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The Function of Humor Applied in Margaret Cho's Journal of Language and Literature Vol. 19 No. 1 – April 2019 ISSN: 1410-5691 (print); 2580-5878 (online) The Function of Humor Applied in Margaret Cho’s Stand-Up Comedy: PsyCHO Anindita Dewangga Puri [email protected] Faculty of Cultural Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada F.X. Risang Baskara [email protected] English Letters Department, Universitas Sanata Dharma Abstract This article discusses the function of humor in Margaret Cho's Stand-Up Comedy entitled PsyCHO. The aims of this research are to explain the humor function applied by Margaret Cho in creating humor situation in her stand-up comedy. The data in this research are oral data which is transcribed into written form. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. According to the research in the stand-up comedy entitled PsyCHO, the researchers found that Margaret Cho tends to use humor function to create solidarity with the audiences. This is dominated by sharing strategy which is often conveyed by Cho in her stand-up comedy. Keywords: humor, stand-up comedy, pragmatics, jokes Introduction Robin Williams, Christ Rock, Ellen Degeneres, Margaret Cho, and others. Each comic has its Humor is closely related to life own characteristics in delivering its comedic community. The existence of humor in society materials. For example, Ellen Degeneres is not only used to make people laugh, but whose jokes have a topic related to gay and also can be used to release a tension. As stated lesbian, George Charlin who often touches on by Wijana (2003) in his book entitled Kartun: a religious topic, and Margaret Cho whose Studi tentang Permainan Bahasa, humor is jokes are about racism, politics, women, and kind of wordplay which can stimulate people sex. to laugh. It is also in accordance with the definition of humor by Ross (1998) that This research uses one of American humor is everything that makes someone female stand-up comedy that is Margaret Cho. laugh. As one of the linguistics phenomena, The researches choose female stand-up the use and variation humor are growing over comedy because there has been little research time. One type of humor that does exist in examining stand-up comedy performed by a society is stand-up comedy. According to the woman, especially in terms of linguistics. Oxford English Dictionary (in Double, 2014), Most of the researches conduct research on stand-up comedy is defined as a comedian stand-up comedy performed by male comics. who acts in front of the audience while telling Moreover, some researches such as Lakoff funny things. Stand-up comedy itself and Goodman (in Hay, 2000) said that women appeared since the 19th century in America have no sense of humor rather than men. and Europe. America became the pioneers for They are not suitable for telling humor. some famous comics such as Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho herself is well-known as a 137 Journal of Language and Literature ISSN: 1410-5691 (print); 2580-5878 (online) Anindita Dewangga Puri & F.X. Risang Baskara female comic who dare to speak out about linguistics phenomenon (Sperber and Wilson, racism, politics, women, and all about sexual in Wijana 2014). According to the bits in the behavior. She was born on December 5, 1968, stand-up comedy, the researchers analyze the and grew up in San Francisco. Cho's childhood humor function presented by Margaret Cho in passed by unusual circumstances. She PsyCHO. The contextual method was used by experienced several times sexual violence, the researchers to analyze the function of abuse, torture against herself, and racism humor. The result of the data analysis was made her poured all her bitterness into the presented in formal and informal methods jokes. Cho also one of female comics who put (Sudaryanto, 1993). The obtained data were criticism and satire in her material bravely. As written into table form by using a formal stated by Chun (2004), that Cho tends to issue method, and the explanation of the data is mocking Asian in her comedy material. written by using an informal method. PsyCHO is one of the stand-up comedies performed by Margaret Cho in 2015. This The Functions of Humor stand-up comedy contains jokes about police brutality, racism, and violence against women Humor also has a various function in America. In this stand-up comedy, Margaret besides aiming to make people laugh. Cho tries to convey her madness and anger According to Hay (2000), humor has three into humor. functions that are solidarity function, power function, and psychological function. The Method solidarity function emphasizes the function of humor to create solidarity between members This research uses a qualitative in a group. There are several strategies in this descriptive method. Stand-up comedy solidarity function. First, to share by employed by