefon the other hand, i dont understand kingpin's chinese at all
Extremely broken and hard-to-understand Japanese, indicating that she doesn't speak it at all but is reciting a memorized script, but yes, if that counts, then she does speak Japanese. :P
I'm not hating here; I do realize that TV show production budgets don't have much reason to do any more than they did here. Very few people would notice what I just pointed out.
Translator be like: "So why was I called here again?"
It is the clever man who plays the fool
@@cecilgoodman2343
“Okay I get that, I ask again, why the f*ck am I even here!?”
-Wesley probably
The only person Fisk feared. Even the badass, immortal martial arts master Nobu didn't scare Fisk.
Wilson has big respect for her, not fear.
@@athanasiuscontra000 ...punching it and stabbing it multiple times..?
As he should she was tossing around Luke cage and Jessica jones like it was nothing. she got hands and magic
Tbh, he felt pressure from Nobu, that's why he made Daredevil fight him to weaken him.
The actress here in just dialogue was able to convey so much power. It’s a shame iron fist did not do anything with it
Wtf are you talking about, she carried Iron Fist on her back. The best scenes of that show involved her.
0:59 Look at wesley reaction when he finds out that wilson fisk knows chinese
rion hasolli Poor Wesly :(
He’s like “You gotta be fucking kidding me”
I honestly find it hard to believe that he didn't know. I guess Wilson wanted to see if Wesley would give him the proper translation or not. That's cold.
After that it feels stupid to be in the middle as a "translator"
@@Priceman5 Pretty sure that look was actually because, not only did Madame Gao knew that Fisk understood her language, Fisk confirmed it when he replied back in Chinese.
Therefore, raveling that which Gao already knew.
This also meant, most likely, that Wesley wouldn't be needed during their conversations.
Personally I think Wesley is happy and pissed at the same time.
"FFS he doesn't need me, but gosh darn it, he's such a good boss all the same to me."
Fucking savage she speaks all the languages
I felt for poor Wesley at that moment.
Allowing Wesley as translator and keeping him as an advisor still makes him special to Fisk.
People talk about Fisk's Mandarin, but my Chinese friend says Gao's Chinese isn't exactly immaculate either.
Winged Valkyrie he sounds fine for an actor who doesn’t speak any Mandarin, it’s much better than fucking house speaking jibish while pretending he speaks Mandarin, the words are all there and technically all correct, and GAO speaks in a very plain form, like she is reading from written words, which is probably the line the actress was given from whichever semi decent translator, so she had little choice on the matter, normally people speaking won’t say the same thing using the those choices of words, but it’s not like that effects much of anything since only a small fraction of us watching is natural Chinese speaker, if you give it to someone who learn Mandarin in some Chinese school, they will tell you the words meant more or less what they say, but her pronunciation is quite on point, so blame it on the translator not the actress
Her "Chinese" has a noticeable Cantonese accent while his is barely understandable at first listen. Neither of them are native Mandarin speakers but it's easier for a Cantonese speaker to learn Mandarin due to those languages having more similarities in phonology and syntax than for an English speaker to learn and for his part, he's doing okay. If he had more time to learn the language AND integrate it into his Wilson Fisk character voice it could probably be improved, the basics are there. But also, I put "Chinese" in quotes because no one speaks "Chinese", that's not a language. Even "Mandarin" can refer to several different languages, dialects, and language groups though it's most often used to refer to Modern Standard Mandarin which is the official language of the PRC. "Chinese" is a language group that encompasses dozens, if not hundreds, of distinct languages.
Kingpin not speaking Mandarin well makes sense. He's an American. He probably just learned enough to get by. Gao being bad at it is canon breaking.
She could also be speaking slowly so everyone can understand her. Her japanese is also quite iffy.
But let's not start about the self called Hispanic speakers on the show, like miss. Carnitas or that Santino guy, I don't understand why they can't hire people that can actually speak the language that the characters are supposed to speak.
Wesley has the expression of: "Bro why did this man bring me here"
"How many?"
"All of them."
Man, there are literally more than five hundreds languages in my country itself, I just like know one or two.
Wesley looks so annoyed that he’s been wasting his time.
if you ever feel useless , remember wesley in this scene
"You can leave the room Wesley, you're about as useful as a chocolate teapot right now"
She was my favorite character , she just got more and more badass everytime she was on screen
Sadly the defender ruin her character
@@albumkosong how?
kingpin seems scared of gao
+Steve Rogers Gao no comment lol she is just so badass I can't even describe it lol
+Steve Rogers He is. She is one of the few people he truly fears.
