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5. Farce Analysis
This part is to present the analysis of farce. The sample of the farce was the first verbal humour collected within the object of the research. It appeared in
the very beginning of the episode as an opening. The analysis of the farce goes as follows, presented in table 4.14.
Table 4.14 Farce Analysis
Number of Verbal Humour: 01
Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.00.00
Dialogue: Douglas :
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, First Officer Douglas Richardson here. Just to let you know,
were making our final approach now into what I am fairly sure is Fitton airfield
…unless its a farm
… or just possibly the A45. Its not the sea, because thats blue. I should perhaps explain that
Captain Crieff and I have a sportsman-like little bet on today about who can fly the best after drinking a
litre of Vodka through a straw. The Captain went first. You may have noticed the take-off run was a
little bumpy, particularly over the golf course. Now its me to land, just as soon as I decide which of
these two runaways to aim for. And Im happy to tell you that I feel lucky. So on behalf of all your
crew today, may I just say, Geronimo
KR SO
Normal vs. Abnormal
LM Fallacious Reasoning
SI
Douglas is currently or pretends to be drunk and has to land the airplane.
TA
None
NS Narrative monologue
LA Set-up and punch line are a lot and positioned one after another.
Built on normal vs. non abnormal SO, the verbal humour presented in table 4.14 was meant to contrast two opposing scripts which normally happened
in normal situation and the abnormal one. The SO, then, was constructed using Fallacious Reasoning LM, meaning that the script provided unrealistic or
abnormal rational to make a thrill for laughter. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
58 Understanding the SO and the LM, the farce was generated around the
situation where Douglas was drunk, or at least pretended to be drunk, while he has to land the airplane. With zero value for the target TA, the farce was constructed
in a narrative or monologue format with the set up and punch-line are a lot and were positioned one after another, creating a boisterous humour.
6. Irony Analysis
This part is to discuss irony analysis. The researcher took the verbal humour number 54 as the sample for the irony analysis. The ironical expression to
be discussed in this part appeared in 00.22.09 of the episode. The following table 4.15 is to present the analysis.
Table 4.15 Irony Analysis
Number of Verbal Humour: 54
Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.22.09
Dialogue: Martin
:Do you think its dead?
Douglas :No, no, definitely not. Not yet.
KR SO
Life vs. Death
LM Word Repetition
SI
Martin is afraid if the cat will die. He asks for Douglas‟s opinion whether the cat was dead.
TA None
NS
Conversation
LA
Set-up Martin
:Do you think its dead?
Douglas :No, no, definitely not.
Punch line Douglas
:Not yet. The ironical expression presented in the table 4.15 was meant to contrast
live and death. The SO, the soul, of the irony, was about opposing those two PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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