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"Why are you yelling at me for" - "Because I'm pissed off" - "Good".


The thing is, Ed Masry is that scene wasn't actually yelling AT HER, he was at the time demonstrating anger at THEM, the P,G & E company, not with Julia Roberts' character. He was simply demonstrating his feeling AROUND HER, not taking his anger ON her like that, at least not at the start of the argument.

Although, she did sort of add fuel to the fire by first suggesting that he was yelling AT her, and then when he replied "BECAUSE I'm pissed off" and then she went "Good!" and then the "f" word hurlyburyl arguments came, but thing is... His anger at that time wasn't with her.

So maybe she should've asked him instead not "Why are you yelling at ME" but rather - "I understand you're angry but could you please calm down" and maybe when he said "Do you think I'm made of money" she could've been kind and loyal enough to answer "No" rather than "Why are you yelling at me" and also...

He should've replied not with "Because I am pissed off" but rather - "Darling, I am not yelling AT you, I am angry AT THEM" AND THEN politely simply confirm to her that "he, for one simply, does not have anywhere near remotely enough money to battle them like that" and rather than her saying "Good" she could've went "I understand" and he could've said, instead of f words and even, however jokingly, "I hate YOU sometimes", "What are we going to do NOW" etc, you know, handle it like two adults?

I mean, if the beef is with someone else, why create a conflict like that and accuse the other party of yelling at them and not just say, understanding that they were demonstrating their anger at someone else but perhaps asking them to calm down for, even if they were not actually shouting directly at the person and for something wrong they did, the SITUATION with them shouting AROUND THEM might've created at least a small INCONVENIENCE, like, maybe someone's voice was too loud and it hurt their ears, maybe the person wanted silence so they can THINK at what ACTIONS needed to take place etc. Rational adults not fighting with themselves over beef they have with someone else.

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