Joseph Woolfork I thought that still wasn't confirmed yet
Steve Rogers let’s count, GAO is a few thousands years old, also functionally immortal, leader of the hand who control most of the known world while he barely controls new York, she can beat daredevil one on one in hand to hand combat while kingpin lost to daredevil time and time again, and if she wants people dead she doesn’t even have to do it herself, she can get high enough level people to do it for her no questions asked, non like kingpin
@@KageNoTenshi this comment is fucking 3 years old and by the time we knew literally nothing about her past so stfu
i wish wesley turned to the good side and was alive for a longer time, he was good tbh.
Nah there ain’t no redemption arc for Weasley. He might look extremely civilized and formal but he’s basically just as monstruous as Fisk. I do kinda wish he had lived on tho.
Lol. Wesley looks so annoyed when I he finds out King Pin knew Mandarin. Haha.
Obviously she speaks English. She understood everything that WIlson said without needing Wesley to translate from English to Mandarin.
Wilson also reacts to her speaking about the tea, before Wesley translates, which seems to tip her off that he speaks her language.
Speaking English and understanding it are two different things if I’m not mistaken.
@@InfamousAWJ they were both pretending to not speak the others' language.
@@OptimusWombat I know that. I was referring to the fact that you said she obviously spoke English when you don’t have to speak someone’s language to understand it.
@@InfamousAWJ her English sounds pretty good to me.
Wesley was like "Then why the fuck am I here for???"
In hindsight it was quite obvious she spoke English because no one was ever translating for her. There was always someone translating what she said into English but no one was ever translating what the English speakers were saying into Mandarin yet she always responded so she clearly understood them.
Ofc she can but she is their source of money so they rather have interpreter than make her use English
Hey, man. That description: *chef's kiss*
At this point in lockdown, there would be an audience for watching Marvel supervillians taking lvl 1 Mandarin class.
I hope the new daredevil show is written well
I'm gonna pretend Gao hinted at Leland having that Detective with that line about the clever man playing the fool, to test if Fisk would pick up on it. Aside from the more obvious meaning I mean.
Considering that when we last saw Leland, he was saying to Fisk about Hoffman, "The situation is being handled, all right. Just not by you." Yeah, Gao would know that Leland had Hoffman stashed away as insurance.
*fisk starts speaking mandarin*
Wesley: "am i joke to you?"
Fisk speaking Chinese is my new favourite music
Wesley feeling about as useful as a screen door on a submarine...
the English caption is kinda hilarious when the Chinese lady speaks
Gao was the only person Fisk Truly feared.
I don't even speak Chinese, but I knew as soon as Kingpin opened his mouth, it didn't sound right. I guess it has to do with his voice acting. Hard to speak proper chinese when you talk like a cold-hearted sociopath.
Proper Chinese has a lot of lilts and intonations because every word can have 1 of 4 sounds, ranging from flat to hard (to grossly oversimplify). A native Chinese speak Chinese would sound a little like singing because of it. Basically, any flat delivery of Chinese wherein all the words sound similar in tone would sound weird to a native Chinese.
Heck, even as a Singaporean Chinese, some mainland Chinese people have difficulty understanding us because we also tend to have flat tones sometimes
she is so cool lol
For someone who actually knows Chinese, that was painful to listen to XD
yes, I cringe so much
***** grammar is fine, but the pronunciation and the way he stutters makes me cry. Chinese is not even my first language, it's my fourth one.
Please explain (I ask in polite manner)
fa de Tone is an essential part of pronouncing Chinese. A word could mean something completely different if you get the tone wrong. D'Onofrio pretty much gets it all wrong here.
hey i heard he actually didnt do that bad for not actually speaking mandarin
Wesley is also an accomplished lawyer for Chuck Rhodes
What a gangster move. Hire & bring around an interpreter you dont need
He was willing to look weak to others in higher position than him. It's a power move. When you allow someone to think they have a language advantage on you, that you NEED an interpreter, it can cause slip ups.
wesley was like: okay tf i’m betrayed..
this scene alone made 15-year-old me choose to major in linguistics and become an interpreter
Translator dies inside.
I like that Wesley is a little put out but is still like "goddamn just when I thought I had this guy figured out he surprises me."
Goa: Shut the fuck up Wesley!
Fisk: go wait in the car, Wesley.
I miss Daredevil. After Wandavision, Falcon and Winter Soldier and Loki, I miss it even more.
Yes those mcu are not TV series are 2 hours movies with 4 hours of filling
@Paraone Ngatai yes thats is why everybody was looking for Matt murdock in last Spiderman trailer
Well guess what.....
