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1. Bald-On Record Strategies in Bride Wars Movie
Brown and Levinson 1987 mention that a speaker who applies a Bald-On Record strategy is likely to shock and to embarrass hearers p. 94. This strategy is
a direct way of saying things. It does not attempt to minimize the threats to the hearers’ notions of face. It is commonly employed in a situation whereby both
interactional parties involved have close relationships, such as family, close friend, or colleague. Furthermore, it is employed when the speaker wants to show
great urgency, efficiency, and impositions. Besides, it is also frequently applied in task-oriented utterance, welcome, and offer.
Bald-On Record strategy was applied by the two main characters of Bride Wars movie, Emma Allan and Olivia Lerner. Both main characters obviously
applied this strategy as they had close relationships with many other characters in the movie. Besides, the movie mostly revolved around their routines at works and
friendships. At works, Olivia Lerner was a tough lawyer, while Emma Allan was a teacher. Olivia’s position allowed her to apply Bald-On Record commonly to
her assistant, whereas Emma applied Bald-On Record quite frequently towards her colleagues and learners. Both main characters in those two cases frequently
applied Bald-On Record strategy as task-oriented utterance. In addition, Bald-On Record strategy was also applied when both main characters encountered
difficulties in maintaining their wedding dates. As both main characters possessed perfections in their wedding ceremonies, they mostly applied Bald-On Record
strategy to show great urgency, efficiency, and impositions towards other characters, especially during the war.
39 Bald-On Record strategy was applied by Olivia Lerner in her utterances to
her boyfriend, Daniel Williams. The strategy was employed when Olivia was begging Daniel to propose her immediately after she accidently saw a tiffany an
upmarket brand of jewelry by Tiffany and Co. based in New York box in their apartment the day before. As a result, Olivia expected to get engaged
immediately. However, it was Emma first who got engaged on the same day Olivia found the tiffany box. When Olivia and Emma went jogging, Emma invited
Olivia to accompany her to Marion St. Claire’s wedding organizer. She was getting jealous of her best friend who officially had planned every detail of their
childhood dream weddings earlier than she did. Unfortunately, she had not got the proposal yet.
Scene 17 shows us Olivia and Daniel’s engagement. Olivia immediately approached Daniel in his office as she was mad at him. She could not figure out
reasons why Daniel took a long time to propose her. After arriving at the office, Olivia started asking him to propose her immediately. She said, “Honey Will you
just marry me, already? Isnt that what you want? Cause its what I want and I just wanna know if you want to marry me. Dont you wanna get married?” Olivia
continuously asked questions without giving Daniel any chance to answer. As a result, Daniel encountered difficulties neither to interrupt nor to answer Olivia’s
questions. In doing so, Olivia would like to show her disappointment towards him in her utterances. Besides, Daniel simply responded as if he wanted to postpone
their conversations until he finished his work by saying “Honey, can we talk about this later?” Olivia rest ensured that he would propose her immediately
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