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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter is divided into six subtopics. The first subtopic is the method that was used in doing the research. The second is the subject of the research and the background why the researcher chose them as the subject of the research, the third is the instrument used in gathering the data and also in analyzing the data. The fourth is the result of the data gathered by the researcher. The fifth is the analysis of the data. Finally, the sixth is research procedure which elaborates the procedure in doing the research.

A. Research Methods

This research is a qualitative research because this research focused on understanding social phenomena from the perspective of the human participants in the study. The data were collected in natural setting, the same thing showed in Afro-American movies as the subject of this research. The research is also considered as content analysis because it provides insight into complex models of human thought and language use and it looks directly at communication via texts and transcripts Berelson; 1952. The material used for this research is Afro-American movies. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 21

B. Research Subject

The research subjects in this research were four African-American movies entitled Rush Hour I, Rush Hour II, Bad Boys I, and Bad Boys II. The researcher chose those four movies because they have several criteria that the researcher needs in doing her research, such as the existence of social interaction between Afro-American and other nationalities such as: American, Mexican, French, Cuban, Jamaican, Russian, Chinese, and Puerto Rican and the supporting social environment between Afro-American and those nationalities so that the real condition of social interaction can be achieved. The first movie was Rush Hour I. The movie was directed by Brett Ratner and Adam Greenberg, produced by Arthur M. Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman, and Roger Nirbaum. The leading roles of this movie were Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, and Elizabeth Pena. It was a one-hour and thirty- seven-minute length movie. This movie first released in September 18 th 1998 by New Line Cinema. This movie was about two different cops who team up to recover a kidnapped. As the FBI scrambles to save the life of the kidnapped daughter of the Chinese Consul, the diplomat hires a trusted Hong Kong police, Ddetective Lee, to find the girl. Unwilling to have their investigation invaded by a Chinese outsider, the FBI assigns a rogue LAPD detective to keep Detective Lee away from the case at any cost. Carter, the detective, covertly embarks on a one-man battle to solve the case, having first distracted Lee. Within hours, Carter realizes PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 22 he has greatly underestimated his Hong Kong counterpart, who has seen through his ruse. Giving Carter the slip, Detective Lee landed in the middle of the FBIs investigation. Both cops which had been excluded by the FBI must join forces to save the young girl. The second movie was Rush Hour 2. It was directed by Brett Ratner, produced by Arthur M. Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman, and Roger Nirbaum. The main actors were still the same, they were Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan and some new actors and actress: John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang. It was a ninety-minute length movie. It first released in August 3 rd 2001 by New Line Cinema. The story was about Chief Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police, who travels back to China with his American colleague, Los Angeles detective; James Carter. The men intend to take some vacation time but are quickly pulled into the case of two murdered U.S. customs agents, who were investigating an illegal counterfeiting scam involving Ricky Tan, one of the most powerful Triad gangsters in Asia and an old enemy of Lee. Lee and Carter are soon involved in a dangerous mystery that also involves a sexy secret-service agent, a billionaire hotel owner, a dangerous femme fatale and a finale set in a luxurious Las Vegas casino. The third movie was Bad Boys I. It was a movie directed by Michael Bay. The leading roles of this movie were Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano, Marg Helgenberger, and Michael PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 23 Imperioli. It was a hundred-eighteen-minute length movie. It first released in 1995 by Columbia Pictures. The story was about two Miami cops, Mike Lowrey Will Smith and Marcus Burnett Martin Lawrence, guard 100 million dollars in the form of heroin. It is the biggest drug confiscation of their careers. Unfortunately, the heroin is stolen out of the basement of police headquarters. This puts them get closer to a French drug lord Fouchet Tchéky Karyo, who leaves a trail of bodies in his awakening and there is only one witness, Julie Mott Téa Leoni, who quickly teams up with our heroes. The funny things happen when the plot complications force Mike to impersonate the married Marcus to the point of moving in with his wife and children, while Marcus takes over Mikes bachelor lifestyle. The last movie was Bad Boys 2. It was directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The leading roles were Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, and Joe Pantoliano. This movie was released in July 18 th 2003. The story was about the two narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey Smith and Marcus Burnett Lawrence have been assigned to a high-tech force investigating the flow of designer ecstasy into Miami. Their inquiries inadvertently lead them to a major conspiracy involving a vicious kingpin Jordi Mollà whose ambitions to take over the city’s drug trade have ignited a bloody turf war. But Mike and Marcus’ friendship and working relationship is threatened PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 24 when Mike begins to develop feelings for Marcus’ sister Syd Gabrielle Union, A DEA agent. Without telling her family and friends, she disguises as a money cleaner for the vicious kingpin which means that her life is in danger. Unless the narcotics cops can separate the personal from the professional, the bad boys are in danger of blowing the case and endangering Syd’s life in the process.

C. Research Instruments