Your dream is coming true.
@@truffle6082 wym?
@@InfamousAWJ
Just watch what marvel has put out recently can't reveal it here.
Wesley is probably just thinking 'ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!'
Sexual tension is of the hooks
Wesley had to be a villain not Madame Gao :( he is better
No
this scene is really cool
just the way she's like, I know you're pretending that you can't understand me just like I'm pretending I can't understand you
and when he asks her how many languages she speaks she simply replies "all of them"
I just think that's so cool
and now people says that shang-chi was the first Asian Character in MCU
*hero
Agent Wu: I'm a joke to you?
When the man put “ne” at the end of his sentence, he sounded like a Japanese schoolgirl.
Immortality is great
I dont think it’s cuturally appropriate to carry the pot around the table like that. You do it across the table
Fisk isn't about appreciating culture really.
Wesley's reaction: Really nigga?!
Can I just say, kingpin did a much better job speaking Mandarin than freaking house did pretending to speak Mandarin, he is actually understandable with his Mandarin while not fluid, house just fucking speaks jibish
"jibish" Is that what they speak in Jibia? Or are you actually trying to say "gibberish"?
I love how disappointed and annoyed Wilson looked.
When job security flies out the window.
wesly standing there like him translating was useless lmaoo
Madame Gao needs her own series.
Of all the Hand members, she's the more memorable.
The interpreter: "i aint got time for this psychology bullshit"
This Fisk must be in MCU no matter what
Wesley is like "why am I here?"
Wesley : Really guys ? What am I? A joke ?
interpreter: why the hell am i here then???
It’s interesting the between Madam Gao and Stick, both try to teach Wilson and Matt that compassion to others makes them weak. And while it does give each of them an Achilles Heel that can be exploited, it also can make them more dangerous since when the things they love are threatened their anger intensifies. Matt was willing to cut a guy just to save a kidnapped child from some crooks, and even though Leland threatened to destroy Wilson’s empire, that still didn’t stop Fisk from throwing Leland down an elevator shaft to avenge his girlfriend
Stick at the end of the day did care about Matt and Elektra. He kept that plastic bracelet Matt made for him, and he even gives him a hug and says he's proud of him at the end of season 2. It's also obvious he cared about Elektra in the flashbacks.
Wesley was so annoyed xD
I feel so bad for Wesley. He is like why the fuck am i standing herr
This lady played Madame Gao and The Mandarin in Shang Chi? That's pretty pog.
She was in Shang Chi?
@@samfromsaturn3429 Nope.
Wesley : y I m here, what m I doing here...y....y....y....😭
Good shows
Gao: and you speak my tongue, do you not?
Wesley: haha, I didn't know Gao was such a joke-
Fisk: how long have you known?
Wesley: wtf?
Its interpreter not translator. I took an interpreter class lol
Somehow, Kingpin speaking Chinese reminds me of John Cena speaking chinese.
Since Sandrine Holt won't be playing Vanessa Fisk on Born Again and Ayelet Zurer is returning to play Vanessa again on Born Again, Sandrine should play a different character on Born Again. She should play Madame Gao's unnamed daughter, the daughter would have a longer lifespan like her mother.
How is a tiny O.A.P Chinese lady so damn terrifying? Good acting, that's how.
Fuck this show was almost perfect
I swear to god if the mcu doesn't use this version of kingpin ima be just as disappointed as her
0:58 - of course he bloody speaks her language....wait, he keeps me around. Fisk must like me!
He also spoke japanese.
This is the best interpreter character?
Wilson's Japanese isnt that bad actually.
They spoke Japanese so badly. Especially the one who said I speak all of them
You think that's bad. The Chinese is awful
Translator:tf im here for?
Last two lines were in japanese
Then…why did we even bring the translator?
he likes to hear wesley’s voice
If Gao can speak many languages, can she speak Wakandan?
I bet she can. She said she speak all
Madame Gao´s language is spanish. Don´t fool me, Hannibal! Never try again!
Poor Wesley.
Obviously she speaks English if she doesn't need it translated into Mandarin , I thought you were a genius Fisk
I'm pretty sure she's a Skrull.
not a translator but an interpreter
They are speaking broken Chinese XD
I speak all languages... Except Cantonese.
Despite being a Bad Character He was a really good Actor
Meanwhile my dumb ass is trying to act smart and edgy
Okay I remember this dialogue but not in this scene
i love wesley, actually stopped watching the series dedicatedly after he dies....