AN ANALYSIS OF ETHNICITY REPRESENTATION IN STAND-UP COMEDY

Linuwih, Endar Rachmawaty (2018) AN ANALYSIS OF ETHNICITY REPRESENTATION IN STAND-UP COMEDY. In: Seminar Nasional Bahasa dan Sastra (SENABASTRA) X, Rabu, 11 Juli 2018, Universitas Trunojoyo Madura.

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Abstract

Recently stand-up comedy has increased popularity in Indonesia. A lot of Indonesian comedians who are very talented act in stand-up comedy competition held by KOMPAS TV. These comedians attract the audiences through their verbal humor. One of the many functions of stand-up comedy, apart from entertaining, is dealing with current issues and topics which many people in society are concerned. Some frequently seen topics are, for instance: class, gender, ethnicity or other social differences, etc. Hence, stand-up comedy can be regarded as a relevant topic on the study relates to language and culture. Several Indonesian comedians have an intriguing way of portraying their characters linguistically; especially when they change their speech depending on their own character’s ethnic background and involve their ethnic humor in their performance to represent certain ethnic groups. Ethnic humors usually involve stereotyping. Stereotype can help one to identify certain groups. This study investigates how certain ethnics are stereotyped in Stand-Up Comedy Indonesia season 4, a competition held by Kompas TV Indonesia in 2014. The data were collected from two shows of two different comedians. The comedians characterize two different ethnic groups in Indonesia: Betawinese and East Indonesian. The result of the analysis shows that their jokes in their performances are influenced by the ethnic backgrounds of the comedians.

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