Abstract
Examining stand-up comedy humor discourse in local perspective in Indonesia is fascinating due to its uniqueness and complexity. This kind of discourse has some specific characteristics in terms of its creation and language use. A qualitative study was conducted with the data source from stand-up comedy records staged in 2016 by the stand-up comedy local community in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi. The data were reduced to obtain the funniest humor discourse. Furthermore, the data were analyzed based on the creation technique and the construction elements of humor discourse in terms of linguistic and non-linguistic context. The research findings showed that the creation technique and the construction elements of stand-up comedy humor discourse in local perspective in Indonesia were in line with the general concepts and theories of humor discourse creation techniques namely: (a) rhetoric, (b) tone variation, (c) irony, (d) language misunderstanding, (e) wordplay, (f) verbal jokes, (g) sarcasm, (h) satire, (i) sexual satire, and (j) deception. In addition, the results confirmed that the most widely used of creation techniques were rhetoric, wordplay, and deception. The three techniques are more pronounced than other techniques due to the local comics circumscribed public speaking capability.
Highlights
IntroductionStand-up comedy is an art that is delivered individually in front of the live audience
In a general term, stand-up comedy is an art that is delivered individually in front of the live audience
The research findings showed that the creation technique and the construction elements of stand-up comedy humor discourse in local perspective in Indonesia were in line with the general concepts and theories of humor discourse creation techniques namely: (a) rhetoric, (b) tone variation, (c) irony, (d) language misunderstanding, (e) wordplay, (f) verbal jokes, (g) sarcasm, (h) satire, (i) sexual satire, and (j) deception
Summary
Stand-up comedy is an art that is delivered individually in front of the live audience. Stand-up comedy becomes more attractive because in producing jokes the comedian mostly relies on speaking proficiency rather than body language. This is in accordance with the development of Indonesian’s young generation today which is more inclined to listen the story directly rather than to read. As a result, it makes stand-up comedy becomes more favorable amongst youth. Its ability to attract audiences’ critical thinking contributes to its familiarity amongst youth It is in line with Siwi (2016:2) who states that comics in stand-up comedy rely on their intelligence to create a good humor. It can be utilized as an effective means of persuasion to influence the audiences
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