Customer : Thank you. That‟s very kind of you. You‟re a very nice man.
Aladeen : What the fuck did you call me?
Datum 36 This conversation happens at Zoey‟s store. Aladeen gives a bonus by
giving some carob-covered goji berries to one of the customers and the customer wants to thank him for his kindness. However, somehow he is annoyed when the
customer praises him as a very nice man. He responds to it by saying “What the
fuck did you call me ?” to express his dislike of being called as a very kind and
nice man. Aladeen flouts maxim of relation by giving an irrelevant response. Instead
of saying „thank you‟ because the customer praises him, he says something sharp and it hurts the customer feeling. This also can be seen as unexpected respond for
the customer because she never imagines that she will get that kind of response when she praises someone.
d. Maxim of Manner Flouting
Maxim of manner flouting occurs when a speaker gives an ambiguous response. It means that there is more than one meaning in the conversation. The
speaker tends to be obscure or not be brief. An example of maxim of manner flouting is shown below.
Aladeen : How much time have they allotted me? Tamir
: Seven minutes, sir. Aladeen
: I‟ll talk for 14 hours And three of those will untranslatable. Literally, baby noises. Okay, let‟s rehearse this. Role play, role
play. You, come on. This‟ll be fun. So Secretary General, your soldiers will weep…
GUN EXPLOTION
Aladeen :
I‟m so sorry Listen, it was not my fault. I mean, somebody had
set the safety catch to “Aladeen” instead of “Aladeen”.
Datum 6
Aladeen summons all of his generals to discuss how he will address the UN council. While he explains about his plan, he wants to make a role play. Thus,
he calls one of his bodyguards. However, unintentionally, he shoots his bodyguard because someone has changed the safety catch. Both signs in the safety catch are
written as „Aladeen‟. It happens because Aladeen changes some words in Wadiyan language into „Aladeen‟.
Aladeen flouts maxim of manner because he gives an ambiguous response. This is the effect from one of his policies as a dictator in which he changes some
Wadiyan words into his name. The signs in the safety catch should be written as „on‟ and „off‟. Thus, people can know whether the gun is safe or not. In
conclusion, Aladeen flouts maxim of manner by being obscure.
2. Forms of Humor Created through Maxim Flouting in
The Dictator
Movie
From the data findings, the researcher found that Aladeen flouts all types of maxim to create humor. The discussion in this section is divided into four parts:
forms of humor created by maxim of quality flouting, maxim of quantity flouting, maxim of relation flouting, and maxim of manner flouting.
a. Forms of Humor Created through Maxim of Quality Flouting
Aladeen in
The Dictator
movie flouts maxim of quality to create two forms of humor, i.e. joke and spontaneous conversational humor. The forms of
spontaneous conversational humor that he created by employing maxim of quality flouting are irony, sarcasm, overstatement and understatement, teasing, clever
replies to serious statements and pun.