Margaret Cho becomes the expressing things about the speaker including object of this study. The main source of this sharing sensitive things. Sharing sensitive research is the stand-up comedy entitled things also indicates that a comedian believes PsyCHO. The researches downloaded the to the audience so that it can increase a sense stand-up comedy video from of solidarity. Second, to highlight similarities www.youtube.com. This research is carried out or to share the same experience. According to in three stages (Sudaryanto, 1993). First is Ziv (in Hay, 2000) humor in this strategies data collection, the second is data analysis, aims to share ideas, interests, and other and the last is the presentation of the results similarities between speakers. Third, to of data analysis. clarify and maintain boundaries within a particular group. This strategy strengthens The researchers collected the data by the standard accepted and agreed by the using simak bebas libat cakap technique particular group. The last, to tease to (Kesuma, 2007, p. 44). The researchers strengthen solidarity, express the downloaded, listened and observed the video relationship, and maintain the strength of the without being directly involved in the teaser (Radcliffe & Brown in Hay, 2000). This conversion process. After obtained the video, can be done by teasing and insulting each the data is transcribed as well as adapted to other, such as jokes about a relationship, the the PsyCHO video subtitle found on routine life of an individual, and insulting www.subscene.com. In addition, the others who are already known. researchers also divided the stand-up comedy data into three parts: opening, core which was The power function has several consisted into several bits, and closing. Then, strategies. This type of humor intentionally each of the sentences on the data is marked has the purpose of degrading other people or by numbers in order to make the researchers sending an aggressive message (Martineau in easy to analyze the data. Hay, 2000). The first strategy is to control for This research used a contextual method in example humor where comedian tries to which this method promoted speech situation control the audiences to do something. consisting of a speaker, hearer, place, speech Second, to respond to the existing of the social time, and all of these were associated with phenomena. This strategy comes from the 138 Journal of Language and Literature Vol. 19 No. 1 – April 2019 ISSN: 1410-5691 (print); 2580-5878 (online) facts that occur and is something 105 But I-I like to sort of feel like exotic, judgemental. Third, to tease by attacking you know? someone else’s personal or by making 106 I love... I love white dick. (laughter) criticism for other things. In addition, 107 You know? I do. mocking, looking down on others, and 108 I love... I love some white dick. insulting is included in this strategy. 109 It makes me feel exotic, you know, like I want to put a, I want to put a The psychological function in humor has flower in my hair, like... (laughter) several strategies such as to defend by 110 (Korean accent): "They remind me of identifying the weakness of the comedian my homeland." before anyone else does it. Every humor that 111 Love that. implements this function has the purpose of 112 White dick is not... you know, it's not protecting the comedian from criticism that too big so it doesn't stretch me may come. To cope with a contextual and non- out. (laughter) contextual problem. Humor in this type serves to overcome problems that arise during a The data in bit 4 above illustrates the use conversation, while humor to cope with non- of humor to strengthen solidarity. The context contextual problems such as problems for of this utterances is about Asians, especially survival that are generally felt by humans as what Margaret Cho likes as an Asian. The living things, such as humor about pain, sharing strategy is used by Cho by telling the something that makes depression, and audience what she likes, that is a white penis. something that frightens. In addition, in terms Cho clearly stated that white penis could of psychology according to Martin & Ford make her felt more exotic. This is included the (2006), humor also has a function to release humor function to strengthen solidarity by pressure, suffering, disappointment, anxiety, expressing about Cho's life including sensitive and to convey taboo things that do exist in matters. society. b. To highlight similarities experiences Discussion This kind of strategy can be done by Every humor that is raised by the sharing the same experiences in a group. This comedian must contain certain intentions or is also explained by Cho in her stand-up functions. According to the data that were comedy. analyzed, Margaret Cho fulfills the three functions of humor in the stand-up comedy (Bit 2) entitled PsyCHO.
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